ISO 3092:2009 specifies the determination of the alpha-amylase activity of cereals by the falling number (FN) method according to Hagberg-Perten. This method is applicable to cereal grains, in particular to wheat and rye and their flours, durum wheat and its semolina. This method is not applicable to the determination of low levels of alpha-amylase activity. By converting the FN into a liquefaction number (LN), it is possible to use this method to estimate the composition of mixtures of grain, flour or semolina with known FNs necessary to produce a sample of a required FN.
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Reagents
6 Apparatus
7 Sampling
8 Preparation of test sample
8.1 Whole grain
8.2 Flour and semolina samples
9 Procedure
9.1 Determination of the moisture content
9.2 Test portion
9.3 Determination of falling number
9.4 Calculation
10 Precision
10.1 Interlaboratory tests
10.2 Repeatability
10.3 Reproducibility
11 Test report
Annex A Equations for altitude correction of falling numbers (normative)
Annex B Results of interlaboratory tests (informative)
ISO 3696:1987 Water for analytical laboratory use -- Specification and test methods
ISO 712:2009 Cereals and cereal products -- Determination of moisture content -- Reference method
ISO 3696:1987 Water for analytical laboratory use -- Specification and test methods
ISO 712:2009 Cereals and cereal products -- Determination of moisture content -- Reference method