Handbook F


Analysis of technical and formulated pesticides
Freezing point MT 1
Melting point  MT 2
Specific gravity and density, hydrometer method MT 3.1
Specific gravity and density, pyknometer method  MT 3.2
Specific gravity and density, suspension concentrates MT 3.3
Acetone soluble material, solution at room temperature  MT 5.2
Solubility in acetone  MT 5
Acetone soluble material, solution, hot solution MT 5.1
Solubility in hexane MT 6
Solubility in ethanol  MT 7
Ethanol soluble material, hot solution  MT 7.1
Ethanol soluble material, solution at room temperature  MT 7.2
Kerosene insoluble material MT 8
Water soluble material MT 9
Water insoluble material, hot solution of the sample  MT 10.1
Water insoluble material, cold solution of the sample MT 10.2
Water insoluble material, coarse material-water insoluble  MT 10.3
Water insoluble material in pesticide aqueous solutions MT 10.4
Xylene insoluble material MT 11
Flash point, Abel method  MT 12.1
Flash point, tag closed tester MT 12.2
Flash point, Pensky-Martens closed tester MT 12.3
Freezing mixtures (5 ± 1°C) MT 14.1
Freezing mixtures (10 ± 1°C) MT 14.2 
Suspensibiity of water dispersible powders, CIPAC method  MT 15.1
Suspensibiity of water dispersible powders, AID method MT 15.2
Dichlorodifluoro-methane, insoluble material  MT 16
Loss on drying, oven drying at 60°C MT 17.1
Loss on drying, vacuum drying at 45°C, 24 h  MT 17.2
Loss on drying, over drying at 100°C at constant weight  MT 17.3 
Loss on drying, vacuum drying at room temperature  MT 17.4
Standard waters, CIPAC standard waters A - G  MT 18.1
Standard waters, H and J  MT 18.2
Standard waters, non-CIPAC standard waters  MT 18.3
Buffer solutions, phosphate buffer  MT 19
Dilute emulsion stability MT 20
Silica for chromatography, silica  MT 21.1
Silica for chromatography, sorbisil M60  MT 21.2
Silica for chromatography, fiorisil  MT 21.3
Viscosity of transparant and opaque liquids  MT 22.1
Viscosity Redwoood MT 22.2
Viscosity of mileral oil MT 22
Miscibility with hydrocarbon oil  MT 23
Phosphorus pentoxide  MT 24
Sand for germination tests  MT 25
John Innes Potting compost for soil testing of seed germination  MT 26
Acetone, insoluble material MT 27
Dimedone derivative  MT 28
Sulphated ash, general method  MT 29
Water, Karl Fisher method MT 30
Water, Dean and Stark method MT 30.2
Water, free water 'speedy' method MT 30.3
Water, in acetone solutions MT 30.4
Free acidity or alkalinity, methyl red indicator method  MT 31.1
Free acidity or alkalinity, electrometric procedure MT 31.2
Free acidity or alkalinity, acidity of petroleum products MT 31.3
Conductivity, determination of  MT 32
Tap density of powders  MT 33
Dustability test after accelerated storage MT 34
Oil insoluble material  MT 35
Emulsion characteristics of emulsifiable concentrates, 5% v/v oil phase when diluted MT 36.1
Emulsion characteristics of emulsifiable concentrates, dispersion stability of aqueous emulsions MT 36.2
Isolation of active ingredient, extraction with acetone MT 37.1
Isolation of active ingredient, extraction with light petroleu m MT 37.2
Organic chlorine, potassium-xylene method MT 38.1
Organic chlorine, Stepanov method MT 38.2
Organic chlorine, semi-micro determination of total chlorine MT 38.3
Low temperature stability, emulsifiable concentrates and solutions MT 39.1
Low temperature stability, aqueous solutions MT 39.2
Water content and suspended solids, water content MT 40.1
Water content and suspended solid, suspended solids MT 40.2
Dilution stability MT 41
Particle size, formulations without carriers  MT 42.1
Particle size, formulations containing carriers  MT 42.2
Partile size distribution of a DDT dipersible powder MT 43
Flowability of powders MT 44
Removal of dyes MT 45
Accelerated storage tests by heating, general methods MT 46.1
Accelerated storage tests by heating, special methods  MT 46.2
Foaming, persistent MT 47.1
Foaming, persistent of suspension concentrates MT 47.2
Stability of undiluted tar oil products, miscible type MT 48.1
Stability of undiluted tar oil products, stock emulsion type MT 48.2
Stability of diluted tar and petroleum oil products, tar-oils-miscible and stock emulsion types MT 49.1
Stability of diluted tar and petroleum oil products, petroleum oil-miscible type MT 49.2
Alumina, Brockmann activity grade III MT 50
Stability of tar-petroleum and petroleum oil products-undiluted, miscible type MT 51.1
Stability of diluted and petroleum oil concentrate products, miscible type MT 52.1
Wettability MT 53
Evaluation of wettability, wetting time of a standard type MT 53.1
Evaluation of wettability, wetting of leaf surfaces MT 53.2
Evaluation of wettability, wetting of dispersible powders MT 53.3
Stability of undiluted DNOC-petroleum, petroleum and tar-petroleum oil products MT 54
Stabiliby of siluted oil products, tar-petroleum oil MT 55.1
Stabiliby of siluted oil products, petroleum and DNOC petroleum oils  MT 55.2
Stabiliby of siluted oil products, petroleum oils for orchard use MT 55.3
Stabiliby of siluted oil products, petroleum oils for glasshouse use MT 55.4
Volatility of neutral oil, preliminary examination MT 56.1
Volatility of neutral oil, full method MT 56.2
Unsulphonated residue of neutral oil  MT 57
Dust content and apparant density of granular formulations, sampling MT 58.1
Dust content and apparant density of granular formulations, preperation of the sample MT 58.2
Dust content and apparant density of granular formulations, apparent density after compactation without pressure
Dust content and apparant density of granular formulations, apparent density after compactation without pressure
MT 58.3
Sieve analysis, dry sieving-dusts  MT 59.1
Sieve analysis, dry sieving-granular products MT 59.2
Sieve analysis, wet sieving MT 59.3
Sieve analysis, sieve test for granular material MT 59.4
Rate of solution of the sodium salts of phenoxylkanoic acid herbicides and their solid formulations MT 60
Neutral oil, determination of distillation range MT 64
Hydrolysable organic chlorine, HCH and lindane dried residues, or technical materials MT 64.1
Hydrolysable organic chlorine, HCH or lindane dusts and dispersible powders MT 64.2
Hydrolysable organic chlorine, DDT residues of technical material MT 64.3
Hydrolysable organic chlorine, HCH or lindane emulsifiable concentrates and solutions MT 64.4
Hydrolysable organic chlorine, DDt dusts and dispersible powders MT 64.5
Hydrolysable organic chlorine, DDT emulsifiable concentrates and solutions MT 64.6
Organochlorine pesticdes, determination in aqueous emulsions MT 65
Free acidity of phenoxyalkanoic esters MT 66
Fat extraction apparatus  MT 67
Chlorides in phenoxyalkanoic acids MT 68.1
Free phenols in phenoxyalkonoic herbicides, GLC method  MT 69
Solubility in sodium hydroxide, phenoxyalkanoic herbicides  MT 71.1
Solubility in sodium hydroxide, creosols MT 71.2
Solubility in sodium hydroxide, bromoxynil and ioxynil MT 71.3
Hardness of water  MT 73
Neutrility  MT 74
pH, determination of MT 75
pH values, determination of, general method  MT 75.1
pH of aqueous dispersions MT 75.2
Solubility in triethanolamine MT 76
1-Chloro-2,3-epoxyethane MT 77
Epichlorhydrin MT 77
Hydrogen sulphide and thiols MT 78
Acid wash test  MT 79
Residue on evaporation, low boiling products MT 80.1
Residue on evaporation, creosols MT 80.2
Soluble alkalinity MT 81
Soluble chlorides MT 82
Seed adhesion test for powders for seed treatment MT 83
Ignition tests, assessment of spontaneous ignition potential of dithiocarbamates MT 84.1
Kieselguhr, for GLC MT 86.1
Kieselguhr, for GLC, for partition chromatography MT 86.2
Chloroform solubles, hot solutions MT 87.1
Chloroform solubles, cold solutions MT 87.2
Toluene solubles MT 90
Lead, dithizone general MT 92.1
Lead, dithizone method B MT 92.2
Manganese, bismuthate method MT 93.1
Manganese, EDTA method MT 93.2
Zinc in dithiocarbamates MT 94.1
Iron, determination of MT 95
Separation and identification of herbicides MT 97
Copper, water soluble, colorimetric method with bathocuproine MT 98.1
Copper, water soluble, atomic absorption method  MT 98.2
Determination of arsenic MT 99
Total chlorides MT 100
Heptane-insoluble material MT 101
Nitron, preperation of complexes  MT 105
Ammonia-ammonium chloride buffer solution pH 10 MT 107
Dinitro compounds, solubility of salts and alkali insolubles MT 108
Moneral acidity of dinitro compounds MT 109
Mercury, mercurial impurities in technical and formulated mercury compounds MT 110
Silanization of gas chromatographic columns  MT 113
Correction of interfering peaks MT 114
Mercury (II) salts, characteristic reactions of MT 116
Chlorides, test for  MT 117
Iodides, test for MT 118
Phosphates, test for MT 120
Silicates, test for  MT 121
Extractable acids, determination of  MT 126
Extractable acids, melting point of MT 127
Gaschromatography of phenoxyalkanoic acids and other herbicides MT 129
Dithiocarbamates, identity test for certain alkylenebis  MT 130
Dithiocarbamates, identity test for certain dithiocarbamates and thiram and their mixtures MT 130
Nitrophenols, determination of MT 133
2-Aminopyridine, preparation of complexes of nitro compounds  MT 134
Urea herbicides, identification of   MT 137
Pour point of mineral oil MT 139
Free amines in urea herbicides  MT 141
Detection and identification of impurities in substituted phenylurea herbicides MT 142
Phosphorus in active ingredients, spectrophotometric determination after TLC separation  MT 145
Oil content of emulsifiable concentrates  MT 146
Retention test of seed treatment powders  MT 147
Pourability of suspension concentrates  MT 148
Packing of columns for gaschromatography  MT 149
TCDD, determination in 2,4,5-T technical esters  MT 151.1
Identification of amines  MT 152
Dithiocarbamates, qualitative procedure for confirmation of the presence of a dithiocarbamate or thiuram disulphide MT 153
Thiram, qualitative procedure for confirmation of the presence of MT 153
Dithiocarbamates, determination of anions  MT 154
Free phenols in phenoxyalkanoic herbicides, HPLC method  MT 155
Water solubility, prelimenary test MT 157.1
Water solubility, column elution method MT 157.2
Water solubility, flask method MT 157.3
Mercury, determination on treated seed  MT 158
Pour and tap bulk density of granular materials  MT 159
Spontaneity of dispersion, suspension concentrates  MT 160
Suspensibility of aqueous suspension concentrates MT 161
ETU, determinaton in ethylenebisdithiocarbamates  MT 162
Cypermethrin, identity test  MT 163
Fenvalerate, identity test  MT 163
Identity tests for permethrin, cypernethrin and fenvalerate  MT 163
Permethrin, identity test MT 163
Bupirimate, identity test MT 164
Ethirimol, identity test  MT 164
Identity tests fir pirimicarb, buprimate, ethirimol, pirimiphos-ethyl and pirimiphos-methyl MT 164
Pirimicarb, identity test  MT 164
Pirimiphos-ehtyl, identity test  MT 164
Pirimicarb-methyl, identity test MT 164
Ultraviolet absorption test for ethylenebisdithiocarbamates MT 165
Sampling of water dispersible granules MT 166
Sieve analysis, wet sieving water dispersible granules MT 167
Suspensibility of water dispersible granules MT 168
Tap density of water dispersible granules MT 169
Sieve analysis, dry sieving of water dispersible granules MT 170
Dustiness of granular products MT 171
Flowability of water dispersible granules MT 172
Dilute emulsion stability, colorimetric method MT 173
Emulsion characteristics of emulsifiable concentrates of the stability of emulsions MT 173
Spontaneity of dispersion of water dispersible granules MT 174
Determination of seed-to-seed uniformuity of distribution for liquid seed treatment formulations  MT 175
Dissolution rate of water soluble bags  MT 176
Suspensibility of water dispersible powders, simplified CIPAC method  MT 177