BS EN ISO BRITISH STANDARD 15587-1:2002 BS 6068-2.76: 2002 Incorporating Corrigendum No. 1 Water quality - Digestion for the determination of selected elementsin water - Part l: Aqua regia digestion The European Standard EN IS0 15587-1:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 13.060.50 BSi BS EN ISO 15587-1:2002 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN ISO 15587-1:2002. It is identical with ISO 15587-1:2002. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee EH/3, Water quality, to Subcommittee EH/3/2, Physical, chemical and biochemical methods, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This is one of a series of standards on water quality, others of which have been, or will be, published as Sections of BS 6068. The various Sections of BS 6068 are comprised within Parts 1 to 7, which together with Part O, are listed below. Part 0 Introduction Part 1 Glossary Part 2 Physical, chemical and biochemical methods Part 3 Radiological methods Part4Microbiologicalmethods Part5Biological methods Part 6 Sampling Part 7 Precision and accuracy NOTE The tests described in this British Standard should only be carried out by suitably qualified persons with an appropriate level of chemical expertise. Standard chemical procedures should be followed throughout. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the “Find" facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application. Compliance witha BritishStandard doesnotofitselfconferimmunity from legal obligations. This British Standard, having Summary of pages been prepared under the This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN ISO title direction of the Health and page, the EN ISO foreword page, the ISO title page, pages ii to iv, pages 1 to Environment Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was 18, the Annex ZA page and a back cover. published under the authority The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on document was last issued. 28 March 2002 Amendments issued since publication C BSI 14 May 2002 Amd. No. Date Comments 13917 14 May 2002 Incorporating the Annex ZA Corrigendum No. 1 ISBN058039252X EUROPEAN STANDARD EN ISO15587-1 NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM March 2002 ICS 13.060.50 Englishversion Water quality - Digestion for the determination of selected elements in water - Part 1: Aqua regia digestion (ISO 15587- 1:2002) Qualite de I'eau - Digestion pour la determination de Wasserbeschaffenheit - Aufschluss fur die Best1 mmung certains elements dans I'eau - Partie 1: Digestion a I'eau ausgewahlte r Elemente in Wasser-Teil 1:Konigswasse r gale (ISO15587-1:2002) Aufschluss (ISO 15587-12002) This EuropeanStandard wasapprovedbyCENon1March2002 CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Inte r nal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member This European Standard exists in three official ve r sions (English, French, German). A version in any ot