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Status of ICUMSA Methods

This is the table proposed for the methods book in ICUMSA News (September 2005), reproduced here with two additional columns "Full number" and "Brief description" and with additional headlines for better readability on the screen:

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STATUS TABLE OF ICUMSA METHODS (2005 Revision)
A Accepted Status     O Official Status     T Tentative Status
ID No.	Full number	Brief description	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	GS6	GS7	GS8	GS9
GS1-1	GS1/2/3-1	Polarisation, lead acetate	O	O	O
GS1-2	GS1/2/3-2	Polarisation, NIRP	T	T	T
GS1-3	GS1/3/7-3	Red. Sug., LaEyCoVo	A		A				A
GS1-4	GS1/2/3-4	G+F, HPAEC	O	O	O
GS1-5	GS1-5	Red. Sug., LuScho	O
GS1-7	GS1/3-7	Colour, pH 7	O		O						O?
GS1-10	GS1-10	Sulphated Ash	O
GS1-13	GS1/3/4/7/8-13	Conductivity Ash	O		O	O			O	O
GS1-15	GS1-15	Dextran, Haze	O
GS1-16	GS1-16	Starch, BSES	T
GS1-17	GS1-17	Starch, SPRI	T
GS1-20	GS1-20	Fine Grain	T
GS1-23	GS1/2/3/4/7/8-23	pH	O	T	O?	O			O	O
ID No.	Full number	Brief description	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	GS6	GS7	GS8	GS9
GS2-1	GS2/3-1	Polarisation		O	O
GS2-4	GS2-4	G+F, enzym.		O
GS2-5	GS2/3-5	Red. Sug., KnAll		O	O
GS2-6	GS2/9-6	Red. Sug., ModOf		O							O?
GS2-9	GS2/3-9	Colour, TEA, pH 7		A	A
GS2-10	GS2/3-10	Colour, up to 50 IU		O	O
GS2-11	GS2-11	Visual Appearance		O
GS2-13	GS2-13	Reflectance		O
GS2-15	GS2/1/3-15	Loss on Drying	O	O	O
GS2-17	GS2/3-17	Conductivity Ash		O	O
GS2-19	GS2/3-19	Insoluble Matter		O	O
GS2-23	GS2/3-23	Arsenic, AAS		T	T
GS2-24	GS2/3-24	Lead, GFAAS		O	O
GS2-25	GS2/3-25	Arsenic, colorim.		A	A
GS2-27	GS2/1/3-27	Lead, colorim.	A	A	A
GS2-29	GS2/3-29	Copper		A	A
GS2-31	GS2/3/7/8-31	Iron		A	A				A	A
GS2-33	GS2/1/7-33	Sulphite, colorim.	T	O					A
GS2-35	GS2/3-35	Sulphite, enzym.		O	O+T
GS2-36	GS2-36	Formaldehyde		A
GS2-37	GS2-37	Particle size		A
GS2-39	GS2/1/3-39	ERH	O	O	O
GS2-40a	GS2/3-40	Floc, 10d		O	O
GS2-40b	GS2/3-40	Floc, 24h		T	T
GS2-41	GS2/3-41	Mesophiles, MemFil		O	O
GS2-42	GS2/3-42	Mb. Sampling		O	O	O?			O?	O?
GS2-43	GS2/3-43	Mesophiles, PourPl		O	O
GS2-45	GS2/3-45	Slime formers		O	O
GS2-47	GS2/3-47	Yeasts and Moulds		O	O
GS2-49	GS2/3-49	Th. Spore-form. Bact.		O	O
ID No.	Full number	Brief description	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	GS6	GS7	GS8	GS9
GS3-1	GS3-1	Polarisat. (Anti-caking ag.)			O
GS3-11	GS3/4/7/8-11	Sulphated Ash			O	O			O	O
GS3-21	GS3-21	Anti-caking agents			O
GS4-1	GS4/7-1	App. Sucrose, 2xPol				A			A?
GS4-2	GS4/7/8/5-2	Sucrose, GC				O	T		O	O
GS4-3	GS4/3-3	Red. Sug., LaEyCoVo			O?	O?
GS4-5	GS4-5	Red. Sug., LaEyCoVo				O?
GS4-7	GS4/3-7	Tot. Red. Sug., LaEyCoVo			O?	O?
GS4-9	GS4/3-9	Tot. Red. Sug., LuScho			O	O
GS4-11	GS4/7-11	Dry Substance, VS-drying				O			O
GS4-12	GS4/7/3-12	Water, Karl Fischer			T	O			T
GS4-13	GS4-13	RDS %				A
GS4-15	GS4-15	Hydrometer °Brix				A
GS4-18	GS4/8/1/2/3-18	Raffinose, enzym.	T	T	T	O				A
GS4-19	GS4/8-19	Raffinose, HPAEC				O				O
GS4-21	GS4/8-21	Betaine, HPLC				O				O?
GS4-22	GS4-22	Sucr., Betaine; HPLC				O
GS5-1	GS5/7-1	Polarisation					O		O
GS5-5	GS5-5	Sampling, Hatch					A
GS5-7	GS5-7	Sampling, Corer					A
GS6-1	GS6-1	Polarisation, Pb						O
GS6-3	GS6-3	Polarisation, Al						O
ID No.	Full number	Brief description	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	GS6	GS7	GS8	GS9
GS7-3	GS7-3	Cell Rupture							A
GS7-5	GS7-5	Moisture							A
GS7-7	GS7-7	Cake, Polarisation							A
GS7-9	GS7-9	Cake, Moisture							A
GS7-11	GS7-11	Mud, Solids							A
GS7-13	GS7-13	Fibre							A
GS7-15	GS7-15	Phosphate							A
GS7-19	GS7-19	Ca, Mg							A
GS7-21	GS7-21	Turbidity							A
GS7-22	GS7/4/3-22	F G S, GC			O	O			O
GS7-23	GS7/4/8-23	S G F, S, HPLC				O			O	O
GS7-24	GS7/8/4-24	G F S, S, HPIC				O			O	O
GS7-25	GS7-25	Lime, CaO							A	?
GS7-27	GS7-27	Quicklime							A
GS8-4	GS8/4/6-4	G F, enzym.				T		T		A
GS8-5	GS8-5	App.Tot.Sucrose, LuScho								A
GS8-6a	GS8-6	Pulp, Moisture Content								A
GS8-6b	GS8-6	Dried Pulp, Dry Substance								O
GS8-7a	GS8-7	Pulp, Crude ash								O
GS8-7b	GS8-7	Pulp, Sulph. ash								O
GS8-8	GS8-8	Pulp, Insol. ash								A
GS8-9	GS8/2/3/4-9	Calcium		A	A	A				A
GS8-11	GS8/4/7-11	Chloride				A			A	A
GS8-13	GS8/4/6-13	Lactic acid, enzym.				A		A		A
GS8-14	GS8/4/6-14	Acetic acid, enzym.				T		T		A
GS8-15	GS8/4-15	Raffinose + Kestoses, TLC				A				A
GS8-21	GS8-21	Dextr., Lev., Arab.; TLC								A
GS8-23	GS8-23	Pectic acid, 3HD								A
GS8-25	GS8-25	Pectic acid, Carbazole								A
GS9-8	GS9/1/2/3-8	Colour, MOPS Buff., pH 7	O	O	O						O

2006-06-01       G. Pollach