This document specifies an ultraviolet (UV) fluorescence test method for the determination of the sulfur
content of ethanol from 5 mg/kg to 20 mg/kg. Other products may be analysed and higher sulfur contents may
be determined according to this test method, however, no precision data for products other than ethanol and
for results outside the specified range have been established for this document. Halogens interfere with this
detection technique at concentrations above approximately 3 500 mg/kg.
NOTE For the purposes of this document, the terms “% (m/m)” and “% (V/V)” are used to represent the mass fraction
and the volume fraction of a material respectively.
BS EN 15486:2007 Referenced Document
EN ISO 1042 Laboratory Glassware - One-Mark Volumetric Flasks
EN ISO 3170 Petroleum liquids - Manual sampling (ISO 3170:2004)
BS EN 15486:2007 history
2007BS EN 15486:2007 Ethanol as a blending component for petrol. Determination of sulfur content. Ultraviolet fluorescence method