ASTM D 5974 - 00 (Reapproved 2005) Standard Test Methods for Fatty and Rosin Acids in Tall Oil Fractionation Products by Capillary Gas Chromatography

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2005. Published February 2006. Originally approved in 1996. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as D 5974 – 00. 6 p. These test methods cover the determination of the amounts of the individual fatty acids and rosin acids in fractionated tall oil products, using capillary gas chromatographic separation of the volatile methyl esters of these acids.