TAPPI STAR

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 421 om-12 "Qualitative (including optical microscopic) analysis of mineral filler and mineral coating of paper" (August 27, 2017)

T 452 om-08 "Brightness of pulp, paper, and paperboard (directional reflectance at 457 nm)" (September 11, 2017)

T 568 om-12 "Physical area of sub-visible contraries in pulp, paper, and paperboard by image analysis" (September 17, 2017)

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.

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.