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BRITISH STANDARD DENSITY-COMPOSITION TABLES F O R AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS O F SULPHURIC ACID, F O R USE IN CONJUNCTION W I T H BRITISH STANDARD DENSITY HYDROMETERS

B.S.I. SPECIFICATION 753-1937" No.

A British Standard Specification for Density Hydrometers (B.S.S. No. 718-1936; ANALYST, 1937,62, 129) has already been published, and the density-composition tables have been prepared primarily for use in conjunction with those hydrometers. Since, however, the composition of sulphuric acid solutions has been correlated directly with density, the tables may be used in con]unction with any method of determining density. Appendices to the tables give details of the B.S. density hydrometers available for aqueous solutions of sulphuric acid, a note on the reading of B.S. density hydrometers in these solutions, examples of the use of the tables, and details of corrections to the readings.

APPARATUS AND METHODS F O R THE DETERMINATION O F THE PERCENTAGE O F FAT I N MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS BY THE BABCOCK METHOD B.S.1. SPECIFICATION, NO. 755-PARTS 1 AND 11-19371PART APPARATuS.-This work was begun by a Sub-committee of the Dairy Research I. Committee of the Empire Marketing Board. When the Board came to an end on September 3Oth, 1933, arrangements were made for the British Standards Institution to continue the standardisation work. This Specification for apparatus has been based on a section of the report of the Empire Marketing Board's Sub-committee and the comment received thereon. It should be mentioned, however, that, whilst the specification-has been prepared with a view to assisting in securing uniformity in the apparatus, it is not to be assumed that apparatus complying with the specification will necessarily meet the requirements of any official regulations of Government Departments of the British Commonwealth. Where apparatus is required t o fulfil the requirements of such regulations reference should be made to the regulations themselves. Part I of this Specification comprises the following sections :-Specification for (1) British Standard Babcock Bottle for Testing Milk-(2) British Standard Thirty per cent. 18 g. Babcock Bottle for Testing Cream-(3) British Standard Sixty per cent. 9 g. Babcock Bottle for Testing Cream-(4) British Standard Fifty per cent. 9 g. Babcock Bottle for Testing Cream-(5) British Standard Babcock Bottle for Testing Skim-Milk-(6) British Standard 17-6-ml.Milk Pipette for Babcock Test-(7) British Standard GraduatedCylinder for 17.6 ml. of Acid for Babcock Test-(8) British Standard Burette for Measuring Acid for Babcock Test(9) Automatic Measure for Sulphuric Acid for Babcock Test-(10) British Standard 4-ml. Butyl Alcohol Pipette for Babcock Skim-Milk Test-( 11) British Standard Funnel for Weighing Cheese for Babcock Test. PART 11. METHODS-AS was done in preparing the Specification for Apparatus (Part I), the British Standards Institution reviewed the report of the Sub-Committee of the Dairy Research Committee of the Empire Marketing Board in the light of the comments received, and based the British Standard Methods for the determination of the percentage of fat in milk and milk products on the section of the report dealing with these methods. It is strongly recommended that in Great Britain apparatus, particularly Babcock test bottles, approved by the National Physical Laboratory as conforming with B.S.S. No. 755Part 1-1937, should be used, and that in other countries of the British Commonwealth either such apparatus, or apparatus tested a t the recognised institutions in those countries, should be used. Part I1 of the Specification comprises the followin- sections :-Specification for (1) Determination of the Percentage of Fat in Milk-(2) Determinatbion of the Percentage of Fat in Skim-Milk, Separated Milk or Buttermilk-(3) Determination of the Percentage of Fat in Cream :-(a) Using 18 g. of cream and a standard thirty per cent. 18 g. Babcock bottle; (b) Using 9 g. of cream and a standard thirty per cent. 18 g. Babcock bottle; ( c ) Using 9 g. of cream and a standard sixty per cent. 9 g. Babcock bottle; ( d ) Using 9 g. of cream and a standard fifty per cent. 9 g. Babcock bottle-(4) Determination of the Percentage of Fat in Cheese.

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