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ASTM International Subcommittee A01.05 on Steel Reinforcement has made a significant revision to ASTM A706/A706M , Specification for Low-Alloy Steel Deformed and Plain Bars for Concrete Reinforcement. A higher yield strength level, namely Grade 80 [550], has been added to the standard. The term “grade” relates to minimum yield strength in units of “kps/in.2 (megapascals),” i.e., “Grade 80 [550]”…
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ASTM Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys has now published a versatile new standard, A1064/A1064M , Specification for Steel Wire and Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain and Deformed, for Concrete. The new standard is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee A01.05 on Steel Reinforcement. Ted Mize, P.E., senior engineer, Ivy Steel & Wire, and an A01.05 member, notes that ASTM…, ASTM Committee A01 Next Meeting:, May 17-20, May Committee Week, St. Louis, Mo., Technical Contact:, Ted Mize, Ivy Steel & Wire, Concord, Calif., Phone: 925-685-9141, tmize@ivysteel.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, George Luciw, Phone: 610-832-9710, gluciw@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #844 3/Dec2009
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Special considerations need to be made for flooring in multi-purpose rooms, particularly those in child care buildings, elementary schools and long-term care facilities. ASTM International Committee F06 on Resilient Floor Coverings is currently developing a proposed new standard for such flooring. WK24836 , Specification for Active Area, Multipurpose Flooring, is under the jurisdiction of…
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Vessel-mounted cameras can be effectively and economically used by ship crews investigating and responding to an oil spill. ASTM International Committee F20 on Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response is currently developing a proposed new standard on use of cameras in this realm. WK24607 , Specification for the Design and Use of Vessel-Mounted Camera Systems for Oil Spill Response, is under…
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A new ASTM International standard will serve as a guide for manufacturers and laboratories that make and test steel products according to standards using the SI system of units. The new standard, ASTM A1058 , Test Methods for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products—Metric, arose from a need for a stand-alone metric steel testing standard, according to Lester Burgess, director of quality, TSP/U.S.…
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Oil skimmer nameplate capacities are used to evaluate system performance for spill response planning standards. While manufacturers had been free to state any value as to the theoretical capacity of an oil skimmer, a new ASTM International standard provides a test that can be used to establish a realistic capacity. The standard, F2709 , Test Method for Determining Nameplate Recovery Rate of…
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Providing customer reassurance that high performance corrosion resistant steel will meet a given set of criteria is the purpose of a new ASTM International standard recently approved by Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys. The new standard, ASTM A1055 , Specification for Zinc and Epoxy Dual Coated Steel Reinforcing Bars, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee A01.05 on…
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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…