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STANDARD ALCOHOL [1 record]

Record 1 2001-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Police
  • Social Problems
CONT

Congress passes national .08 blood alcohol standard for drunken drivers.

CONT

Preparatory to taking and analysing samples of the accused's breath, Constable Chu conducted a calibration test of the analysing instrument ... The evidence on this is sparse, but it does permit me to find, as I do, that a solution called a "standard alcohol solution" is to be used to determine whether the instrument is operating properly.

CONT

The apparatus and reagents required for testing the chemicals for spirits content are as follows: _ 10. Standard alcohol solution (2 percent ethyl alcohol (C.P.) 98 percent saturated salt solution).

Key term(s)
  • standard alcohol
  • standard ethyl alcohol

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Chimie analytique
  • Police
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

L'étalonnage des appareils de détection doit pouvoir être vérifié au moyen d'une solution d'alcool type.

OBS

Une vérification d'étalonnage de la méthode doit être réalisée parallèlement à l'analyse du sang et doit donner un résultat se situant dans les limites de ± 5 mg/100 mL de la valeur attendue avec une solution étalon d'alcool comprise entre 70 et 200 mg/100mL.

Spanish

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