{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-152/annex-VIII/division-A/division-5/division-5.4/division-5.4.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-152/annex-VIII/division-A/division-5/division-5.4/division-5.4.1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/152",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 of 27 January 2009 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-152",
  "path": "annex/VIII/division/A/division/5/division/5.4/division/5.4.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.4.1",
  "heading": "Preparation of the cation-exchange column",
  "text": "Insert a plug of glass wool into the lower end of a glass column (4.3). Prepare a slurry of 5,0 g of the treated cation-exchange resin (3.6) with 50 ml of hydrochloric acid (3.5), pour into the glass column and allow to settle. Run out the excess acid to just above the resin surface and wash the column with water until the effluent is neutral to litmus. Transfer 50 ml methanol (3.2) onto the column and allow to drain down to the resin surface.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/152/annex/VIII/division/A/division/5/division/5.4/division/5.4.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:38.610873+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}