ASTM method News
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Oil boom material for boom production available
Granite Environmental has oil boom material of 60,000 yard in stock and available to ship out immediately. The material is coated PVC fabric with a total coated fabric weight of 22 oz, 61" wide, and perfect to manufacture oil booms. Product Data: Coating Material: PVC Fabric Type: Polyester Total Coated Fabric Weight: 22 oz/sq. yd. +/- 1 oz/sq. yd. Tensile Strength, Method ASTM D 751, A: ...
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Acid Number testing – Save thousands of dollars with ASTM D8045
Recently the ASTM published method D8045 for Acid Number determination in crude oil and petroleum products. Now there is an online calculator available to help users determine how much their laboratory will save, if they switch from method D664 to the new method D8045. The savings are the immediate result from the lower amount of solvent that method D8045 (thermometric titration) ...
By Metrohm AG
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Acid Number testing – Save thousands of dollars with ASTM D8045
Recently the ASTM published method D8045 for Acid Number determination in crude oil and petroleum products. Now there is an online calculator available to help users determine how much their laboratory will save, if they switch from method D664 to the new method D8045. The savings are the immediate result from the lower amount of solvent that method D8045 (thermometric titration) requires ...
By Metrohm AG
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HDXRF Offers Many Advantages Over ICP Methods
HDXRF® technology is fast, precise, and easy to use. In addition, the technology offers a 1-mm analysis area that provides the ability to test small features for the presence of potentially toxic heavy metals, including lead. When it comes to analyzing glass materials for lead, HDXRF can offer many advantages over ICP methods. In 2013, the CPSC expanded upon its approval of HDXRF ASTM method ...
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New ASTM method simplifies determination of Kjeldahl nitrogen
The ASTM recently published method D8001 describing the determination of total nitrogen, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, and total phosphorous. The new method applies persulfate digestion with subsequent determination of Kjeldahl nitrogen by ion chromatography; no prior distillation of the matrix is required. Total Kjeldahl and total nitrogen are commonly determined by titration after distillation of ...
By Metrohm AG
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JRC-IRMM releases a certified reference material for cold filter plugging point and cloud point
JRC-IRMM released ERM-FC395k, a certified reference material which supports fuel producers and fuel testing laboratories in ensuring reliable measurements of the cold filter plugging point (CFPP) and the cloud point (CP). The CP, the temperature from which precipitates are visible in diesel and the CFPP, the temperature from which these precipitates block filters are important parameters for ...
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Grabner Instrument vapor pressure method accepted for ASTM D4814 automotive fuel specifications!
Testing vapor pressure for automotive gasolines no longer requires time consuming sample preparation! Recently the ASTM Subcommittee D02.A for petroleum products unanimously voted to include the GRABNER INSTRUMENTS Vapor Pressure method ASTM D6378 as an alternative test method into ASTM D4814 – the Standard Specification for Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuels. Thousands of customers ...
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New Online Sulfur Analyzer Enables Real-Time Data Analysis in the Oil and Gas Industry
The new Thermo Scientific SOLA iQ online sulfur analyzer helps technicians, engineers and managers in the oil and gas industry measure total sulfur content of liquid or gas phase samples without requiring time-consuming lab analysis. Advanced features of the new SOLA iQ analyzer build upon previous instruments in the Thermo Scientific SOLA product line. The new analyzer offers an updated modular ...
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ASTM F2913 - 11 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Coefficient of Friction for Evaluation of Slip Performance of Footwear and Test Surfaces/Flooring Using a Whole Shoe Tester
This non-proprietary laboratory test method allows preliminarily for the reproducible testing of whole footwear and footwear-related soling materials for evaluating relative slip performance. Other ASTM test methods generally employ a standardized ...
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ASTM F2913 - 11 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Coefficient of Friction for Evaluation of Slip Performance of Footwear and Test Surfaces/Flooring Using a Whole Shoe Tester
This non-proprietary laboratory test method allows preliminarily for the reproducible testing of whole footwear and footwear-related soling materials for evaluating relative slip performance. Other ASTM test methods generally employ a standardized test foot primarily for evaluation of flooring materials. 1. Scope 1.1 This test ...
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Free Webinar on 6th May 2021
Water content in lubricants and other petrochemical products is a critical parameter that has to be closely monitored all along the value chain. In a free webinar on May 6, 2021 in association with Petro Industry News, Michael Margreth, Senior Product Specialist Titration at Metrohm International Headquarters, will explain the straightforward determination of moisture in petroleum samples ...
By Metrohm AG
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Portable IR Analyzer provides ASTM method for on-site measurement
The InfraCal Soot Meter, from Wilks, provides users with a rapid, on-site ASTM Method D7686 for measuring soot concentration levels in diesel engine oils. Soot levels as high as 12% - 15% are easily measured in just 30 seconds. This compact, pushbutton analyzer provides direct readout of the percent of suspended carbon (soot) in the diesel engine lubricating oil without sample preparation, ...
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ASTM D3249 - 95(2011) standard practice for general ambient air analyzer procedures
The significance of this practice is adequately covered in Section 1. 1. Scope 1.1 This practice is a general guide for ambient air analyzers used in determining air quality. 1.2 The actual method, or analyzer chosen, depends on the ultimate aim of the user: whether it is for regulatory compliance, process monitoring, or to alert the user of adverse trends. If the method or analyzer is to be ...
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ASTM E144 - 94(2011) Standard Practice for Safe Use of Oxygen Combustion Bombs
This practice covers methods for judging the soundness of new and used oxygen combustion bombs, and describes the precautions to be observed in oxygen bomb combustion methods. This practice is applicable to all procedures in which samples are completely oxidized by combustion in a metal bomb containing oxygen under pressure. Hydrostatic test and proof test shall be performed. The following ...
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USDA Renews Safety Equipment Institute Contract To Manage Biobased Certification Program
On September 1, 2016, the Safety Equipment Institute (SEI) announced that it was selected to manage the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Biobased Certification Program for the next five years. SEI is a subsidiary of ASTM International (ASTM), and has previously held the five-year contract with USDA to administer the USDA certification program that labels products as "biobased." This ...
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More than 80 ASTM Methods feasible with Metrohm instruments!
Numerous Metrohm applications comply with the methods and testing specifications stipulated by official standards. ASTM standards, for example, are a global reference when it comes to testing goods and services. No less than 80 ASTM methods can be performed on Metrohm instruments. A list of these methods can be downloaded here. In the following you can find standard-compliant applications: ...
By Metrohm AG
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Moisture content of landfills: Testing to Simulate Landfills
BioSphere Plastic tests their product with 52-55% solids content and 45-48% moisture content, We also simulate drier landfills at 20 and 40% moisture content and 60-80% solid contents. Typical landfills are around 35% moisture content with premium biodegradation at 45% moisture content. Typical landfill moisture and solids content range from site to site within a landfill as seen by studies ...
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ASTM D5758 - 01(2011)e1 standard test method for determination of relative Crystallinity of Zeolite ZSM-5 by X-Ray diffraction
1. Scope 1.1 This test method covers a procedure for determination of the relative crystallinity of zeolite ZSM-5 using selected peaks from the X-ray diffraction pattern of the zeolite. 1.2 The test method provides a number that is the ratio of intensity of a portion of the XRD pattern of the sample ZSM-5 to intensity of ...
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ASTM B243 - 11 Standard Terminology of Powder Metallurgy
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) ASTM Standards B331 Test Method for Compressibility of Metal Powders in Uniaxial Compaction Index Terms Metallurgical materials/applications; Metal powders; Powder metallurgy (P/M) materials; Terminology--metals/alloys materials/applications; Metallurgical materials/applications; Metal powders; Powder metallurgy ...
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Capillary electrophoresis method according to EPA 6500 and ASTM D6508-10
Lumex Instruments introduces a capillary electrophoresis method for determination of inorganic anions; fluoride, bromide, chloride, nitrite, nitrate, ortho-phosphate, and sulfate in drinking water, wastewater and ground water according to EPA 6500 and ASTM D6508-10 test methods. This test method is applicable for determination of the dissolved inorganic anions; fluoride, bromide, chloride, ...
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