भारतीय मानक IS 11673 (Part 2) : 2019

Indian Standard

सोडियम हाइपोक्लोराइट घोल — विशिष्टि

भाग 2 जल परिष्करण हेतु
( दसू रा पनु रीक्षण )

Sodium Hypochlorite Solution —

Specification
Part 2 Water Treatment Use

( Second Revision )

ICS 71.060.50

© BIS 2019

भारतीय मानक ब्रयू ो

B U R E A U O F I N D I A N S TA N D A R D S
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Inorganic Chemicals Sectional Committee, CHD 01

FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (Second Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized
by the Inorganic Chemicals Sectional Committee had been approved by the Chemical Division Council.
This standard was originally published in 1986 and subsequently revised in 1992, to correct the formulae for
various requirements and to modify the method of test for determination of sodium chlorate. In first revision, two
grades of sodium hypochlorite are prescribed:
a) Grade 1: For household use, and
b) Grade 2: For industrial use.
Sodium hypochlorite solution is used in textile and paper bleaching, laundry trade, sterilization of swimming
pools, disinfection of drinking water, treatment of cyanide wastes of electroplating industry and treatment of
sewage effluent. It is also used as a sanitizer and deodorizer for floors, sinks and toilets, as a therapeutic adjunct
in the treatment of certain skin diseases and as a safe antiseptic.
Commercial sodium hypochlorite solution prepared by chemical process usually contains 10 to 15 percent of
available chlorine at ambient temperatures. The stability of hypochlorite solution is greatly affected by heat,
light, pH and presence of heavy metals (which may be present in caustic soda). The optimum stability is attained
at a pH close to 11 and with the heavy metal cations content not more than 5 ppm. Storage temperatures should
not exceed 32°C, above which the rate of decomposition becomes too high and the available chlorine content is
rapidly depleted. At temperatures above 38°C, sodium chlorate formation becomes appreciable resulting in loss
of sodium hypochlorite.
Sodium hypochlorite is also used for treatment of water meant for drinking. Thus, keeping in view the public
health concern, the committee decided to formulate a separate standard intended for treatment of water meant for
drinking by prescribing limit of heavy and toxic metals requirements additionally. Hence the committee decided
to bifurcate the standard in two parts as follows:
a) Part 1: For household use and industrial use; and
b) Part 2: For water treatment for drinking purposes.
In this revision, standard has been bifurcated and in this Part 2, requirements and methods of tests for sodium
hypochlorite for water treatment for drinking purposes has been stipulated.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with the final value,
observed or calculated expressing the result of a test or analysis shall be rounded off in accordance with IS 2 : 1960
‘Rules for rounding off numerical values (revised )’. The number of significant places retained in the rounded off
value should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard.
 IS 11673 (Part 2) : 2019

Indian Standard
SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTION —
SPECIFICATION
PART 2 FOR WATER TREATMENT USE
( Second Revision )

1 SCOPE 3 TERMINOLOGY
This standard (Part 2) prescribes the requirements, 3.1 Available Chlorine
methods of sampling and tests for sodium hypochlorite
solution intended for water treatment meant for This is the measure of the oxidizing power of the
drinking purpose. chlorine present as hypochlorite. It is expressed
in terms of chlorine with a gram equivalent mass
2 REFERENCES of 35.46.
The standards given below contain provisions which, 4 REQUIREMENTS
through reference in this text, constitute provisions of
this Indian Standard. At the time of publication, the 4.1 Description
editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject The hypochlorite solution shall be a pale, yellowish
to revision, and parties to agreements based on this green, clear liquid and shall not produce any sludge or
standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility turbidity when mixed with water.
of applying the most recent editions of the standards
indicated below: The material shall be supplied in the following two
grades, namely:
IS No. Title a) Grade 1, and
264 : 2005 Nitric acid (third revision) b) Grade 2.
265 : 1993 Hydrochloric acid (  fourth revision) 4.2 Keeping Quality
1070 : 1992 Reagent grade water (third revision)
The material shall comply with the minimum
2088 : 1983 Methods for determination of arsenic available chlorine content for not less than 30 days
4905 : 2015/ Random sampling and randomization from the date of packing. After the period of more
ISO 24153 procedures (  first revision) than 30 days, the minimum available chlorine shall
: 2009 be as agreed to between the purchaser and the
11124 : 1984 Method for atomic absorption supplier.
spectrophotometric determination of NOTE — As a guide, the following table provides a general
arsenic guidance on the stability of the material.

11673 (Part 1) Sodium hypochlorite solution: Part 1 Available Chlorine Chlorine Half Life
: 2018 Household and industrial use (second Trade, Percent g/l Days, 25°C
revision) (under print)
3 30 1 700
12041 : 1987 Method for determination of
6 60 700
mercury by atomic absorption
spectrophotometer 9 90 250
12 120 180
12046 : 1987 Method for determination of
manganese by atomic absorption 15 150 100
spectrophotometry 18 180 60
12074 : 1987 Method for determination of lead by
atomic absorption spectrophotometry 4.3 The material shall comply with the requirements
13319 : 1992 Determination of chromium by atomic given in Table 1 when tested in as per the methods
absorption spectrophotometry — Test prescribed in Col 4 and 5 of Table 1.
method

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Table 1 Requirements for Sodium Hypochlorite Solution

( Clause 4.3 )

Sl No. Characteristic Requirement Method of Test Ref to

Grade 1 Grade 2 Annex IS No
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
i) Relative density (at 25° / 25°C), Min 1.07 to 1.18 1.20 11673 (Part 1)
ii) Available chlorine (as Cl2), percent, mass by volume 4.0 to 6.0 12.5 to 15.0 -do-
iii) Total chlorine (as Cl2), percent, mass by volume 4.0 to 6.0 12.5 to 15.0 -do-
iv) Free alkali (as NaOH), g/l, Min 1.0 5.0 -do-
v) Free sodium carbonate (as Na2CO3), g/l, Max 0.5 0.5 -do-
vi) Iron (as Fe), ppm, Max 0.4 2.0 -do-
vii) Sodium chlorate (as NaClO3), g/l, Max 0.2 3.0 -do-
viii) Lead (as Pb) ppm, Max 10 30 A
ix) Arsenic (as As) ppm, Max 10 30 B
x) Mercury (as Hg) ppm, Max 1 3 C
xi) Manganese (as Mn) ppm, Max 10 30 D
xii) Total Chromium (as Cr), ppm, Max 10 30 E
xiii) Cadmium (as Cd) ppm, Max 3 10 3025 (Part 41) or
ICP - OES method
xiv) Selenium (as Se) ppm, Max 10 30 Cl 28 of 3025 or
ICP - OES method

5 PACKING, MARKING AND STORING 5.3.1 The use of the Standard Mark is governed by the
provisions of Bureau of Indian standards Act, 2016 and
5.1 Packing the Rules and Regulations made thereunder. The details
The material shall be packed in air-tight plastic of the conditions under which the licence for use of the
containers or as agreed to between the purchaser and standard Mark may be granted to manufacturers or
the supplier. The containers used shall be dry and free producers may be obtained from the Bureau of Indian
from grease, dirt or other foreign matter likely to cause Standards.
decomposition of the material.
5.4 Storing
5.2 Marking The material produced by chemical process shall be
Each package shall bear legibly and indelibly the stored in a cool and dark place. While shipping, the
following information: material shall be stored away from boilers or any other
source emanating heat and light.
a) Name and grade of the material;
b) Indication of the source of manufacture; 6 SAMPLING AND CRITERIA FOR
c) Gross and net mass; CONFORMITY
d) Date of packing; The method of drawing representative samples of
e) Lot number; the material and their criteria for conformity to the
requirements of this standard shall be as prescribed in
f) Available chlorine (to be declared by the
Annex F.
manufacturer); and
G) Suitable for water purification for drinking 7 QUALITY OF REAGENTS
purpose.
Unless specified otherwise pure chemicals and distilled
5.3 BIS Certification Marking water (see IS 1070) shall be employed in tests.
The product may also be marked with the Standard NOTE — ‘Pure chemicals’ shall mean chemicals that do not
Mark. contain impurities which affect the results of analysis.

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ANNEX A
[ Table 1, Sl. No. (viii) ]

DETERMINATION OF LEAD

A-1 GENERAL A-3.2 Acetic Acid — 1 N (approx).

Lead is determined by comparing the colour produced A-3.3 Hydrogen Sulphide Gas
by the material with hydrogen sulphide against that
produced by a standard lead solution. Alternatively A-4 PROCEDURE
it can be analysed by inductively coupled plasma
Weigh accurately 10.0 g of sample, mix it with water
optical emission spectrometry (ICP – OES). However
and makeup to 100 ml in flask. Take 10 ml of this
in case of dispute, analysis by Atomic Absorption
solution and add 40 ml of water and transfer to a 100 ml
Spectrophotometer as per IS 12074 shall be the referee
Nessler cylinder. Add 6 ml of acetic acid. Pass
method.
hydrogen sulphide gas into the solution till colour is
A-2 APPARATUS developed. Continue the passing of hydrogen sulphide
gas till further no more colour develops. In the second
Nessler cylinder — 100 ml capacity. Nessler cylinder, carry out a control test using 3 ml of
standard lead solution in place of the sample and same
A-3 REAGENTS quantities of the other reagents. Dilute the content of
each cylinder to 100 ml and shake well. Compare the
A-3.1 Standard Lead Solution colour produced in the two cylinders.
Dissolve 1.6 g lead nitrate in water and makeup the The limit prescribed in Table 1 shall be taken as not
volume to 1 000 ml in volumetric flask. Transfer exactly having been exceeded if the intensity of colour produced
10 ml of the solution to a 1 000 ml volumetric flask and with the material is not greater than that produced in the
dilute it again with distilled water to 1 000 ml mark. control test.
One millilitre of this solution contains 0.01 mg of lead
(as Pb). The dilute solution shall be freshly prepared.

ANNEX B
[ Table 1, Sl. No. (ix) ]

DETERMINATION OF ARSENIC

B-1 GENERAL B-2.3 Stannous Chloride Solution

Arsenic is determined either by modified Gutzeit Dissolve 80 g of stannous chloride in 100 ml of water
method or by silver diethyldithiocarbamate method. containing 5 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid.
Alternatively, it can be analysed by ICP-OES. However
in case of dispute, analysis by Atomic Absorption B-3 PROCEDURE
Spectrophotometer (AAS) method as prescribed in Mix 2.0 g of the sample in 50 ml of water in volumetric
IS 11124, shall be referee method flask. Take 5 ml from this solution and further add
6 ml of brominated hydrochloric acid and 20 ml of
B-2 REAGENTS water and remove the excess of bromine with a few
drops of stannous chloride solution. Add water to make
B-2.1 Concentrated Hydrochloric Acid (See IS 265)
up the volume to about 50 ml.
B-2.2 Brominated Hydrochloric Acid Carry out the test for arsenic either by modified Gutzeit
Shake 1 ml of bromine with 100 ml of concentrated method or by silver diethyldithiocarbamate method as
hydrochloric acid. prescribed in 5.1 and 5.2 of IS 2088 for comparison.

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ANNEX C
[ Table 1, Sl. No. (x) ]

DETERMINATION OF MERCURY

C-1 MERCURY ANALYZER METHOD C-3.5 Hydroxylamine Hydrochloride

Ten percent (w/v).
C-1.1 Outline of the Method
Mercury analyser works on the principle of cold vapour C-3.6 Mercuric Chloride
atomic absorption spectrometry technique. Mercury AR grade
ions are reduced to elemental state by stannous
chloride and the solution is stirred vigorously so that C-3.7 Potassium Dichromate
an equilibrium is achieved between the mercury in the One percent (w/v).
solution and air phase. The vapour is then purged into
the absorption cell which is located in the light path of C-4 PREPARATION OF STANDARD GRAPH
spectrometer.
As the cold vapour absorption technique of mercury C-4.1 Preparation of Stock Solution
is based on absorption of UV radiation by mercury Dissolve 0.1354 g of mercuric chloride, AR grade in
atoms, all substances which absorb UV radiation will 25 ml of 2 percent nitric acid (v/v). Add 1 ml of
cause the positive error. Vapours of organic compounds potassium dichromate solution of 1 percent (w/v) and
like alcohols, ketones, esters and acids and water also make up to 100 ml with 2 percent nitric acid (v/v). 1 ml
absorb UV radiation. These can be avoided with suitable of this stock solution = 1 mg of Hg.
traps provided along with the instrument. However
in case of dispute, analysis by Atomic Absorption C-4.2 Preparation of Standard Solution
Spectrophotometer (AAS) method as prescribed in Take 10 ml of the above stock solution into a 1 000 ml
IS 12041 shall be referee method. volumetric flask, add 10 ml of potassium dichromate
solution (see C-3.7) and make up to the mark with
C-2 APPARATUS 2 percent nitric acid (see C-3.1). 1 ml of this solution
= 10 microgram of mercury (Hg). Further dilute 10 ml
C-2.1 Mercury Analyser of this solution to 1 000 ml, using 10 ml of potassium
Based on cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry dichromate solution (see C-3.7) and make up to the
technique. mark with 2 percent nitric acid (see C-3.1), which will
contain 1 ml = 10 nanogram of mercury (Hg), This
C-3 REAGENTS standard solution is generally stable for a period of at
least a month.
C-3.1 Nitric Acid
C-4.3 Procedure for Standard Graph
Ten percent, and 2 percent v/v.
By using the standard solution find out the optical
C-3.2 Concentrated Hydrochloric Acid density for 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 150,
nanograms of mercury. By following the procedure
C-3.3 Stannous Chloride
described below, plot a standard curve indicating
Twenty percent (w/v) in 10 percent hydrochloric acid mercury in nanograms against optical density.
(v/v).
C-4.3.1 Blank Preparation
Take 20 g stannous chloride in a clean beaker, add
10 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid and dissolve Transfer 8 ml of 10 percent nitric acid solution and
while warming it over a hot plate. Boil for one minute, 2 ml of stannous chloride solution to the reaction vessel.
cool and dilute with distilled water to make 100 ml. Stir it for 5 min. Stop the stirring and take the reading
Add 1 to 2 g of tin metal (pellet) after the preparation for the mercury content if any in the blank, repeat
of the solution. the stirring of the blank solution until no deflection/
reading is observed. Pipette out standard solution of
C-3.4 Potassium Permanganate mercury (see C-4.2) (for example, volume equivalent
Four percent (w/v) in 10 percent sulphuric acid. Dissolve to 10 nanograms of mercury and so on) and add to the
20 g of potassium permanganate in 100 ml water and blank. Repeat the above procedure for addition of each
add carefully 50 ml of concentrated sulphuric acid in standard solution and measure optical density for the
the solution with constant stirring. Make up the volume various known concentration of mercury added in the
to 500 ml using water. blank and prepare the graph.

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C-5 PROCEDURE C-5.2 Reagent Blank

C-5.1 Weigh accurately about 300 mg of the sample in Prepare a blank solution using all reagents in same
a 50 ml beaker, dissolve the sample in 25 ml distilled quantities except sample in a 250 ml volumetric flask,
water and transfer to a 250 ml volumetric flask with use distilled water in place of sample. Make up to mark
the help of more distilled water. Add drop wise with distilled water and shake well. Transfer 5 ml of this
potassium permanganate 4 percent (w/v) till purple solution to reaction vessel containing blank in the same
colour remains, shake well and add 2 to 3 drops of way (see C-5.1), record optical density due to presence
concentrated nitric acid, mix thoroughly and keep it for of any mercury content in reagents which shall be used
5 to 10 min. Decolourise the solution by adding drop in analysis. Evaluate mercury content from standard
wise hydroxylamine hydrochloride solution 10 percent graph and subtract mercury content of reagent blank
(w/v), shake well and make up to the mark with distilled solution from sample result, and calculate mercury
water. Prepare a fresh blank (as described in C-5.2), content in sample.
stir it for 5 min, stop the stirring, take reading for the
mercury content if any in the blank. Transfer 5 ml of the C-6 CALCULATION
sample solution to the reaction vessel containing blank
and determine the concentration of the mercury with Y × 50 × 1 000
Mercury (as Hg), ppm =
the help of the standard graph. W
            
where,
Y = mg of mercury, in sample solution; and
W = mass of sample, in g.

ANNEX D
[ Table 1, Sl. No. (xi) ]

DETERMINATION OF MANGANESE

D-1 PRINCIPLE sulphuric acid, and make up the volume to 1 000 ml

in a volumetric flask. Dilute 10 ml of this solution to
Manganese is oxidised to permanganate, violet
1 000 ml. One milliliter of this solution is equivalent
colour of which is compared with standard visually.
to 0.001 mg of manganese (as Mn).
Alternatively, it can also be analysed by ICP - OES.
However in case of dispute, analysis by Atomic D-4 PROCEDURE
Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) method as
prescribed in IS 12046, shall be referee method D-4.1 Weigh accurately 0.15 g of material and
dissolve in 30 ml of water in 100 ml beaker, add
D-2 APPARATUS 5 ml of dilute nitric acid, heat to boil. Add 10 ml of
dilute phosphoric acid and 0.6 to 0.8 g of potassium
D-2.1 Nessler Cylinder — 100 ml capacity. per-iodate. Again heat the solution to boiling for
10 min. Cool the solution to room temperature.
D-3 REAGENTS Transfer the solution completely into a Nessler
D-3.1 Dilute Nitric Acid — 1: 1 (v/v) cylinder, make up the volume to 100 ml mark. Carry
out a control test using 20 ml of standard manganese
D-3.2 Dilute Phosphoric Acid — 1 : 1 (v/v). solution in place of the material and follow the
procedure as mentioned above.
D-3.3 Potassium Periodate — AR grade powder.
D-4.2 The material shall be taken to have passed the
D-3.4 Concentrated Sulphuric Acid — AR grade. test if the intensity of colour produced with the
D-3.5 Standard Manganese Solution material is not greater than that of produced in
the control test.
Dissolve 0.3076 g of manganese sulphate monohydrate
(MnSO4.H2O) in 100 ml water, add 1 ml of concentrated

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ANNEX E
[ Table 1, Sl. No. (xii) ]

DETERMINATION OF CHROMIUM

E-1 PRINCIPLE decolorize the sample. In case the solution turns brown
on further boiling, continue adding sodium sulphite
Chromium hexavalent is reduced to chromium trivalent
solution till the decolourization is stable and brown
by boiling with potassium iodide and sodium sulphite
colour of iodine does not appear on boiling. Add 15 ml
and co precipitate with aluminium hydroxide. The
of Aluminium solution and then add sodium hydroxide
aluminium hydroxide is dissolved in 1 : 1 sulphuric
drop wise, stir the solution well and adjust the pH to
acid, and chrominium is oxidized to hexavalent
6.0 to 6.5. Allow to settle the complete precipitation.
state by bromine water. Chromium is determined
Siphon out the clear solution and collect the precipitate
colourimetrically by reacting with diphenyl carbazide
of aluminium hydroxide in a small beaker. Filter
reagent, which gives a purple colour with chromium.
through a sintered glass crucible and wash once with
Alternately, it can be analysed by ICP – OES. However,
water. Dissolve the precipitate by pouring 20 ml of
analysis by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer as
boiling sulphuric acid (1 : 9) into the crucible, apply
per IS 13319, shall be the referee method in case of
suction after 2 to 3 min and again wash with hot water.
dispute. The minimum detection limit for chrominium
Collect the filtrate in 250 ml beaker. Add 4 ml bromine
[Cr(vi)] by this method is 8.0 micrograms Cr6+.
water and stir well. Decolourize the yellow colour with
E-2 REAGENTS a few drops of sodium hydroxide solution and add 1 ml
excess. Boil for 5 min and add 1 : 1 sulphuric acid until
E-2.1 Sulphuric Acid — 1 : 1 (v/v) and 1 : 9 (v/v). the brownish colour appears. Add 2 ml of the acid in
excess and boil again till brownish colour disappears.
E-2.2 Phosphoric Acid — 1 : 5 (v/v). Cool and add 1 ml phosphoric acid. Add 1 ml of
diphenyl carbazide solution and make up the solution
E-2.3 Diphenyl Carbazide Reagent to 100 ml and shake well. Wait for 10 to 15 min for
Dissolve 0.25 g of diphenyl carbazide and 0.4 g of full colour to develop and then find out the percentage
phthalic anhydride in 100 ml ethanol. The solution is transmittance (or absorption) on a spectrophotometer at
stable for one month. 540 nm and calculate the corresponding optical density.
From the standard graph find out the concentration of
E-2.4 Bromine Water chromium.
E-2.5 Potassium Iodide Solution — 16 percent (w/v). E-3.2 Preparation of Standard Graph
E-2.6 Sodium hydroxide solution — 30 percent (w/v). Weigh 0.283 g of dried potassium dichromate, dissolve
in a little distilled water and dilute to one litre. One
E-2.7 Neutral Sodium Sulphite Solution millilitre of this solution is equivalent to 0.1 mg of
chromium (as Cr). Further dilute 10 ml of the above
E-2.8 Potassium Dichromate — AR grade
solution to 1 le. One millilitre of the diluted solution
E-2.9 Concentrate Hydrochloric Acid — AR grade is equivalent to 1 µg (microgram) of chromium. Take
various volumes of the standard solution so as to
E-2.10 Aluminium Solution give 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 µg of chromium. Add 15 ml
Dissolve 1 g of aluminium metal (purity Min aluminium solution to each and dilute to about 50 ml
99 percent) in a little quantity of AR grade hydrochloric and add 30 ml 1.1 sulphuric acid and 2 ml bromine
acid and dilute, transfer to 1 000 ml volumetric flask water. Further, add 30 percent sodium hydroxide drop
and make to the mark with distilled water. Shake well. wise till the colour disappear and add 2 drops in excess.
Boil for 5 min and cautiously add 1 : 1 sulphuric acid
E-3 PROCEDURE till the bromine colour reappears and add 0.5 ml acid
in excess. Again boil for about 20 min until bromine
E-3.1 Weigh accurately 2.0 g of the sample, mix it in colour disappears. Check for bromine, cool and add 1 ml
100 ml of water, in a volumetric flask and take 10 ml of diphenyl carbazide solution and make up the volume to
this solution in 500 ml volumetric flask, make up to the 100 ml. Let stand for 15 min and then take the reading
mark with water. at 540 nm. Find out corresponding optical density. For
Pipette out 100 ml of sample and transfer it in a adjusting 100 percent transmittance, use 50 ml distilled
1 000 ml beaker, add 20 ml of potassium iodide and water in place of standard solution and proceed in same
20 ml of sulphuric acid and 100 ml of water. Boil for manner as above. Plot the optical densities against the
about 10 min. Add sodium sulphite solution drop wise, to corresponding chromium concentrations.

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E-4 CALCULATION
Chromium as Cr, ppm
Mass in microgram, of chromium
from standard graph × 5
=
Mass in g, of sample taken for the test.

ANNEX F
( Clause 6 )

SAMPLING OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTION

F-1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS For small containers, the size of the sampling tube may
be altered suitably.
F-1.1 Samples shall not be taken out in an exposed
place.
F-1.2 The sampling instrument shall be clean and dry.
F-1.3 To draw a representative sample, the contents of
each container selected for sampling shall be mixed as
thoroughly as possible by suitable means.
F-1.4 Precautions shall be taken to protect the samples,
material being sampled, the sampling instrument
and the containers for samples from adventitious
contamination.
F-1.5 The sample shall be placed in suitable clean, dry
and air-tight glass containers on which the material has
no action.
F-1.6 The sample containers shall be of such a size that
they are almost completely filled by the sample.
F-1.7 Each sample container shall be sealed air-tight
with a suitable stopper after filling, and marked with
full details of sampling and the month and year of
manufacture of the material.
F-1.8 Samples shall be stored in a cool and dry place.

F-2 SAMPLING INSTRUMENT

F-2.1 Sampling Tube

It is made of thick glass and is 20 to 40 mm in diameter
and 400 to 800 mm in length (see Fig. 1 ). The upper and
lower ends are conical and reach 5 to 10 mm diameter
at the narrow ends. Handling is facilitated by two rings
at the upper end. For taking sample, the apparatus is
first closed at the top with the thumb or a stopper and
lowered until the desired depth is reached. It is then
opened for a short time to admit the material and finally
closed and withdrawn. Fig. 1 Sampling Tube

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F-3 SCALE OF SAMPLING These containers shall be select at random from the
lot. In order to ensure the randomness of selection,
F-3.1 Lot random sampling procedure as given in IS 4905 shall
In any consignment, all the containers of the same be followed.
size belonging to the same batch of manufacture shall
constitute a lot. If a consignment is known to consist of F-4 PREPRATION OF SAMPLE
different batches of manufacture of different sizes of Draw with an appropriate sampling instrument
containers, the containers belonging to the same batch (see F-2) equal portion of material from each container
and same size shall be grouped together and each such selected in F-3.2 and mix them thoroughly together
group shall constitute a separate lot. to constitute a single composite sample. Divide this
composite sample into three parts, each sufficient for
F-3.2 For ascertaining the conformity of the material in
carrying out the intended tests and transfer them to
a lot to the requirement of this specification, test shall
thoroughly cleaned and dry sample containers. Send
be carried out for each lot separately. For this purpose
each one of these to the purchaser and the supplier.
the number of containers to be selected from a lot shall
Reserve the third composite sample as referee sample
be in accordance with Table 2.
shall be kept at a place and under conditions agreed to
Table 2 Scale of Sampling between the purchaser and supplier. The referee sample
( Clause F-3.2 ) shall be used in case of any dispute.

Sl No. Lot Size No. of Containers to F-5 CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY

be Selected
The material in any lot shall be accepted as conforming
(N) (n) to the requirements of this specification if the composite
(1) (2) (3) sample meets the requirements given in Table 1 when
i) Upto 15 2 tested as per procedures laid down in Col 4 and 5 of
Table 1.
ii) 16 to 50 3
iii) 51 to 100 4
iv) 101 to 300 5
v) 301 and above 6

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