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While the use of radio frequency identification transponders has become common for inventory tracking purposes, RFID system performance can be affected by product and packaging materials. A new ASTM standard can be used to provide a framework for testing RFID system performance that can be applied to, and compared across, all RFID manufacturer systems in any industrial application that involves a…
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Two new calibration standards for use with X-ray fluorescence equipment in the chemical analysis of hydraulic cement are now available from the Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory (CCRL). The new standards are designated Portland Cements 167 and 168 and are vacuum-sealed to prevent moisture uptake. Robin Haupt, supervisor, CCRL proficiency sample program, says that the two new cements were…
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The need to create a more realistic simulation for the small parcel shipping and handling environment was the impetus for the development of a new ASTM standard, D7386 , Practice for Performance Testing of Packages for Single Parcel Delivery Systems. Subcommittee D10.21 on Shipping Containers and Systems—Application of Performance Test Methods, under the jurisdiction of ASTM International…
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The realization that concrete production is the result of a combination of several materials that are individually standardized, but which may interact in ways not governed by those standards, led ASTM International Committee C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates to form Subcommittee C09.48 on Performance of Cementitious Materials and Admixture Combinations in 2004. The subcommittee has now…
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Applications are currently being accepted for the 2008 ASTM International Katharine and Bryant Mather Scholarship. Administered by ASTM International Committee C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates, the scholarship applies to students pursuing degrees specializing in cement or concrete materials technology or concrete construction. Full-time undergraduate students completing their second/…
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A proposed new standard being developed by ASTM International Committee C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates will monitor clogging and long-term permeability of pervious pavements as well as determine if early sealing of the pavement has occurred during construction. This proposed standard, WK17606 , Test Method for Permeability of Pervious Concrete Pavements, is under the jurisdiction of…
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All interested parties are invited to join in the activities of Subcommittee C09.49 on Pervious Concrete as it develops its first proposed standard, WK16885 , Test Method for Density and Void Content of Pervious Concrete. The subcommittee is under the jurisdiction of Committee C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates. “WK16885 and forthcoming standards for pervious concrete arose from the need to…
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ASTM International Committee D10 on Packaging will present a Distribution Packaging Workshop on April 7, 2008, from 10 a.m. to noon. The workshop, which is being organized by the committee’s university liaison subcommittee, will occur during the Committee D10 meeting at the ASTM committee week in Anaheim, Calif. Workshop topics will include the following: • Single-Parcel Shipping Environment—…
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A new ASTM standard, C 1646/C 1646M , Practice for Making and Curing Test Specimens for Evaluating Frost Resistance of Coarse Aggregate in Air-Entrained Concrete by Rapid Freezing and Thawing, now provides requirements for specimen preparation for C 666 testing. Both C 666 and C 1646 are under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee C09.67 on Resistance to the Environment, part of ASTM International…
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Two recently formed task groups on preparing pervious concrete specimens and research will be participating in the first meeting of the new Subcommittee C09.49 on Pervious Concrete from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. on June 25 during the ASTM Committee Week in Norfolk, Va. C09.49 is part of ASTM International Committee C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates. Heather Brown, Middle Tennessee State University…, Standardization News, , Karthik Obla, chair of Subcommittee C09.49, noted that there has been a resurgence in interest in pervious concrete due to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recent recognition of its use as a best management practice for storm water management. An increasing focus on sustainability and the green movement has also contributed to the importance of pervious concrete as a building material…