AS 3867—1991

Australian Standard
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The qualitative identification of

surfactant components in
detergents
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee CH/11, Methods of Test for
Detergents. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on
5 November 1990 and published on 28 March 1991.

The following interests are represented on Committee CH/11:

Australian Chemical Industry Council
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Australian Consumers Association

Chemical Confederation of Australia
CSIRO, Division of Food Processing
CSIRO, Division of Wool Technology
Department of Primary Industries and Energy (Commonwealth)
The Royal Australian Chemical Institute
The University of New South Wales

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 81284.

 AS 3867—1991

Australian Standard
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The qualitative identification of

surfactant components in
detergents

First publi shed as AS 3867—1991.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 6647 7
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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Methods of Test for Detergents
under the supervision of the Chemical Standards Board.
It was originally requested by the detergents industry because of the growth in scale and complexity
of detergents in the market place and to provide a uniform basis for identifying components by
separating them from one another systematically. The scheme thus provided is seen as the logical first
step in the complete analysis of detergents.
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CONTENTS
Page
1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. .. 3
2 APPLICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. .. 3
3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. .. 3
4 DISCUSSION OF SCHEME OF ANALYSIS . .. . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. 3
5 PRINCIPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 3

APPENDICES
A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
B INFRA-RED SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SURFACTANT CONSTITUENTS . 6
C RECOMMENDED METHOD OF ISOLATION OF ACID HYDROLYSIS
PRODUCTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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