EN ISO 6321:2021

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2021
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 6321:2002
Rastlinske in živalske maščobe ter olja - Določanje tališča v odprtih kapilarnih
cevkah - Točka zdrsa (ISO 6321:2021)
Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of melting point in open capillary
tubes - Slip point (ISO 6321:2021)
Tierische und pflanzliche Fette und Öle - Bestimmung des Schmelzpunktes in offenen
Kapillarröhrchen (ISO 6321:2021)
Corps gras d’origines animale et végétale - Détermination du point de fusion en tube
capillaire ouvert (ISO 6321:2021)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 6321:2021
ICS:
67.200.10 Rastlinske in živalske Animal and vegetable fats
maščobe in olja and oils
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 6321
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2021
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 67.200.10 Supersedes EN ISO 6321:2002
English Version
Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of
melting point in open capillary tubes - Slip point (ISO
6321:2021)
Corps gras d'origines animale et végétale - Tierische und pflanzliche Fette und Öle - Bestimmung
Détermination du point de fusion en tube capillaire des Schmelzpunktes in offenen Kapillarröhrchen (ISO
ouvert (ISO 6321:2021) 6321:2021)
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European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 6321:2021) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 34 "Food
products" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 307 “Oilseeds, vegetable and animal fats
and oils and their by-products - Methods of sampling and analysis” the secretariat of which is held by
AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2021, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2021.
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patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 6321:2002.
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following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 6321:2021 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 6321:2021 without any modification.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 6321
Third edition
2021-06
Animal and vegetable fats and oils —
Determination of melting point in
open capillary tubes — Slip point
Corps gras d'origines animale et végétale — Détermination du point
de fusion en tube capillaire ouvert — Point de glissement
Reference number
ISO 6321:2021(E)
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ISO 6321:2021(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Principle . 1
5 Apparatus . 2
6 Sampling . 4
7 Preparation of test sample . 4
8 Procedure. 5
8.1 Preparation of the capillary tubes for method A . 5
8.2 Preparation of the capillary tubes for method B . 5
8.3 Determination . 5
8.4 Number of determinations . 6
9 Expression of results . 6
10 Precision . 6
10.1 Interlaboratory tests . 6
10.2 Repeatability . 6
11 Test report . 6
Annex A (normative) Method for palm oil samples . 7
Annex B (informative) Results of interlaboratory tests. 8
Bibliography .11
ISO 6321:2021(E)
Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 34, Food products, Subcommittee SC 11,
Animal and vegetable fats and oils, in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization
(CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 307, Oilseeds, vegetable and animal fats and oils and their by-products
— Methods of sampling and analysis, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation
between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 6321:2002), which has been technically
revised.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:
— the requirement to measure the diameters of each capillary tube has been removed, and
— a footnote stating suggested suppliers of suitable capillary tubes has been included.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 6321:2021(E)
Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of
melting point in open capillary tubes — Slip point
1 Scope
This document specifies two methods for the determination of the melting point in open capillary
tubes, commonly known as the slip melting point, of animal and vegetable fats and oils (referred to as
fats hereinafter).
— Method A is only applicable to animal and vegetable fats which are solid at ambient temperature and
which do not exhibit pronounced polymorphism.
— Method B is applicable to all animal and vegetable fats which are solid at ambient temperature and
is the method to be used for fats whose polymorphic behaviour is unknown.
For the determination of the slip melting point of palm oil samples the method given in Annex A shall be
used.
NOTE 1 If applied to fats with pronounced polymorphism, method A will give different and less satisfactory
results than method B.
NOTE 2 Fats which exhibit pronounced polymorphism are principally cocoa butter and fats containing
appreciable quantities of 2-unsaturated, 1,3-saturated triacylglycerols.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
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