CEN/TC 133/WG 10 - Methods of analysis

This part of this European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the zinc content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having zinc mass fractions between 0,000 5 % and 5,0 %.

This European Standard provides guidance on the concepts and procedures for the calibration and analysis of copper and copper alloys by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry.

This European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the manganese content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having manganese mass fractions between 0,001 0 % and 6,0 %.

This European Standard specifies a routine method for the analysis of copper and copper alloys by spark source optical emission spectrometry (S-OES). The method is applicable to all elements except copper commonly present in copper and copper alloys present as impurities or minor or main constituents, and detectable by S-OES.

This Technical Specification specifies a molybdovanadate spectrophotometric method for the determination of phosphorus in copper and copper alloys in the form of castings or unwrought or wrought products. The method is applicable to products having phosphorus mass fractions between 0,001 % and 0,5 %.

This European Standard specifies an electrolytic method for the determination of the copper content of unalloyed copper materials with a copper content higher than 99,80 % (mass fraction) in the form of castings, wrought and unwrought products.
Silver, if present, is co-deposited and is reported as copper. Approximately one-half of any selenium and tellurium present will co-deposit. Bismuth, if present, also interferes.

This European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the cadmium content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having a cadmium mass fractions between 0,000 5 % and 0,1 %.

This European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the tin content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having medium tin mass fractions between 0,2 % and 3,0 %.

This European Standard specifies an electrolytic method for the determination of the copper content in copper materials with a copper content less than 99,85 % (mass fraction) in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
Silver, if present, is co-deposited and is reported as copper. Approximately one-half of any selenium and tellurium present will co-deposit. Arsenic, antimony, bismuth and tin, if present, also interfere.

This Technical Specification specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the tellurium content of copper and copper alloys in form of castings or unwrought or wrought products.
The method is applicable to products having tellurium mass fractions between 0,000 2 % and 0,020 %.

This European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the nickel content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having a nickel mass fractions between 0,001 % and 6,0 %.

This document specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the lead in copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having lead mass fractions between 0,01 % and 5,0 %.

This European Standard specifies two flame atomic absorption spectrometric methods (FAAS) for the determination of the silver content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The methods are applicable to products having silver mass fractions between 0,01 % and 2,0 %.
a)   Method A is applicable to copper and copper alloys having silver mass fractions between 0,01 % and 1,0 % and containing antimony or tin not greater than 0,005 0 % or silicon not greater than 0,010 %.
b)   Method B is applicable to copper and copper alloys having silver mass fractions between 0,01 % and 2,0 % and antimony or tin greater than 0,005 % and silicon greater than 0,010 %.

This European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the tellurium content of copper and copper alloys in form of castings or unwrought or wrought products.
The method is applicable to products having tellurium mass fractions between 0,20 % and 1,00 %.

This European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of magnesium content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having magnesium mass fractions between 0,001 % and 0,20 %.

This European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the bismuth content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having bismuth mass fractions between 0,01 % and 0,25 %.

This European Standard specifies six inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry methods (A to F) for the determination of alloying elements and impurities in copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
A complementary method, for the analysis of Copper-tin-lead alloys, is described in Annex B (informative). The precision criteria concerning this method do not reach the suitable level, for all the elements specified (zinc and phosphorus, namely).
These methods are applicable to the elements listed in Tables 1 to 6 within the composition ranges shown: (...)
NOTE 1   The ranges specified for each method can be extended or adapted, for the determination of lower mass fractions.
NOTE 2   Other elements may be included. However such elements and their mass fractions should be carefully checked, taking into account interference, sensitivity, resolution and linearity criteria for each instrument and each wavelength.

This part of this Technical Specification specifies the spectrophotometric method for the determination of tin content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having tin mass fractions between 0,005 % and 0,5 %.

This part of this document specifies a titrimetric method for the determination of the chromium content of
copper and copper alloys in the form of castings or unwrought or wrought products.
The method is applicable to products having chromium mass fractions between 0,10 % and 2,0 %.

This Part of this European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the iron content of copper and copper alloys in the form of castings or unwrought or wrought products.
The method is applicable to products having iron mass fractions between 0,005 % and 5,0 %.

This part of this Technical Specification specifies a spectrophotometric method for the determination of the manganese content of copper and copper alloys in the form of castings or unwrought or wrought products.
The method is applicable to products having manganese mass fractions between 0,025 % and 6,25 %.

This part of this European Standard specifies a routine method for analysing copper and copper alloys by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence.
The method is applicable to:
   all elements detectable by XRF; impurities, minor and main constituents;
   analysis of either unwrought, including chill-cast or wrought products.

This part of this European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of tin content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having low tin mass fractions between 0,001 % and 0,6 %.

This European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the beryllium content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having beryllium mass fractions between 0,01 % and 3,0 %.

This part of this European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the aluminium content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having aluminium mass fractions between 0,010 % and 2,5 %.

This European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the cobalt content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having cobalt mass fractions between 0,010 % and 3,0 %.

This part of this European Standard specifies a Rhodamine B spectrophotometric method for the determination of the antimony content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having antimony mass fractions in the range between 0,001 % and 0,1 %, or greater by appropriate modification of the mass of the test portion, the volume of the test portion solution to be taken for the extraction and the cell path length.

This European Standard specifies two different electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometric meth-ods (ET AAS) for the determination of silver, arsenic, bismuth, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, iron, manganese, nickel, lead, antimony, selenium, tin, tellurium and zinc in copper (greater than 99,85 %) in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The standard specifies two methods depending on range of impurity concentrations, see Table 1.
Method B (method of additions) is applicable to products containing impurity elements at concentrations below 1,0 μg/g. This method uses special ET AAS equipment fitted with background correction by means of the Zeemann effect.

This part of this European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the antimony content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having antimony mass fractions between 0,02 % and 2,0 %.

This part of this European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the chromium content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having chromium mass fractions between 0,010 % and 2,0 %.

This part of this European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the
determination of the arsenic content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having arsenic mass fractions between 0,01 % and 1,5 %.

This part of this European Standard specifies a titrimetric method for the determination of the aluminium content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having aluminium mass fractions between 0,5 % and 12 %.

This part of this European Standard specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the zinc content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having zinc mass fractions between 0,000 5 % and 6,0 %.

This European Standard specifies a routine method for the analysis of copper and copper alloys by spark source optical emission spectrometry (S-OES). The method is applicable to all elements except copper commonly present in copper and copper alloys present as impurities or minor or main constituents, and detectable by S-OES.

This Technical Specification specifies a molybdovanadate spectrophotometric method for the determination of phosphorus in copper and copper alloys in the form of castings or unwrought or wrought products.
The method is applicable to products having phosphorus mass fractions between 0,001 % and 0,5 %.

This part of this European Standard provides guidance on the concepts and procedures for the calibration and analysis of copper and copper alloys by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry.

This document specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the cadmium content of copper and copper alloys in the form of castings or unwrought or wrought products.
The method is applicable to products having cadmium mass fractions between 0,002 % and 2,0 %.

This Technical Specification specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the tin content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having medium tin mass fractions between 0,2 % and 3 %.

This Technical Specification specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the nickel content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having a nickel mass fractions between 0,001 % and 6,0 %.

This Technical Specification specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of magnesium content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having magnesium mass fractions between 0,001 % and 0,20 %.

This document specifies seven inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry methods (A to G) for the determination of alloying elements and impurities in copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
These methods are applicable to the elements listed in Tables 1 to 7 within the composition ranges shown:
Table 1 - Coppers
Table 2 - Copper-zinc alloys
Table 3 - Copper-tin alloys
Table 4 - Copper-aluminium alloys
Table 5 - Copper-beryllium alloys
Table 6 - Copper-nickel alloys
Table 7 - Copper-tin-lead alloys
NOTE 1   The ranges specified for each method can be extended or adapted, for the determination of lower mass frac-tions.
NOTE 2   Other elements may be included. However such elements and their mass fractions should be carefully checked, taking into account interference, sensitivity, resolution and linearity criteria for each instrument and each wave-length.

This European Technical Specification specifies a flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS) for the determination of the bismuth content of copper and copper alloys in the form of unwrought, wrought and cast products.
The method is applicable to products having bismuth mass fractions between 0,01 % and 0,25 %.