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Scope: This International Standard specifies a method for the determination of the polyethylene glycol (PEG) content in aromatic and aliphatic non-ionic surface active agents of the type R-(O-C2H4) n OH; where n is the mean ethylene oxide (EO) value. It is applicable to all ethoxylated products soluble in methanol or methanol/water mixture. This method applies to PEG concentrations as mass fraction greater than or equal to 0,1 %. This International Standard is not applicable to PEG whose molar mass is lower than 400 g/mol. Monomeric ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, and glycerol are not detected.

ISO 16560:2015 Referenced Document

ISO 3696:1987 Water for analytical laboratory use; Specification and test methods
ISO 5725-2:1994 Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results - Part 2: Basic method for the determination of repeatability and reproducibility of a standard measurement method
ISO 607:1980 Surface active agents and detergents; Methods of sample division

2015 ISO 16560:2015 Surface active agents - Determination of polyethylene glycol content in nonionic ethoxylated surfactants - HPLC method