Analytical Standards

Sodium Chloride Standards

As a result of substitution of European Committee for the Study of Salt (ECSS) to European Salt Producers' Association (ESPA) in 1993, and the re-organization as EuSalt in 2003, the numbering is now different from that existing previously. The following table gives the correspondences.

Sodium Chloride Standards

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Other Standards

ASTM Standards

  • ASTM E 534-98: Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Sodium Chloride

EN Standards

  • EN 973: 2002 Chemicals used for treatment of water intended for human consumption – Sodium Chloride for regeneration of ion exchangers
  • EN 1235: Test sieving of solid fertilizers (applicability for Sodium Chloride verified by an EuSalt Inter Laboratory Study)

Not verified for salt, but used by some labs

  • EN 1236: Fertilizers – Determination of bulk density (loose) (ISO 3944: 1992, modified)

ISO Standards

  • ISO 2479: Sodium Chloride for industrial use – Determination of matter insoluble in water or in acid and preparation of principal solutions for other determinations
  • ISO 2480: Sodium Chloride for industrial use – Determination of sulphate content – Barium sulphate gravimetric method
  • ISO 2481: Sodium Chloride for industrial use – Determination of halogens, expressed as chlorine – Mercurimetric method
  • ISO 2482: Sodium Chloride for industrial use – Determination of calcium and magnesium contents – EDTA complexometric methods
  • ISO 2483: Sodium Chloride for industrial use – Determination of the loss of mass at 110°C