NF EN ISO 5508 : 1995

National foreword
Committees responsible
Method
1 Scope
2 Normative reference
3 Reagents
4 Apparatus
5 Procedure
6 Expression of results
7 Special case - use of a catharometer detector
   (working on the principle of thermal conductivity
   changes)
8 Test report
Figure
1 Chromatogram for determining the number of
   theoretical plates (efficiency) and resolution

Provides guidance for application of gas chromatography, using packed or capillary columns, to determine the qualitative and quantitative composition of a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters obtained in accordance with the method described in ISO 5509. Not applicable to polymerized fatty acids.