Paragraph 5 APPARATUS

Balance, capable of weighing to the nearest 0.01 gram.

Beakers, of capacity 500 ml.

Funnel, plastic, preferably with a cylindrical wall at the upper end, diameter approximately 200 mm.

Test sieve, aperture 0.5 mm, fitting into the funnel (5.3).

Note:

The size of the funnel and sieve is such as to ensure that only a few granules lie one above another and the oil is able to drain away.

Filter paper, rapid filtering grade, creped, soft, weight 150 g/m².

Absorbent tissue (laboratory grade).