AS 3587.

6—1998

Australian Standard
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Ferroalloys—Chemical analysis

Part 6: Determination
of phosphorus content—
Spectrophotometric method
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee MN/6, Ferroalloys. It was
approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 17 November 1997 and
published on 5 January 1998.

The following interests are represented on Committee MN/6:

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
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Australian Foundry Institute

Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia
The Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia

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 AS 3587.6—1998

Australian Standard
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Ferroalloys—Chemical analysis

Part 6: Determination
of phosphorus content—
Spectrophotometric method

First published as AS 3587.6— 1998.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7337 1699 7
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee MN/6, Ferroalloys as
an extension of the AS 3587 series of Standards for the chemical analysis of ferroalloys.
The method is based on that given in ISO 10714:1992, Steel and iron — Determination of
phosphorus content — Phosphovanadomolybdate spectrophotometric method.
To make the method applicable to all ferroalloys traded in Australia, the Committee
organized an interlaboratory test program to obtain information on the repeatability and
reproducibility of the method.
The objective of this Standard is to provide a standardized procedure for determining the
phosphorus content of ferroalloys.
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CONTENTS
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1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 PRINCIPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4 SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5 REAGENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6 APPARATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 SAMPLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
9 CALCULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10 ACCEPTANCE OF RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11 PRECISION OF THE DETERMINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 TEST REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Ferroalloys—Chemical analysis

Part 6: Determination of phosphorus—Spectrophotometric method

1 SCOPE This Standard sets out a spectrophotometric method for the determination of
the phosphorus content of ferroalloys. The method is applicable to the determination of
phosphorus contents between 0.005% and 0.25%, provided that the following elements are
not present in amounts greater than those specified:
niobium 1%
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tantalum 1%
titanium 2%
tungsten 11%
zirconium 1%

2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

Standard:
AS
2162 Verification and use of volumetric apparatus
2162.1 Part 1: General— Volumetric glassware
2164 Laboratory glassware —One-mark volumetric flasks
2166 One-mark pipettes
2167 Graduated straight pipettes
2243 Safety in laboratories
2850 Chemical analysis —Interlaboratory test programs — For determining precision of
analytical method(s) —Guide to the planning and conduct
3586 Ferroalloys—Sampling
3753 Recommended practice for the chemical analysis by ultraviolet/visible
spectrophotometry.

3 PRINCIPLE The test portion is dissolved in acid. The phosphorus is then converted
to phosphovanadomolybdate in perchlor ic acid/nitric acid solution. The
phosphovanadomolybdate is extracted into 4-methyl-2-pentanone with citric acid present
to complex any arsenic present. The coloured product is measured spectrophotometrically
at 425 nm.

4 SAFETY For information on laboratory safety, reference should be made to the

relevant parts of AS 2243.

5 REAGENTS
5.1 General Only reagents of recognized analytical grade and only distilled water or
water of equivalent purity shall be used.
Blank tests should be conducted to verify that all reagents contain a minimum amount of
phosphorus. If the result of the blank test (Clause 8.3) is > 0.005% phosphorus, the cause
of high phosphorus content should be identified and the particular reagent replaced by one
with a much lower phosphorus content.

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