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ASTM, NIST, OSAC offer free access to forensic science standards.
2016-03-25 13:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Agreement involving ASTM International, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science enables ~30,000 public criminal justice agencies to receive free access to forensic science standards. Effective last week, contract supports access to near 50 standards – guides, practices, test methods, and more – developed by ASTM Committee E30 on Forensic Science to aid forensics-related activities.
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ASTM Plastic Piping Systems Committee names new chairman.
2016-03-25 13:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Richard R. Geoffroy, director of engineering and applications at Polymer Services Group in Somers, CT, has been named chairman of ASTM International Committee F17 on Plastic Piping Systems. Geoffroy has been with Polymer Services Group since 1985 having previously served as a department manager at Springborn Laboratories, Inc., and plastics engineering group leader at Ionics, Inc. A graduate of Lowell Technological Institute, Geoffroy holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in plastics.
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ASTM Standard helps monitor radioactive material in water.
2016-03-24 13:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
On World Water Day, ASTM International approved new standard that will help laboratories monitor for presence of technetium-99 (Tc-99) in water. Tc-99 is a radioactive material often found around facilities that handle nuclear material. D8026, Practice for Determination of Tc-99 in Water by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, will provide environmental monitoring community and others with a rapid and accurate way to measure its presence using mass spectrometry.
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ASTM Standard helps protect hockey players from throat injuries.
2016-03-24 13:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
ASTM standard F3165, Specification for Throat Protective Equipment for Hockey Goaltenders, covers performance requirements and test methods for throat protectors used by ice hockey goalkeepers. Specifically, standard discusses construction of protectors, positioning of protectors with goalie masks, throat region coverage, and consumer-aimed product labeling. Test-related topics include puck-impact resistance, testing conditions, and test report criteria.
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ASTM Guide aids chemically impacted site assessment/repurposing.
2016-03-23 13:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
E3033, Guide for Beneficial Use of Landfills and Chemically Impacted Sites, will help environmental professionals assess or repurpose landfills and chemically impacted sites. Approved by ASTM International, guide is based on information from several environmental site assessments, provides standard approach to assessing safety, and may also be used to establish criteria for chemical cleanup and post-cleanup use, rehabbing decades-old landfills, and other environmental cleanup initiatives.
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