Name: EN 16277 : 2012
Brand: CEN

Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of mercury by cold-vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) after microwave pressure digestion (extraction with 65 % nitric acid and 30 % hydrogen peroxide)

Published date

04-07-2012

Publisher

Comite Europeen de Normalisation

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Principle
4 Reagents
6 Procedure
7 Calculation
8 Precision
9 Test report
Annex A (informative) - Results of the interlaboratory
        tests
Annex B (informative) - Flowchart - Determination of
        mercury by CVAAS after microwave digestion
Annex C (informative) - Alternative digestion procedure
        with the same extraction efficiency: Acid
        digestion with a mixture of 65% nitric
        acid and 70% perchloric acid (7:3 v/v) at
        atmospheric pressure
Annex D (informative) - Alternative digestion procedure
        with the same extraction efficiency: Acid
        digestion with a mixture of 65% nitric acid,
        37% hydrochloric acid and 30% hydrogen
        peroxide under reflux
Bibliography

This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of mercury in animal feeding stuffs by Cold-Vapour Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (CVAAS) after microwave pressure digestion.

Committee	TC 327
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes PREN 16277. (07/2012)
DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	Comite Europeen de Normalisation
Status	Current

Standards	Relationship
SN EN 16277:2012	Identical
NF EN 16277 : 2012	Identical
NS EN 16277 : 2012	Identical
BS EN 16277:2012	Identical
I.S. EN 16277:2012	Identical
NEN EN 16277 : 2012	Identical
PN EN 16277 : 2012	Identical
DIN EN 16277:2012-09	Identical
NBN EN 16277 : 2012	Identical
UNE-EN 16277:2012	Identical
UNI EN 16277 : 2012	Identical

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