Lovibond PFXi 950 - Page 7

Lovibond
®
PFXi Series Operator’s Instruction Manual V1.6
Page 7 of 53
Key:  Standard on Instrument.  Optional Upgrade. * Can be ordered with a factory fitted heater or retrofitted
Instrument Type
Colour Scale
References
Scope
Range
195\1
195\2
195\3
195\4
195\5
195\6
195\7
195\8
195\9
880\L*
880\AT*
880\P*
880\S8
880\IP17*
880\CIE
950*
950\P*
995*
995\P*
Acid Wash
ASTM D848-03
Indication of impurities which if sulfonated would cause
the material to be discolored
1 – 14
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ADMI (full spectrum and
tristimulus filter)
American Standard
Methods 2120 E
Coloured waters and tinted liquids
0 - 500
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AOCS-Tintometer
AOCS Cc 13b-45
AOCS Cc 8d-55
AOCS Cc 13j-97
Special red and yellow version of the Lovibond
®
RYBN
scale used for oils, fats and derivatives
0 - 20 Red, 0 - 70
Yellow
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ASBC Color
ASBC
American standard for colour grading of beers; derived
from EBC Colour
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ASTM Color
ASTM D 1500,
ASTM D 6045, ISO
2049
A wide range of petroleum products including lubricating
oils, heating oils and diesel fuel oils
0.5 - 8 units
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beta Carotene
BS684 Section 2.20
Direct measurement of content in parts per million
0 - 1000 ppm
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Chinese Pharmacopoeia
(CP)
Pharmaceutical solutions
YG, Y, OY, OR, BR
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Chlorophyll A & B
AOCS Cc 13d-55
Direct measurement of content in parts per million
0 - 100 ppm
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EBC Colour
Analytica
Beers, malts and caramels and similarly coloured liquids.
Based either on absorption at 430 nm or
CIE x y chromaticity co-ordinates
2 - 27 units
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European
Pharmacopoeia (EP)
European
Pharmacopoeia 2.2.2
Pharmaceutical solutions
R, Y, B, BY, GY
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FAC Colour
AOCS Cc 13a-43
Approved by the Fats Analysis Committee of the
American Oil Chemists Society for grading dark coloured
oils, fats and tallows
1 - 45 (odd numbers)
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Gardner Color
ASTM D 1544,
ASTM D 6166,
AOCS Td 1a-64
Chemicals and oils ranging from pale yellow to red, such
as resins, varnishes, drying oils, lecithins and fatty acids
0 - 18 units
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Hess-Ives Color Units
Chemicals and surfactant liquids
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Honey Colour (Pfund
Equivalents)
Commercial honeys, ranging from pale yellow through
amber to deep red
0 – 115 mm
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ICUMSA Colour, 420 nm,
560 nm, 710 nm
ICUMSA GS1-7,
ICUMSA GS2/3-9
Sugar solutions & syrups
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Iodine Colour
DIN 6162
Solvents, plasticisers, resins, oils and fatty acids ranging
from yellow to brown
1 - 500 units
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IP Units
IP 17 Method B
Light coloured products such as refined undyed motor
fuel, white spirit or kerosene
Water White (0.25) to
Standard White (4.0)
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Klett Color (blue filter KS-
42)
AOCS Dd 5-92
Detergents and surfactants
0 - 1000 units
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