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FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (Fourth Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized
by the Electroplating Chemicals and Photographic Materials Sectional Committee had been approved by the
Chemical Division Council.

This Indian Standard was first published in 1953 and subs,equently revised in 1963 and 1972. The third revision
of this standard was brought out in 1980 incorporating requirements for clarity of aqueous solution,pH, reaction
to ammoniacal silver nitrate solution and particle size. The requirement for potassium metabisulphite was raised
to 93 percent.

In this revision, the requirements for description and thiosulphate content have been modified. The method for
determination of thiosulphate has also been suitably modified. The requirement for particle size has been made
an alternate requirement.

Composition of the Committee responsible for the formulation of this standard is given in Annex D.

For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the final value,
observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance with
IS 2: 1960 ‘Rules for rounding off numerical values (revised)‘. The number of significant places retained in
the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard.

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Indian Standard

POTASSIUM METABISULPHITE, PHOTOGRAPHIC

GRADE - SPECIFICATION

( Fourth Revision )

I SCOPE Table 1 Requirements for Potassium

Metabisulphite, Photographic Grade
This standard prescribes the requirements and methods (Clauses 3.2, A-3.3.1, A-4.3.1 undA-5.3.1)
of sampling and test for potassium metabi-sulphite,
photographic grade. SI Characteristic Requirement Method of
No. Test (Ref to
2 REFERENCES Cl No. in
Annex A)
The Indian Standards listed below contain provisions (1) (2) (3) (4)
which through reference in this text, constitute
i) Potassiuln n~etab~sulphite. 95.0 A-l
provision of this standard. At the time of publication, percent by mass. hfu?
the editions indicated were valid. All standards are
subject to revision and parties to agreements based on ii) Matter insoluble in water. 0 .5 A-2’
percent by mass. MUX
this standard are encouraged to investigate the
possibility of applying the most recent editions of the iii) Iron (as Fe). percent by 0.005 A-3
standards: Mass. Max

iv) Heavy metals (as Pb). 0.005 A-4

IS No. Title
percrnt hy lllass. M/S

264 : I976 Nitric acid (.secona’revi.sion) 0 07 A-5

265 : I993 Hydrochloric acid (fhurth

VI) Clear and A-h
revision) colotirlcss.
free from any
1266: 1993 Sulphuric acid (third revision) suspended matter

vii) pH of 5 percent 4.0 to 4 5 A-7

1070: 1992 Reagent grade water (third aqueous solution
revision)
...
VIII) ktction to ammoniacal To pass test A-8
silver nitrate
4905 : 1968 Methods for random sampling

3 REQUIREMENTS
3.3 Alternate Requirement

3. I Description
The material sh+l he ofthe following particle sizes when
The material shall be in the form of white, glassy tested according to the method prescribed in Annex R:
crystals, and shall essentially consist of potassium
metabisulphite (K,S*O,,) having relative molar I’urticle Sk? Rcy~rirctmw/
mass 222.3.
a) Retained on SSO-micron 5
3.2 The material shall comply with the requirements IS Sieve, percent by mass. DILLY
given in Table I when tested according to the methods
prescribed in Annex A. Reference to the relevant b) Passing thi-ou@ X50-micron ss
clauses of Annex A is given in co1 4 of Table I IS Sieve and retained on

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Particle Size Requirement 4.2.1 BIS Certijication Marking

150-micron IS Sieve, The product may also be marked with the Standard
percent by mass, Min Mark.

c) Passing through 1.50-micron IO 4.2. I. I The use of the Standard Mark is governed by
IS Sieve, percent by mass, MUX the provisions of the Bureau oj’lndian Stundurds Act,
1986 and Rules and Regulations made thereunder. The
4 PACKING AND MARKING details of conditions under which the licence for the
use of the’ Standard Mark may be granted to
4. I Packing
manufacturers or producers may be obtained from the
The material shall be packed in suitable containers with Bureau of Indian Standards.
tight closures, preferably in glass bottles, as agreed to
5 SAMPLING
between the purchaser and the supplier. It shall be
kept in a cool and dry place. 5.1 Representative samples of the material shall be
drawn as prescribed in Annex C.
4.2 Marking
5.2 Criteria for Conformity
The containers shall be securely closed and marked
with the following information: A lot shall be declared as conforming ifthe characteristics
tested on the test sample as detailed in C-4.1 satisfy
a) Name and description ofthe material, the requirements given in this specification.
b) Indication of the source of manufacture,
6 QUALITY OF REAGENTS
C) Mass of the material in the conlainer,
Unless specified otherwise, pure chemicals and distilled
4 Year of manufacture, and
water (SUE IS 1070) shall be employed in tests.
e) Batch number in code or otherwise to enable
the batch of manufacture to be traced from NOTE - ‘Pure chemicals’ shall mean chemicals that do not

records. contain impurities which altct the results of nnalysis.

ANNEX A
(C‘luw? 3.2)
METHODS OF TEST FOR POTASSIUM METABlSULPHlTE,
PHOTOGRAPHIC GRADE

A-l DETERMINATION OF POTASSIUM A-l.2 Procedure

METABISULPHITE Weigh accurately about 0.25 g of the material and add
it to exactly 50 ml ofstandard iodine solution. Allow to
A-l. I Reagents standard for 5 min, add I mI of concentrated
hydrochlot-ic acid and titrate against standard sodium
A- I. I. I Stcrmbrd Iod~1.7~ Sd77fiw7 -- 0. I N. liesh lg thiosulphatc solution. adding starch indicator solution
standardized. towards the end of the till-ation.

“I
normality of standard iodine solution.
A- I. I A Slwc~h solllllo~l
I’ VOIUIIIC in mI ofstandard sodium thiosut-
Tritul-ate 5 g of starch and 0.0 I g of I~~~~C~II-IC iodide phatt’ SoIUtlOll.

with 30 ml ofcold water. Pour the resulting p;~sle into .\ noriiialtty of standard sodium thiosul-
‘
WC litre of boiling water, boil for 3 min. allo\\ the phatc ~~llltioll. and

sol~~iion to cool d decant oft‘ the clenr sulx21ii~1la1il \d III~\\ 111p 01‘ the nlnrerial taken for the
liquid. lL*\t
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A-2 DETERMINATION OF MAITER INSOLUBLE A-3.2.4 Dilute Sulphuric Acid - approximately

IN WATER 10 percent.

A-2.1 Reagents A-3.2.5 Standard Iron Solution

Dissolve 0,702 g of ferrous ammonium sulphate

A-2.1.1 Ammonium Oxalate Solution - 4 percent
FeSO,.(NH,),SO,. 6H,O in 10 ml of dilute sulphuric
(m Iv).
acid, and dilute with water to 1 000 ml. Take 10 ml of
this solution and dilute to 100 ml. One millilitre ofthe
A-2.1.2 Diammonium Hydrogen Phosphate
final solution contains 0.01 mg of iron (as Fe).
Solution - 10 percent (m I v).

A-3.3 Procedure
A-2.1.3 Dilute Ammonium Hydroxide - 10 percent
(m/m) and 2.5 percent (m I m). Dissolve 1.OOg of the material in 30 ml of hot water, add
5 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid and evaporate
A-2.2 Procedure to dryness on a water-bath. Add 15 ml of hot water and
2 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid and evaporate
Dissolve 10 g of the sample in 75 ml of water. Add 10 ml
again to complete dryness. Dissolve the residue in
ammonium oxalate solution, 4 ml of diammonium
IO ml of water and transfer completely to a Nessler
hydrogen phosphate solution and 20 m I of IO
cylinder, washing the dish with the minimum quantity
percent ammonium hydroxide. Allow to stand at least of water. Add 1 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid,
for 8 h. If any precipitate is formed, filter and wash
about 30 mg of ammonium persulphate and I5 ml of
with 2.5 percent ammonium hydroxide. Dry and
butanolic potassium thiocyanate solution. Shake
ignite at about 800°C /h. Cool in a desiccator and
vigorously for 30 s and allow to separate. Carry out a
weigh.
control test in another Nessler cylinder, using 5 ml of
standard iron solution in place of the material and the
A-Z.3 Calculation same quantities of other reagents in the same total
100 m volume of the reaction mixture. Compare the colour
Insoluble matter (and calciuin, =-
M after 5 min.
magnesium and ammonium precipitate),
percent by mass A-3.3.1 The limit prescribed in Table 1 shall be taken
as not having been exceeded if the intensity of the red
where colour produced in the butanolic layer with the material
rn = mass in g of the residue, and is not greater than that produced in the control test.

M = mass in g of the material taken for the A-4 TEST FOR HEAVY METALS
test.
A-4.1 Apparatus
A-3 TEST FOR IRON
A-4.1.1 Nessler Cylinder - 50-m I capacity.
A-3. I Apparatus
A-4.2 Reagents
A-3.1 .I Nessler Cylinder - 50-ml capacity.
A-4.2.1 C’oncentrated Hydrochloric Acid - See
iS265.
A-3.2 Reagents
A-4.2.2 C’oncentrutcd Nitrrc Acid - See IS 264.
A-3.2.1 Concentrated Hydrochloric Acid See
IS 265. A-4.2.3 Standard bad Solution

A-3.2.2 I Ammoniirm Persulphate Weigh 1.600 g of lead nitrate and add to it 50 ml of

concentrated nitric acid. Dissolve in water and make
A-3.2.3 Butunolic Potassium Thiucyanute Solution up the solution to I 000 ml mark. Pipette out 10 ml of
the solution and dilute it again with water to I 000 ml.
Dissolve 10 g of potassium thiocyanate in IO ml of One millilitre ofthe diluted solution contains 0.01 mg
water. Add sufficient n -butanol to make up to IO0 ml of lead (as Ph). The diluted solution should be freshly
and shnke vigorously until the solution is clear. prepared.
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A-4.2.4 Acetic Acid-Approximately I N. lead-free. A-5. I 23 Thiosltlphnte Stundard Solution

A-4.2.5 Hydrogen Sulphide Solution - Saturated Dilute i ml of the sodium thiosulphate solution
and freshly prepared. (see A-6.1.4) to I 000 ml.

A-S. 1.9 Mercury (II) Chloride Solution

A-4.3 Procedure

Dissolve 25 g of potassium bromide and 25 g of

Dissolve 5.00 g of the material in 20 ml of hot water.
I;nercury (II) chloride in 900 ml ofwater at 50 “C. Cool,
Add 6 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid and
dilute to 1 000 ml and allow to stand overnight. Filter if
evaporate the contents nearly to dryness on a water-
not perfectly clear.
bath‘ Add 15 ml of hot water and 3 ml of concentrated
hydrochloric acid. Again evaporate on the steam-bath, A-5.2 Apparatus
and then heat for 1 h at 150°C. Dissolve the residue in
water, filter and dilute the filtrate to 50 ml. Take 10 ml of A-5.2.1 Graduated Pipette - I -ml capacity.
the solution in aNessler cylinder and add I ml of acetic
acid. Carry out a control test in another Nessler cylinder A-5.2.2 Nessler C~~linders - 50-ml capacity.
using 5 ml of standard lead solution in place of the
A-5.3 Procedure
solution of the material. Add IO ml of hydrogen
suiphide solution to both the cylinders, dilute with Weigh, to the nearest 0. I g, a test portion of about 6 g
water to 50-ml mark and compare the colour produced ofthe material, dissolve in water and dilute to 100 ml.
in the two cylinders. Slowly pipette out 0.5 ml of this solution into IO ml of
the mercury (II) chloride solution in one ofthe Nessler
A-4.3.1 The limit prescribed in Table I shall be taken cylinders. To IO ml of the mercury (II) chloride solution
as not having been exceeded if the intensity of the contained in the second Nessler cylinder, slowly add
colour produced in the test with the material is not 0.25 ml of the standard thiosulphate solution. Allow
“rester than that produced in the control test.
2 both the cylinders to stand for IO min without agitation.
then carefully agitate to distribute the opalescence.
A-S TEST FORTHIOSULPHATE Immediately examine, in the Nessler cylinders, the
opalescence produced in the test and control solutions.
A-5.1 Reagents
NOTE - If the solutions are allowed to standard for more
A-5.1.1 Acetic Acid Solution - Approximately 2 M. tlian IS min. secondary reactions may occur which will affect
tile result.
A-5.1.2 Formaldehyde - Approximately 360 gil
solution and neutralized to phenolphthalein. A-5.3.1 The limit prescribed in Table I shall be taken
as not having been exceeded if the intensity of the
A-5.1.3 lodinc- 0.05 M standard volumetric solution, opalescence produced in the test with the material is
! 2.7 g of iodine per litre. not greater than that produced in the control test.

A-5.1.4 Sodium Thiosu1phut.e - 0. I M standard A-6 TEST FOR CLARITY OF 20 PERCENT

volumetric solution. AQUEOUS SOLUTION

A-S. I .5 Szrlphwk Acid--- 0.05 M standard volumetric A-6.1 Procedure

solution.
Dissolve 20 g of the material in a little quantity of water
A-S. 1Ai Starch lndicutor Solution and make up the volume to 100 ml. The solution shall
not have more than a pale yellow colour and shall be
Stir 5 g of soluble starch with 100 ml ofa IO g/l salicylic free from extratjeous impurities other than slight
acid solution. Then add 300 to 400 ml ofboiling water. flocculence.
boil until the starch dissolves then finally dilute to
I 000 ml with water. A-7 DETERMINATION OFpH

A-7.1 Apparatus
A-5. I .7 Phrnolphthalein lndicutor Solution - 5 g/l.
A-7.1 .I Elcctrouic pH Meter
Dissolve 5 g of phenolphthalein in 500 ml of ethanol
and add 500 ml ofwater, with constant stirring. Filter if Equipped with a glass electrode and standard reference
necessary. electrode.
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A-7.2 Procedure 3 N) and 0. I N silver nitrate solution. When required,

the solution shall be prepared freshly.
Weigh, to the nearest 0.1 g, about 5 g of the sample,
dissolve in about 80 ml of previously boiled water
A-8.3 Procedure
having a pH not less than 6.5, and make up to 100 ml.
Measure the pH of thissolution using the pH meter.
Weigh to the nearest 0.1 g, about 2 g of the material
and dissolve in 40 ml of water. Divide into two equal
A-8 REACTION TO AMMONIACAL SILVER
portions. To one, add IO ml of ammoniacal silver nitrate
NITRATE SOLUTION
solution and mix well. To the other, the control
solution, add 5 ml of ammonia solution and 5 ml of
A-8.1 Apparatus
water and mix well. Allow each to stand for 2 min.
A-8.1 .I Nessler Cylinder - 50-ml capacity. Compare the colours and turbidities of the two
solutions.
A-8.2 Reagents
A-8.3.1 The material shall be taken to have passed
A-8.2.1 Ammoniacal Silver Nitrate Solution the test if the colour or the turbidity produced with
the material is not greater than that produced in the
Mix equal volumes of ammonia solution (approximately control test.

ANNEX B
(Clause 3*3)
DETERMINATION OF PARTICLE SIZE

B - I PROCEDURE at an angle.of 30” to the horizontal on a felt pad, and

with occasional rotation, in order to ensure even
Assemble the 850-micron and I jO-micron IS Sieves in distribution ofthe material.
the order of aperture sizes together with bottom
receiver. Place 10.0 g of the material on 850~micron B-l.1 Weigh separately the material retained and
IS Sieve. Shake the sieves for 15 minl by means of a passing through each sieve and express it as percentage
mechanical sieve vibrator. Alternatively, the assembled of the material taken for the test.
sieves may be shaken by hand with frequent tapping

ANNEX C
(I ‘l//USL’
5.1)
SAMPLING OF POTASSIUM METABISULPHITE, PHOTOGRAPHIC GRADE

C-l GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF SAMPLING
C-I.0 In drawing, preparing, storing and handling
test samples, the precautions given jn C-l.1 to C-l.7
shall be observed.
C-1.1 Samples shall not be taken at a place exposed to
weather.
C-l .2 Precautions shall be taken to protect the samples,
the material being sampled, the sampling instrument
and the containers for samples from adventitious
contamination.
C-l .3 To draw a representative sample, the contents
ofeach container selected for sampling shall be mixed
thoroughly by suitable means.
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C-l.4 The samples shall be placed in suitable, clean, Table 2 Scale of Sampling of Containers
dry and air-tight opaque glass or plastics container. (Clause C-2.2)
C-l.5 The sample containers shall be of such a size
Lot Size Number of Containers to
that they are almost completely filled by the sample. be Selected in the Sample

C-l.6 Each sample containers shall be sealed air-tight (?‘I (11)

after filling and marked with full details of sampling, (1) (2)
the date of sampling and the year of manufacture. up to 50 3
51 100
to 4
C-l.7 Samples shall be stored in such a manner that
101 tcl 300 5
the temperature of the material does not vary unduly
301 and above I
from the normal temperature.

C-2 SCALE OF SAMPLING

c-2.1 Lot
All the containers in a single consignment of the
material and drawn from a single batch of manufacture
shall constitute a lot.
C-2.1.1 Samples shall be tested from each lot for
ascertaining the conformity of the material to the
requirements of the specification.
C-2.2 The number (n) of containers to be selected
from a lot depends on the size of the lot (N) and shall
be in accordance with col I and 2 of Table 2.
C-2.3 The containers to be selected for sampling
shall be drawn at random from the lot. For random
sampling procedures, guidance may be taken from
IS 4905.
C-3 PREPARATION OF TEST SAMPLES
C-3. I Draw with an appropriate sampling instrument
50 g of potassium metabisulphite from different parts
of each container selected. This portion shall be
transferred to a suitable sample container. From each
ofthe sample containers approximately equal quantities
of the material shall be taken and mixed together to
form a composite sample weighing about 100 g. The
remaining material in each ofthe sample container shall
constitute the individual sample.
C-4 CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY
C-4.1 Test for potassium metabisulphite and iron
content shall be conducted on individual samples.
The lot shall be considered as conforming to these
requirements if all the individual samples pass the
test.
C-4.2 Tests for all other characteristics shall be carried
out on composite sample. The lot shall be declared as
conforming to the specification if the test results on
the composite sample satisfy the corresponding
requirements.
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ANNEX D
( Foreword )
COMMITI’EE COMPOSITION

Electroplating and Photographic Chemicals Sectional Committee, CHD 05

Director.Central Electrochemical
Research Institute. Karaikudi - 623006

Members

SHRI V. K. RAJACOPALANNAIK Hindustan Photo Films Mfg C’o Ltd, Ootacamund

SHKI J. NAMONARASIMHAN ( Alrernafe )

SHRIN. %KUMAR Armed Forces Film and Photo Division, Ministry of Defence.
New Delhi
SHRIUJWALN. NIRGUDKAR Associated Film Industries Pvt Ltd. Mumbai

SHRIS. K. SINGH Development Commissioner. Small Scale Industries,

SHKI A RAY ( Alternate ) New Delhi

SHRISHAISHKUMAR Department of Industrial Development, New Delhi

SIIRI B. B. SHARhlA( Ahwok )

Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,

Mumbai
SHIII ANAND PATEL Liberty Chemical Works. Mumbai
SIIRI V. N. KAMATH ( Allernole )

SHKI I’. N. TIWARI Controllerat& of Quality Assurance (M ). Ministry of’

SHRI R. N. UPADHVAYA(AI&mate ) Defence (DGQA), Kanpur

StiRi B. K. VISWANATH Prasad Film Laboratory, Bangalore

SHRI K V DAMODARAN Satyadev Chemicals Pvt Ltd. Vadodara (Ciu.jarat)

DR C;EORGEKURIEN ( Alternate )

SHRI N I<AVIUHUSHAN Bharat Electronics Ltd. Bangalore

SHRIBHARAT L. SHAH Golden Chemical I’vt Ltd. Mumbai

SHRI 11 C;. NAIK Cjujarat Alkali and Chemicals Ltd. Vadodara

DR M. R. MANKAD ( Ahmak )

%%I s liONC;OVI Kongovl Electronics I’vt Ltd. Bangalore

1)~ VIJAY RAO ( Allrmolr )

SWIM R KAMDAR Metal Finishers‘ As%oclation of India. Mumbai

1)~ M. K. TOTALANI ( Alternate )

Platewel Proce\\e\ & ~‘hemic;ll~ ltd. Vadodarn

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Members Representing

DR V. V. BHUJLE Standard Alkali ( Chemical Division ). Standard Industries

SHRI A. S. KULKARNI (Alternate ) Ltd, Thane

SHRI K. L. MUTHU T.1. Cycles of India. Ambattur, Chennai

SIIRI SHAHUL HAMEED (Abemale)

DIG I<. S. KAJAC;OPALAN, Director General. BIS (Es-qfficio Member)

Director (Chem)

Member-Secrtilnry
DR R. K. SINCH
Additional Director (Chem), BIS
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