Lovibond
®
PFX
i
Series Operator’s Instruction Manual V1.6
Page 7 of 53
Key:
Standard on Instrument.
Optional Upgrade. * Can be ordered with a factory fitted heater or retrofitted
Instrument Type
Colour Scale
References
Scope
Range
195
\1
195
\2
195
\3
195
\4
195
\5
195
\6
195
\7
195
\8
195
\9
880
\L
*
880
\AT
*
880
\P
*
880
\S8
880
\I
P
1
7
*
880
\C
IE
950*
950
\P
*
995*
995
\P
*
Acid Wash
ASTM D848-03
Indication of impurities which if sulfonated would cause
the material to be discolored
1
– 14
ADMI (full spectrum and
tristimulus filter)
American Standard
Methods 2120 E
Coloured waters and tinted liquids
0 - 500
AOCS-Tintometer
AOCS Cc 13b-45
AOCS Cc 8d-55
AOCS Cc 13j-97
Special red and yellow version of the Lovibond
®
RYBN
scale used for oils, fats and derivatives
0 - 20 Red, 0 - 70
Yellow
ASBC Color
ASBC
American standard for colour grading of beers; derived
from EBC Colour
ASTM Color
ASTM D 1500,
ASTM D 6045, ISO
2049
A wide range of petroleum products including lubricating
oils, heating oils and diesel fuel oils
0.5 - 8 units
beta Carotene
BS684 Section 2.20
Direct measurement of content in parts per million
0 - 1000 ppm
Chinese Pharmacopoeia
(CP)
Pharmaceutical solutions
YG, Y, OY, OR, BR
Chlorophyll A & B
AOCS Cc 13d-55
Direct measurement of content in parts per million
0 - 100 ppm
EBC Colour
Analytica
Beers, malts and caramels and similarly coloured liquids.
Based either on absorption at 430 nm or
CIE x y chromaticity co-ordinates
2 - 27 units
European
Pharmacopoeia (EP)
European
Pharmacopoeia 2.2.2
Pharmaceutical solutions
R, Y, B, BY, GY
FAC Colour
AOCS Cc 13a-43
Approved by the Fats Analysis Committee of the
American Oil Chemists Society for grading dark coloured
oils, fats and tallows
1 - 45 (odd numbers)
Gardner Color
ASTM D 1544,
ASTM D 6166,
AOCS Td 1a-64
Chemicals and oils ranging from pale yellow to red, such
as resins, varnishes, drying oils, lecithins and fatty acids
0 - 18 units
Hess-Ives Color Units
Chemicals and surfactant liquids
Honey Colour (Pfund
Equivalents)
Commercial honeys, ranging from pale yellow through
amber to deep red
0
– 115 mm
ICUMSA Colour, 420 nm,
560 nm, 710 nm
ICUMSA GS1-7,
ICUMSA GS2/3-9
Sugar solutions & syrups
Iodine Colour
DIN 6162
Solvents, plasticisers, resins, oils and fatty acids ranging
from yellow to brown
1 - 500 units
IP Units
IP 17 Method B
Light coloured products such as refined undyed motor
fuel, white spirit or kerosene
Water White (0.25) to
Standard White (4.0)
Klett Color (blue filter KS-
42)
AOCS Dd 5-92
Detergents and surfactants
0 - 1000 units