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As a means of ensuring the safety of electrical wiring systems in airplanes, ASTM International Committee F39 on Normal and Utility Category Airplane Electrical Wiring Systems has recently approved F2639 , Practice for Design, Alteration and Certification of Airplane Electrical Wiring Systems, a standard developed by Subcommittee F39.01 on Design, Alteration and Certification. According to…
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All interested parties are invited to participate in the standards developing activities of ASTM International Committee F20 on Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response. Among the committee’s recent activities are the approval of a new standard on oil spill containment booms and work on a proposed standard on the use of in-situ burning of oil spill in marshes. Manufacturers of containment…
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Navies and coast guards around the world will be the likely users of a new standard developed by ASTM International Committee F20 on Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response, F 2533 , Guide for In-Situ Burning of Oil in Ships or Other Vessels. The standard, under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F20.15 on In-Situ Burning, covers the use of in-situ burning directly in ships and other vessels as…
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Joe Koury, staff manager for ASTM International Committee E52 on Forensic Psychophysiology, will speak at the annual seminar of the American Association of Police Polygraphists on April 17 at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town in Albuquerque, N.M. This meeting will follow the April 14-15 meetings of Committee E52, which will take place at the some hotel. In his presentation, Koury will provide an…
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A new ASTM International standard, F 2490 , Guide for Aircraft Electrical Load and Power Source Capacity Analysis, has been accepted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a means of compliance with 14 CFR 23.1351(a) (2), Electrical System Capacity for Part 23 (and Predecessor) Aircraft. Guide F 2490 was developed by Subcommittee F39.01 on Design, Alteration, and Certification, which is…
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A new ASTM International standard provides information and criteria for estimating the thickness of oil on water using only visual clues. The standard, F 2534 , Guide for Visually Estimating Oil Spill Thickness on Water, was developed by Subcommittee F20.16 on Surveillance and Tracking to provide a consistent means of visual oil spill thickness detection. Subcommittee F20.16 is under the…
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Over the last three years, single-point spray systems have emerged as a leading form of oil spill dispersant, which has led to the development of a new standard by ASTM International Committee F20 on Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response. The standard, F 2465, Guide for Oil Spill Dispersant Application Equipment: Single-Point Spray Systems, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F20.13…
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The ongoing need to deal with oil in stranded ships, especially those in remote areas, is the impetus behind a proposed new standard being developed by ASTM International Committee F20 on Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response. One possible response to such a crisis, burning the oil on the ship before it can damage the environment, is the subject of the proposed standard, F 2533, Guide for…
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A proposed new standard currently being developed by ASTM International Committee F01 on Electronics will prove to be useful to the tantalum sputtering target industry. The proposed standard, WK9490, Test Method for Reporting Crystallographic Orientation of Sputtering Target Materials, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F01.17 on Sputter Metallization. "The tantalum sputtering target…
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ASTM International Committee F01 on Electronics is currently developing a proposed new standard that will provide uniformity in the values reported for oxygen content in aluminum alloys used for sputtering targets in the manufacture of integrated circuits. The proposed standard, WK9120, Determination of Oxygen in High Purity Aluminum and Alloys in High Purity Aluminum Base by Inert Gas Fusion…