This European Standard is applicable to sodium hydroxide used for treatment of water intended for human consumption. It describes the characteristics and specifies the requirements and the corresponding test methods for sodium hydroxide. It gives information on its use in water treatment. It also determines the rules relating to safe handling and use (see Annex C).
DIN EN 896:2013 Referenced Document
EN ISO 12846:2012 Water quality - Determination of mercury - Method using atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) with and without enrichment
EN ISO 3696 Water for Analytical Laboratory Use- Specification and Test Methods (ISO 3696 : 1987)
ISO 3165 Sampling of chemical products for industrial use; Safety in sampling
ISO 3196 Sodium hydroxide for industrial use; Determination of carbonates content; Titrimetric method
ISO 6206 Chemical products for industrial use; Sampling; Vocabulary Bilingual edition
ISO 8213 Chemical products for industrial use; Sampling techniques; Solid chemical products in the form of particles varying from powders to coarse lumps
ISO 979 Sodium hydroxide for industrial use; Method of assay
DIN EN 896:2013 history
2020DIN EN 896:2020-07 Geometrical product specifications (GPS) - Filtration - Part 29: Linear profile filters: Wavelets (ISO 16610-29:2020); German version EN ISO 16610-29:2020
2020DIN EN 896:2020 Chemicals used for treatment of water intended for human consumption - Sodium hydroxide; German and English version prEN 896:2020
2013DIN EN 896:2013-02 Chemicals used for treatment of water intended for human consumption - Sodium hydroxide; German version EN 896:2012 / Note: To be replaced by DIN EN 896 (2020-07).
2013DIN EN 896:2013 Chemicals used for treatment of water intended for human consumption.Sodium hydroxide; German version EN 896:2012
2005DIN EN 896:2005 Products for the treatment of water for human consumption – sodium hydroxide