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New or Revised Standards, TIPs, and Useful Methods
T 204 cm-17 "Solvent extractives of wood and pulp" (Reaffirmed)

T 418 cm-17 "Organic nitrogen in paper and paperboard" (Reaffirmed)

T 525 om-17 "Diffuse brightness of paper, paperboard and pulp (d/0) – ultraviolet level C" (Reaffirmed)

T 832 om-17 "Water absorption of corrugating medium: float curl method" (Revised)

T 1214 sp-17 "Interrelation of reflectance, R0; reflectivity, R∞; TAPPI opacity, C0.89; scattering, s; and absorption, k" (Reaffirmed)

T 1219 sp-17 "Storage of paper samples for optical measurements and color matching" (Reaffirmed)

TIP 0416-02 "Definitions of black liquor recovery furnace availability" (Reinstated)

TIP 0606-24 "Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) safe storage and handling" (Revised)

TIP 0306-02 "Computer assisted mounting systems" (Revised)

TIP 0304-69 "Understanding wet strength: what are MRA, WRA, and WPA?" (Revised)

TIP 0425-04 "Guidelines for properly sampling steam & condensate in Yankee dryer steam systems" (New)

TIP 0404-07 "Paper machine drying rate" (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)

T 834 om-12 "Determination of paperboard roll hardness" (December 2, 2017)

T 804 om-12 "Compression test of fiberboard shipping containers" (December 2, 2017)

T 256 cm-07 "Water-soluble chlorides in pulp and paper" (December 11, 2017)

T 245 cm-07 "Silicates and silica in pulp (wet ash method)" (December 14, 2017)

T 1217 sp-12 "Photometric linearity of optical properties instruments" (December 16, 2017)

T 656 cm-07 "Measuring, sampling, and analyzing white waters" (December 16, 2017)

WI 3028 "Roughness of paper and paperboard, stylus (Emveco spherical tip-type method)" (December 21, 2017)

T 419 om-11 "Starch in paper" (December 22, 2017)

T 1218 sp-12 "Calibration of reflectance standards for hemispherical geometry" (December 28, 2017)

T 602 cm-07 "Analysis of Sulfuric Acid" (December 29, 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.