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Recovered carbon black has applications in the tires, rubber goods, and other industries ASTM International’s recovered carbon black (rCB) committee ( D36 ) is developing a proposed standard that will guide users of rCB on how long the material can be stored and the effect that prolonged storage might have on rCB. Recovered carbon black, material made from the remains of end-of-life tires, has…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Krista Robbins, tel +1.610.832.9689; krobbins@astm.org Release #11868 ###
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ASTM International presented its top annual award – the 2023 Award of Merit – to Chris Meyer for his contributions to ASTM’s temperature measurement committee ( E20 ). The prestigious award, which includes the accompanying title of fellow, is ASTM’s highest recognition for distinguished service and outstanding participation in ASTM International committee activities. Meyer was recognized for…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org Release #11745 ###
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ASTM International’s road and paving materials committee ( D04 ) has approved a new standard that will allow those in the road construction industry to extend the service life of asphalt mixtures by more accurately predicting and evaluating fatigue performance. According to ASTM member M. Emin Kutay, the new standard ( D8458 ) will be used to assess the resistance of different types of asphalt…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Asley Wiand, tel +1.610.832.9551; awiand@astm.org Release #11610 ###
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A newly approved standard from ASTM International’s recovered carbon black committee ( D36 ) provides a test that will help to differentiate products and provide a quality control tool for producers and users. Recovered carbon black (rCB) is a recycled product made from end-of-life tires. The new standard (soon to be published as D8474) describes a thermogravimetric (TGA) technique to determine…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Melissa Marcinowski, tel +1.610.832.9626; mmarcinowski@astm.org Release #11602 ###
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ASTM International presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Mary Stroup-Gardiner for her contributions to ASTM’s committee on road and paving materials (D04). The prestigious award, which includes the accompanying title of fellow, is ASTM’s highest recognition for distinguished service and outstanding participation in ASTM International committee activities. Stroup-Gardiner was…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel+1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #11596 ###
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ASTM International’s committee on temperature measurement (E20) presented its 2021 Robert D. Thompson Memorial Award to Weston Tew, physicist at NIST, Sensor Science Division. Tew was recognized for his continuing contributions and dedication to the development of temperature measurement standards, as well as his effective leadership of subcommittee E20.07 on thermometry fundamentals. A long-time…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel+1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #11485 ###
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ASTM International announced today the Journal of Testing and Evaluation, the organization’s flagship journal, received an increased 2021 impact factor rating of 1.333, up 5.5% from the previous year. The impact factor is calculated each year by Clarivate Analytics and given to journals that appear in their database, Science Citation Index. Launched in 1973, the journal is a multi-disciplinary…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #11472 ###
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ASTM International’s temperature measurement committee (E20) presented the Robert D. Thompson Memorial Award to Joseph T. Mastropierro, laboratory manager with Cannon Instrument Company (State College, PA, USA). An ASTM International member since 2007, Mastropierro was recognized for continuing leadership on the committee and for contributions to the development of temperature measurement…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #11427 ###
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CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, and ASTM International have agreed to extend and expand a Technical Cooperation Agreement from 2019 in order to broaden and facilitate global dialogue and coordination in specific standardization areas of mutual interest. The updated agreement affirms and reinvigorates a framework agreed in 2019 for technical cooperation and information exchange…, About CEN, CEN (the European Committee for Standardization) is recognized by the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) as one of the official European Standardization Organizations responsible for developing standards at European level. These standards set out specifications and procedures in relation to a wide range of materials, processes, products and services. The members of…, CEN Media Contact:, Giovanni Collot, tel +32.474.98.21.17 gcollot@cencenelec.eu, ASTM Media Contact:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #11421 ###
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ASTM International’s recovered carbon black (rCB) committee ( D36 ) is developing a proposed standard that will be used to differentiate between different rCB products and provide quality control tool for producers and users. According to ASTM International member Pieter ter Haar, the proposed standard ( WK81244 ) will explain how thermogravimetry (TGA), a type of thermal analysis, can be used to…