# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 of 19 December 2000 laying down Community reference methods for the analysis of spirits drinks, Division 4: Apparatus and equipment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Usual laboratory apparatus and in particular the following.
4.1. Water bath capable of being maintained at 10 °C to 15 °C.
Water bath capable of being maintained at 20 °C (± 0,2 °C).
4.2. Class A volumetric flasks, 100 ml and 200 ml, that have been certified to 0,1 % and 0,15 % respectively.
4.3. Distillation apparatus:
4.3.1.
General requirements
The distillation apparatus must meet the following specifications:
the number of joints must be no more than the strict minimum needed to ensure the system is leak-tight,
inclusion of a device designed to prevent priming (entrainment of the boiling liquid by the vapour) and to regularise the distillation rate of alcohol-rich vapours,
rapid and complete condensation of the alcohol vapours,
collection of the first distillation fractions in an aqueous medium.
The heat source must be used with a suitable heat-diffuser to prevent any pyrogenic reaction involving the extractive matter.
4.3.2. An example of a suitable distillation apparatus is shown in Figure 1 and includes the following parts:
round-bottomed flask, 1 litre, with a standardised ground-glass joint,
rectifying column at least 20-cm high (a Vigreux column, for example),
elbow connector with an approximately 10-cm-long straight-rimmed condenser (a West-type condenser) fitted vertically,
cooling coil, 40-cm long,
drawn-out tube, taking the distillate to the bottom of a graduated collecting flask containing a small amount of water.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2000/2870/annex/division/I/division/2/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2870/annex/division-I/division-2/division-4
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