EN 14103 Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) - Determination of ester and linolenic acid methyl ester contents
1 Scope
The purpose of this document is to describe a procedure for the determination of the ester content in fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) intended for incorporation into diesel oil. It also allows determining the linolenic acid methyl ester content. It allows verifying that the ester content of FAME is greater than 90 % (m/m) and that the linolenic acid content is between 1 % (m/m) and 15 % (m/m).
This method is suitable for FAME which contains methyl esters between C6 and C24.
NOTE For the purposes of this European Standard, the terms "% (m/m)" and "%(v/v)" are used to represent respectively the mass and volume fractions.
WARNING - The use of this method may involve hazardous equipment, materials and operations. This method does not purport to address to all of the safety problems associated with its use, but it is the responsibility of the user to search and establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
2 Principle
Determination of the percentage of total methyl esters of fatty acids and the percentage of linolenic acid methyl ester present in the sample, by gas chromatography according to a procedure using internal calibration (nonadecanoic acid methyl ester).
