BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 3794:1976 Essential Oils (containing tertiary alcohols) Estimation of free alcohols content by determination of Jar ester value after acetylation ICS 71.100.60; 71.040.40 BS IS0 3794:1976 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim ISO 3794:1976 and implements it as the UK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee AW/54, Essential Oils, 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. f 14 Jan 2023. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. 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 Version correct 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 with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity Newcastle University. from legal obligations. This British Standard, having been prepared under the Summary of pages Odirection of the Consumer This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the ISO title page, Products and Services Sector Committee, was published the ISO foreword page, pages 1 and 2, an inside back cover and a back cover. under the authority of the The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the Standards Committee and document was last issued. comes into effect on 15 September 2001 Amendments issued since publication Date Comments Amd. No. @ BSI 08-2001 ISBN 0 580 38371 7 ISO) NTERNATIONAL STANDARD 3794 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION-MEK,JYHAPO,AHAB OPFAHHBALIHA IO CTAHIAPTM3ALBIH-ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION Essential oils(containingtertiaryalcohols)-Estimationof freealcohols contentbydeterminationof estervalueafter acetylation Huiles essentielles (contenant des alcools tertiaires) Evaluation de la teneur en alcools libres par determination de I'indice d'ester apres acetylation First edition 1976-12-15 UDC 668.5 : 543.85 Ref. No. ISO 3794-1976 (E) Descriptors : essential oils, chemical analysis, determination of content, alcohols, ester number