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Australian Standard

Polarimeters—Sugar—Automatic
AS 4185—1994
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee CH/1, Laboratory Glassware and
Related Apparatus. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia
on 21 February 1994 and published on 16 May 1994.

The following interests are represented on Committee CH/1:

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Australian Goverment Analytical Laboratories

National Assocation of Testing Authorities Australia
National Standards Commission
Royal Australian Chemical Institute
NSW Agriculture
Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
University of Sydney

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 90195.

 AS 4185—1994

Australian Standard
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Polarimeters—Sugar—Automatic

First publi shed as AS K157 — 1965.

Second editi on 1968.
Revised and redesignated AS 4185— 1994.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 8841 1
 AS 4185— 1994 2

PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee, CH/1, for Laboratory
Glassware and Related Apparatus, under the direction of the Multitechnics Standards Policy
Board.
The objective of this Standard is to specify the performance of an automatic type of sugar
polarimeter for use in the analysis of sugar cane juices, sugars and sugar products. This
Standard is a revision of AS K157—1968, Automatic sugar polarimeter.
This edition is based on a submission from CSR Limited whose Central Laboratory was
responsible for most of the work in developing the specification.
The term ‘informative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the
appendix to which it applies. An ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and
guidance.
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CONTENTS
Page
1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 DEFINITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4 OPERATING CONDITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5 CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
7 OPTICAL COMPONENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
8 POLARIMETER TUBES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
9 RANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10 READOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11 STANDARDIZATION AND ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 OPERATION CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
13 ACCURACY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
14 PRECISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
15 TEMPERATURE EFFECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
16 SECURITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

APPENDIX A SERVICING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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 3 AS 4185—1994

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Polarimeters—Sugar—Automatic

1 SCOPE This Standard gives the requirements for an automatic polarimeter used for
determining the sucrose content of sugar cane juices, sugars and sugar mill products. The
instrument is intended to be used for quality control purposes by persons who may not be
technically conversant with the theory and the practical limitations of the instrument.
NOTES:
1 Throughout the specification the sugar polarimeter is referred to as the ‘instrument’.
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2 Appendix A provides information to be taken into account when preparing service agreements.

2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

Standard:
AS
1952 Dispensing measures— Pharmaceutical— Glass
3000 Electrical installations —Buildings, structures and premises
ISO
468 Surface roughness — Parameters, their values and general rules for specifying
requirements
BS
1134 Method for the assessment of surface texture
1134.1 Part 1: Method and instrumentation

3 DEFINITION For the purpose of this Standard, the following definition applies.
3.1 °Z—Where this symbol is used in this Standard, it refers to the unit of optical rotation
on the International Sugar Scale. The scale is defined by the International Commission for
Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis (ICUMSA), Subject 5 (1986).

4 OPERATING CONDITIONS The instrument shall operate in accordance with the

specified requirements where subjected to the following conditions:
(a) Climate
(i) Tropical and sub-tropical climatic conditions which favour the growth of
moulds and microflora.
(ii) Temperatures between 4°C and 40°C.
(iii) Relative humidity from low values to near 100 percent.
(iv) Rapid changes of temperature and humidity.
(b) Vibration Vibration in laboratories caused by heavy machinery in adjacent factory
areas.
(c) Transport Transport from one laboratory to another.
(d) Operators Operation by unskilled personnel.

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