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New or Revised Standards, TIPs, and Useful Methods
T 227 om-17 "Freeness of pulp (Canadian standard method)" (Revised)

T 821 om-17 "Pin adhesion of corrugated board by selective separation" (Revised)

T 519 om-17 "Diffuse opacity of paper (d/0 paper backing)" (Revised)

T 827 om-17 "Box blank dimensioning" (Revised) 

T 809 om-17 "Flat crush of corrugating medium (CMT test)" (Revised)

T 811 om-17 "Edgewise compressive strength of corrugated fiberboard (short column test)" (Revised)

T 810 om-17 "Bursting strength of corrugated board" (Reaffirmed)

T 448 om-17 "Water vapor transmission rate of paper and paperboard at 23 degrees C and 50% RH" (Revised)

T 413 om-17 "Ash in wood, pulp, paper and paperboard: combustion at 900°C" (Revised)

T 526 cm-17 "Blister resistance of coated paper in heatset printing" (Reaffirmed)

T 400 sp-17 "Sampling and accepting a single lot of paper, paperboard, containerboard, or related product" (Revised)

T 802 om-17 "Drop test for fiberboard shipping containers" (Revised)

TIP 0410-09 "Flow determination by chemical method" (Revised)

TIP 1101-01 "Calculation and partitioning of variance using paper machine scanning sensor measurements" (Revised)

TIP 0502-13 "Guidelines for retention measurements" (Revised)

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
Listed below are TAPPI Standards that have recently gone out for ballot to the corresponding Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG). The date in parentheses is the closing date for voting. 

T 275 sp-12 "Screening of pulp (Somerville-type equipment)" (November 25, 2017)

T 408 cm-07 "Rosin in paper and paperboard" (November 25, 2017)

T 255 cm-07 "Water-soluble sulfates in pulp and paper" (November 25, 2017)
 
SSIG Members Needed
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.