BRITISH STANDARD BS EN ISO

15587-2:2002
BS 6068-2.77:
2002
Incorporating
Corrigendum No. 1

Water quality —
Digestion for the
determination of
selected elements in
water —
Part 2: Nitric acid digestion

The European Standard EN ISO 15587-2:2002 has the status of a

British Standard

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National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of

EN ISO 15587-2:2002. It is identical with ISO 15587-2:2002.
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:

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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 0, are listed below.
Part 0 Introduction
Part 1 Glossary
Part 2 Physical, chemical and biochemical methods
Part 3 Radiological methods
Part 4 Microbiological methods
Part 5 Biological 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.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN ISO 15587-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM March 2002

ICS 13.060.50

English version

Water quality - Digestion for the determination of selected

elements in water - Part 2: Nitric acid digestion (ISO 15587-
2:2002)

Qualité de l'eau - Digestion pour la détermination de Wasserbeschaffenheit - Aufschluss für die Bestimmung
certains éléments dans l'eau - Partie 2: Digestion à l'acide ausgewählter Elemente in Wasser - Teil 2: Salpetersäure-
nitrique (ISO 15587-2:2002) Aufschluss (ISO 15587-2:2002)

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1 March 2002.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal 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
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This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the official
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Foreword

This document (ISO 15587-2:2002) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 147
"Water quality" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 230 "Water analysis", the
secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication
of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2002, and conflicting
national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2002.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of

the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the
United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice

The text of the International Standard ISO 15587-2:2002 has been approved by CEN as a
European Standard without any modifications.

NOTE Normative references to International Standards are listed in annex ZA (normative).

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Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to International Publicationswith their relevant

European publications
This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other
publications. These normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text, and the
publications are listed hereafter. For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions
of any of these publications apply to this European Standard only when incorporated in it by
amendment or revision. For undated references the latest edition of the publication referred to
applies (including amendments).

NOTE Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications,

indicated by (mod.), the relevant EN/HD applies.

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

ISO 3696 1987 Water for analytical laboratory use — EN ISO 3696 1995
Specifications and test methods

ISO 5667-3 1994 Water quality – Sampling – Part 3: Guidance EN ISO 5667-3 1995
on the preservation and handling of samples

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