Beta submitted a comment on the question posed in Section 3.39 of the Renewables Obligation: DRAFT Fuel Measurement and Sampling Guidance document published in December 2008.
Carbon-14 analysis of natural products measures the percentage of biomass-derived natural versus fossil fuel-derived synthetic materials. It is a useful tool to detect adulteration with synthetic material in products such as flavors, fragrance, cosmetics, supplements and essential oils.
ASTM D6866
A standard used to measure the renewable/biogenic carbon content of any solid, liquid, or gas through radiocarbon dating
EN 15440
The EN 15440 is a standard in Europe that includes 3 carbon dating-based methods for measuring the biogenic fraction or biomass content of solid recovered fuels.
CEN/TS 16137
The CEN/TS 16137 is a European technical specification that provides test methods for measuring the biobased carbon content of plastics and other carbon-containing polymers.
About Beta Analytic
BETA is an ISO/IEC 17025:2005-accredited lab in Miami, Florida, that provides ASTM D6866, CEN 16137, and EN 15440 testing, among others. BETA has sample forwarding offices in North Sydney, Australia; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Beijing and Xiamen, China; Nagoya, Japan; Seoul, Korea; Taipei, Taiwan; and London, UK.
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