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ASTM Leather Committee approves finish stability test standard.
2014-12-16 14:32:25| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
ASTM D7912, Test Method for Resistance of Finish to Heat Aging (Finish Stability), details test for predicting long-term performance of leather article. Applicable to leather articles ranging from gloves and footwear to upholstery used in automobiles and aircraft, test will indicate presence of cracks, parting of finish from leather, and tackiness after specimen has been tested in circulating air oven. Users will include leather producers, end use manufacturers, and testing laboratories.
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Proposed Standard covers small group product evaluations.
2014-12-16 14:32:25| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Proposed standard, ASTM WK46357, Guide for Best Practices for Small Group Product Evaluations, will provide sensory professionals with guide to set up small group evaluations that will meet objectives in most unbiased manner possible. Goal of proposed standard is to recommend processes and procedures to minimize bias and address research question in as professional and scientific a manner as possible, either before conducting larger scale, more formal test or as final standalone evaluation.
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Proposed ASTM Standard helps foster sustainable manufacturing.
2014-12-15 14:32:37| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
ASTM WK35702, Guide for Evaluation of Environmental Aspects of Sustainability of Manufacturing Processes, describes methods with which to enhance resource efficiency at manufacturing process level while considering environmental impacts. According to ASTM's Paul Witherell, this standard "will help identify opportunities in operations planning, provide guidelines for collecting data and give insight into how to calculate metrics on which informed decisions can be made."
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ASTM Petroleum Committee Approves New Standard For Butanol Purity Testing
2014-12-15 02:34:51| chemicalonline News Articles
With several beneficial attributes that make it a good blending agent in gasoline, butanol continues to hold promise for use as a biofuel. It is compatible with existing vehicles and refueling infrastructure. Low vapor pressure, high octane number and favorable distillation properties all add to the high blending value of butanol.
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ASTM Proposes Standard for thermal transport properties testing.
2014-12-12 14:30:51| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Proposed standard ASTM WK46204, Test Method for Determination of Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Diffusivity of Solids and Fluids Using the Transient Plane Source or Hot Disc Method, is being developed by Subcommittee E37.05 on Thermophysical Properties. Described test can be designed to match different specimen sizes and allow for measurements to be made in gaseous and vacuum environments at range of temperatures and pressures.
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