This International Standard describes a method for the determination of platinum in platinum jewellery alloys, preferably within the range of fineness specified in ISO 9202, by means of inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES).
This method applies to platinum jewellery alloys that might contain silver, indium, iridium, gallium, copper, cobalt, nickel, tin, and ruthenium. However, this list is not exhaustive and care is always to be taken to investigate potential interference effects.
This method is intended to be used as the recommended method for the determination of fineness in alloys covered by ISO 9202 up to 990 ‰.
ISO 11494:2014 Referenced Document
ISO 11596:2008 Jewellery - Sampling of precious metal alloys for and in jewellery and associated products
ISO 9202:2014 Jewellery - Fineness of precious metal alloys
ISO 11494:2014 history
2019ISO 11494:2019 Jewellery and precious metals — Determination of platinum in platinum alloys — ICP-OES method using an internal standard element
2014ISO 11494:2014 Jewellery - Determination of platinum in platinum jewellery alloys - ICP-OES method using yttrium as internal standard element
2008ISO 11494:2008 Jewellery - Determination of platinum in platinum jewellery alloys - Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) solution-spectrometric method using yttrium as internal standard element