Paragraph 7 PROCEDURE

Weigh to the nearest 0.001 g, 5 g of the mixed sample and place it in a dry flask with a sufficiently wide neck, with a capacity of 600 ml, to allow the liquid to be shaken thoroughly. Add 500 ml ± 1 ml of the citric acid solution (4.1) at 20 ± 1°C. When adding the first portion of the reagent shake vigorously by hand to stop the formation of lumps and to prevent the sample sticking to the sides. Close the flask with a rubber stopper and shake it on the rotary shaker (5.1) for exactly 30 minutes at a temperature of 20 ± 2°C.

• Filter immediately through a dry fluted filter, into a dry glass receiver and discard the first 20 ml of the filtrate. Continue the filtration until a sufficient quantity of filtrate is obtained to carry out the phosphorus determination.

Determine the phosphorus using Method 10 on an aliquot portion of the clear filtrate.