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New or Revised Standards, TIPs, and Useful Methods

TIP 0425-03 "Design, monitoring and maintenance guidelines for Yankee dryer bearings" (New)

T 411 om-15 "Thickness (caliper) of paper, paperboard, and combined board" (Revised)

T 456 om-15 "Tensile breaking strength of water-saturated paper and paperboard ("wet tensile strength")" (Revised)

T 480 om-15 "Specular gloss of paper and paperboard at 75 degrees" (Revised)

T 489 om-15 "Bending resistance (stiffness) of paper and paperboard (Taber-type tester in basic configuration)" (Revised)

T 509 om-15 "Hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of paper extracts (cold extraction method)" (Revised)

T 534 om-15 "Brightness of clay and other mineral pigments (d/0 diffuse)" (Revised)

T 541 om-15 "Internal bond strength of paperboard (z-direction tensile)" (Revised)

T 553 om-15 "Alkalinity of paper as calcium carbonate (alkaline reserve of paper)" (Revised)

T 566 om-15 "Bending resistance (stiffness) of paper (Taber-type tester in 0 to 10 Taber stiffness unit configuration)" (Revised)

T 567 om-15 "Determination of effective residual ink concentration (ERIC) by infrared reflectance measurement" (Revised)

T 600 om-15 "Analysis of formaldehyde in aqueous solutions and of free formaldehyde in resins" (Reaffirmed)

T 610 sp-15 "Preparation of indicators and standard solutions" (Reaffirmed)

T 808 cm-15 "Flat crush test of corrugated board (flexible beam method)" (Reclassified from Official to Classical Method)

T 829 om-15 "Score quality test" (Revised)

T 844 pm-15 "Determining construction (nominal basis weight) of corrugated board" (Revised)

T 1006 sp-15 "Testing of fiber glass mats: use of modified TAPPI procedures for sampling and lot acceptance, stiffness, tear resistance, and thickness" (Revised)

T 1011 om-15 "Basis weight of fiber glass mats" (Revised)

T 1013 om-15 "Loss on ignition of fiber glass mats" (Revised)

T 1014 om-15 "Moisture sensitivity of fiber glass mats" (Revised)

T 1016 om-15 "Average fiber diameter of fiber glass mats" (Reaffirmed)

Special note: Documents appearing in the TAPPI online version of the Standards and TIPs are updated once a month (usually around the 15th). So it is possible that there is a delay between the publication announcement and the posting online. If you are a subscriber to the online access to Standards and TIPs and you are in a hurry for new documents that have not yet been posted, you can send a request to standards@tappi.org.

TAPPI Standards in Ballot

The TAPPI Standards regulations require public review of standards that are up for ballot. Send a message to standards@tappi.org if you want to request a copy of draft in ballot.

T 579 "Diffuse brightness of paper, paperboard and pulp (d/0) (ultraviolet level D65)" (December 29, 2016)

SSIG Members Needed

The Standard-Specific Interest Groups (SSIGs) for the following standards are in need of additional members

All Standard-Specific Interest Groups (SSIG) require a minimum of 10 members in order to ballot and vote on a draft of a method.

T 438 cm-06 "Zinc and cadmium in paper" requires two more SSIG members for ballot.

T 504 "Glue in paper (qualitative & quantitative determination)" requires one more member in order to ballot.

If no progress is made on these ballots, then they might be considered for withdrawal at the next QSMC meeting. If you have an interest in becoming a member of either of these SSIGs please contact standards@tappi.org.

Standards Coming Up For Review

The following standards will be balloted soon. If any of these methods are of interest to and you wish to join their respective SSIG, then please contact standards@tappi.org.

T 579 om-12 "Diffuse brightness of paper, paperboard and pulp (d/0) (ultraviolet level D65)"

T 1216 sp-12 "Indices for Whiteness, Yellowness, Brightness, and Luminous Reflectance Factor"

T 1215 sp-12 "The Determination of Instrumental Color Differences"

T 464 om-12 "Water Vapor Transmission Rate of Paper and Paperboard at High Temperature and Humidity"

T 444 om-12 "Silver Tarnishing by Paper and Paperboard"