prEN ISO 14720-1
(Main)Testing of ceramic materials - Determination of sulfur in non-oxidic ceramic raw materials and ceramic materials - Part 1: Infrared measurement methods (ISO/DIS 14720-1:2025)
Testing of ceramic materials - Determination of sulfur in non-oxidic ceramic raw materials and ceramic materials - Part 1: Infrared measurement methods (ISO/DIS 14720-1:2025)
ISO 14720-1:2013 defines a method for the determination of sulfur in powdered and granular non-oxidic ceramic raw materials and materials, such as silicon carbides, silicon nitrides, graphites, carbon blacks, cokes, carbon powders. If proved by the recovery rate, this method can also be applied for other non-metallic powdered and granular materials, e.g. silicon dioxide.
ISO 14720-1:2013 is applicable for materials with mass fractions of sulfur from 0,005 % to 2 %.
ISO 14720-1:2013 can also be applied for materials with higher mass fractions of sulfur after verification of the particular case.
Prüfung keramischer Werkstoffe - Bestimmung des Schwefelgehaltes in nichtoxidischen keramischen Roh- und Werkstoffen - Teil 1: Infrarotmessverfahren (ISO/DIS 14720-1:2025)
Analyse des matériaux céramiques - Dosage du soufre dans les produits et les matières premières céramiques non oxydes - Partie 1: Méthodes d'essai par infrarouge (ISO/DIS 14720-1:2025)
Preskušanje keramičnih materialov - Določanje žvepla v neoksidativnih keramičnih surovinah in osnovnih materialih - 1. del: Infrardeče merilne metode (ISO/DIS 14720-1:2025)
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2025
Preskušanje keramičnih materialov - Določanje žvepla v neoksidativnih
keramičnih surovinah in osnovnih materialih - 1. del: Infrardeče merilne metode
(ISO/DIS 14720-1:2025)
Testing of ceramic materials - Determination of sulfur in non-oxidic ceramic raw materials
and ceramic materials - Part 1: Infrared measurement methods (ISO/DIS 14720-1:2025)
Prüfung keramischer Werkstoffe - Bestimmung des Schwefelgehaltes in nichtoxidischen
keramischen Roh- und Werkstoffen - Teil 1: Infrarotmessverfahren (ISO/DIS 14720-
1:2025)
Analyse des matériaux céramiques - Dosage du soufre dans les produits et les matières
premières céramiques non oxydes - Partie 1: Méthodes d'essai par infrarouge (ISO/DIS
14720-1:2025)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN ISO 14720-1
ICS:
81.060.10 Surovine Raw materials
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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Determination of sulfur in non-
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Infrared measurement methods
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2 Principle . 1
3 Apparatus . 1
4 Reagents . 2
5 Sampling and sample preparation . 2
6 Calibration . 2
7 Performance . 2
7.1 Preparation of analysis .2
7.2 Determination of blank value .3
7.3 Determination of sulfur content .3
8 Calculation and report of the results . 3
9 Precision . 3
9.1 Repeatability .3
9.2 Reproducibility .3
10 Test report . 3
Annex A (informative) Results of the round-robin test . 5
Annex B (informative) Information regarding the validation of the uncertainty of the mean
value . 7
Annex C (informative) Commercial Certified Reference Materials (CRM) . 8
Bibliography . 9
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ISO/DIS 14720-1:2025(en)
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ISO 14720-1 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 33, Refractories.
ISO 14720 consists of the following parts, under the general title Testing of ceramic materials — Determination
of sulfur in non-oxidic ceramic raw materials and ceramic materials:
— Part 1: Infrared measurement methods
— Part 2: Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) or ion chromatography (IC)
after burning in the oxygen flow
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DRAFT International Standard ISO/DIS 14720-1:2025(en)
Testing of ceramic materials — Determination of sulfur in
non-oxidic ceramic raw materials and ceramic materials —
Part 1:
Infrared measurement methods
1 Scope
This part of ISO 14720 defines a method for the determination of sulfur in non-oxidic ceramic raw materials
and ceramic materials, such as silicon carbides, silicon nitrides, graphites, carbon blacks, cokes, carbon
powders. If proved by the recovery rate, this method can also be applied for other non-metallic powdered
and granular materials, for example silicon dioxide.
This part of ISO 14720 is applicable for materials with mass fractions of sulfur from 0,005 % to 2 %.
This part of ISO 14720 can also be applied for materials with higher mass fractions of sulfur after verification
of the particular case.
2 Principle
The sample and added combustion accelerators (mostly tungsten- or iron-granules) are heated in an
inductive furnace under oxygen atmosphere. The high-frequency field of the furnace couples with electrically
conductive components of sample and combustion accelerators. The sample is heated to temperatures
above 1 800 °C and the total sulfur content of the sample is released as sulfur dioxide. The reaction gas is
transferred to the infrared absorption cell of the analyser. The molecular absorption of sulfur dioxide is
measured by using a narrow-band optical filter which is translucent for the wavelength of the characteristic
infrared absorption of sulfur dioxide. The mass fraction of sulfur dioxide in the reaction gas is proportional
to peak-height and peak-area, respectively, of the transient absorption signal. The mass fraction of sulfur in
the sample is calculated by using a calibration function established by suitable calibration samples measured
under comparable conditions.
3 Apparatus
3.1 Device with induction furnace or alternatively resistance furnace and infrared cell.
NOTE The correctness of the analysis result can be proved by using matrix-analogous reference materials or by
comparing with an independent alternative test method. If determining mass fractions below 100 mg/kg, it has to be
considered that some analytical devices may deliver incorrect results.
3.2 Analytical balance, capable of reading to the nearest 0,01 mg.
3.3 Ceramic crucible, for example mullite or alumina.
3.4 Crucible lid with hole, for example mullite or alumina.
ISO/DIS 14720-1:2025(en)
4 Reagents
4.1 General
Reagents of known analytical grade shall be used, provided it is first ascertained that the reagent is of
sufficiently high purity to permit its use without lessening the accuracy of the determination.
4.2 Tungsten granules
NOTE Depending on the material, the decomposition of the sample in the furnace may be improved by partially
replacing tungsten granules by tin granules. Tungsten/tin-mixtures are commercially available.
4.3 Iron granules
4.4 Calibration samples, preferably certified reference materials with composition and sulfur content
similar to the analysed material.
NOTE See Annex C. Also suitable are primary substances, preferably sulfates.
4.5 Oxygen, purity ≥ 99,998 % V/V.
5 Sampling and sample preparation
Sampling shall be performed in a way such that the sample to be analysed is representative for the total
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amount of material, for example according to ISO 8656-1 .
In an unknown drying state, the sample shall be dried at (110 ± 5) °C to constant mass. The sample shall be
cooled to ambient temperature in a desiccator and stored therein.
The sample material shall have a particle size of ≤ 160 µm. If necessary, it shall be crushed
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