BS ISO 10540-1:2003

This standard BS ISO 10540-1:2003 Animal and vegetable fats and oils. Determination of phosphorus content is classified in these ICS categories:

• 67.200.10 Animal and vegetable fats and oils

This part of ISO 10540 specifies a colorimetric method for the determination of the phosphorus content of animal and vegetable oils and fats.

This method is not suitable for determining the phosphorus content of commercial lecithin as this requires an ashing temperature of 800 °C.