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A proposed new ASTM International standard will assist users of cyanide analysis methods who want to work in compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code. The Code covers the proper handling of cyanide from production, transportation to processing sites and design of cyanide facilities, including detoxification, storage and release of excess cyanide processing waters. ASTM WK27288 ,…
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In an action effective on Nov. 10, 2009, 15 methods contained in 10 ASTM standards are among 25 analytical methods that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved for determining contaminant concentrations in samples collected under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The methods are under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee D19.05 on Inorganic Constituents in Water, part of ASTM Committee D19…, ASTM Committee D19 Next Meeting:, Jan. 17-21, Cocoa Beach, Fla., ASTM Staff Contact:, Brynn Murphy , Phone: 610-832-9640; bmurphy@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #84 52/Jan2010
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ASTM International Subcommittee E34.50 on Health and Safety Standards for Metalworking Fluids has developed three new standards. Two of the recently approved ASTM standards cover aspects of water-miscible metalworking fluids, while the third concerns prevention of dermatitis in the wet metal removal fluid environment., Prevention of Dermatitis, Dermatitis is an inflammatory response of the skin to a chemical or physical agent. While redness, swelling and itching are typical signs of dermatitis, symptoms can be more severe as well. A new ASTM standard, ASTM E2693 , Practice for Prevention of Dermatitis in the Wet Metal Removal Fluid Environment, discusses dermatitis and its causes and presents a comprehensive approach to dermatitis…, Metalworking Fluids, Two new E34.50 standards address the detection of microbial contamination in metalworking fluids: ASTM E2657 , Test Method for Determination of Endotoxin Concentrations in Water-Miscible Metalworking Fluids, and ASTM E2694 , Test Method for Measurement of Adenosine Triphosphate in Water-Miscible Metalworking Fluids. Both ASTM E2657 and ASTM E2694 measure biological contamination in metalworking…, Participation Invited, The subcommittee is currently looking for participants for an interlaboratory study for ASTM E2657 and ASTM E2694 . “We plan to use a single set of MWF for both standards, so labs who are interested in either or both are welcome to participate,” says Passman. “A few labs will run both the ILS’s for both standards, while most will run one or the other.” Subcommittee E34.50 is part of ASTM…
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Analysts in laboratories that use regression-based methods to determine uncertainty in data and customers that request such measurements will be the primary users of a new standard recently approved by ASTM International Committee D19 on Water. ASTM D7366 , Practice for Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty for Data from Regression-Based Methods was developed by Subcommittee D19.02 on Quality…
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All interested parties in the glass industry are invited to participate in the development of a proposed new standard guide for the safe handling of annealed glass. The new standard will be developed by a task group within ASTM Committee E34 on Occupational Health and Safety. A small group from industry and OSHA met in Rossford, Ohio, in March to discuss this new activity. The task group plans to…
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Information and product destruction services is a rapidly growing industry. In order to develop standards to serve the needs of this industry, ASTM International Committee E34 on Occupational Health and Safety has formed Subcommittee E34.25 on Mobile and Plant-Based Security Destruction Equipment Safety Requirements. All interested parties are invited to participate in the standards developing…
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Cyanide is routinely analyzed in water samples, often to demonstrate regulatory compliance; however, improper sample collection or pretreatment can result in significant positive or negative bias potentially resulting in unnecessary permit violations or undetected cyanide releases into the environment. Because of the importance and timeliness of these issues, ASTM Subcommittee D19.06 on Methods…
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Subcommittee G02.10 on Erosion by Solids and Liquids, part of ASTM International Committee G02 on Wear and Erosion, is interested in hearing from anyone who uses cavitation erosion testing in their work. The objective of this survey is to help the subcommittee determine the current degree of interest in and importance of cavitation erosion test methods. The subcommittee is especially interested…
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While nearly all of the instrumentation employed in the field to measure radioactive materials or radiation exposure rates used to be in the hands of state radiological control agencies or federal government national response organizations, this is no longer the case. Now, law enforcement personnel, first responders and other professionals have radiation detection instruments, though they may not…
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ASTM International Committee D19 on Water will host a workshop on turbidity during the June Committee Week in Norfolk, Va. Subcommittee D19.07 on Sediment, Geomorphology and Open Channel Flow will present the workshop from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on June 26, 2007. According to Mike Sadar, D19 member and principal application scientist, Hach Company, Committee D19 has invested several years in the…