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Manufacturers of solar radiometers and testing laboratories for solar energy, materials and durability testing will be among the primary users of a new ASTM International standard that outlines procedures using indoor test methods to calibrate radiometers with dissimilar detectors. The new standard, ASTM G207 , Test Method for Indoor Transfer of Calibration from Reference to Field Pyranometers,…, ASTM Committee G03 Next Meeting:, Jan. 29-31, 2012, January Committee Week, Atlanta, Ga., Technical Contact:, Daryl Myers, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colo., Phone: 303-384-6768; daryl.myers@nrel.gov, ASTM Staff Contact:, Jeff Adkins, Phone: 610-832-9738; jadkins@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #8965
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A new ASTM International standard provides a more detailed and complete description of a test protocol that has been used for more than 40 years in code requirements and specifications for fire-retardant-treated wood. This test is now also used in some codes for building products that are not wood. The new standard, ASTM E2768 , Test Method for Extended Duration Surface Burning Characteristics of…
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Consumers who are purchasing building materials for homes want to be assured that the materials are mold resistant. A proposed new ASTM standard will allow for a mold-resistance rating to be given to specific materials, depending on how the materials perform to the test method. The proposed new standard, ASTM WK32079 , Test Method for Determination of Mold Growth on Building Products Designed for…
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While standards for outdoor calibration techniques for solar radiometers exist, there are currently no general standards that deal with issues of indoor calibration transfers between radiometers of different design. A proposed new ASTM standard, ASTM WK27263, Test Method for Indoor Transfer of Calibration from Reference to Field Pyranometers, will address in detail issues associated with…
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Invented in the early 1990s, the tomographic gamma scanner is used in the nondestructive assay of radioactive waste contained in drums or cans. In the last 10 years, TGS technology has been industrialized, with systems operating in South Korea, the United States and Europe. A new ASTM International test provides users with a means of streamlining TGS procedures and practices, and it will be…
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A new ASTM International standards developing activity, Subcommittee E44.20 on Glass for Solar Applications, was formed during a virtual meeting on Sept. 29. Meeting participants, including government representatives, equipment and product manufacturers and members of ASTM International Committees E44 on Solar, Geothermal and Alternative Energy Sources and C14 on Glass and Glass Products approved…
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Standards relating to the performance of photovoltaic (PV) modules have historically focused on initial qualification testing and not issues of durability and functional service life. Subcommittee E44.09 on Photovoltaic Electric Power Conversion is now working on a proposed new standard that will cover these long-term issues: ASTM WK25362 , Practice for Photovoltaic Module Reliability Assessment…
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All interested participants are invited to attend a virtual organizational meeting for a new ASTM International activity on solar glass on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Representatives from the United States Department of Energy, ASTM International Committee E44 on Solar, Geothermal, and Other Energy Sources, and ASTM International Committee C14 on Glass and Glass Products will be among…
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Explorations into alternative forms of energy have increased interest in standards for solar energy applications. ASTM International Committee G03 on Weathering and Durability has recently approved a new standard in this area, G197 , Table for Reference Solar Spectral Distributions: Direct and Diffuse on 20° Tilted and Vertical Surfaces. ASTM G197 was developed by Subcommittee G03.09 on…
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In response to requests from fuel producers around the world, ASTM International Committee C26 on Nuclear Fuel Cycle has developed a standard for using the total evaporation method to determine uranium or plutonium composition. The new standard, C 1672 , Test Method for Determination of Uranium or Plutonium Isotopic Composition or Concentration by the Total Evaporation Method Using a Thermal…