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A new ASTM International standard will be referenced by the International Cyanide Management Code as a guide to ASTM standards related to cyanide management. ASTM D7728 , Guide for Selection of ASTM Analytical Methods for Implementation of International Cyanide Management Code Guidance, was developed by Subcommittee D19.06 on Methods for Analysis for Organic Substances in Water , part of ASTM…
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A new ASTM subcommittee seeks to acknowledge the ongoing advances being made in the field of nanostructured inorganic coatings. B08.16 on Nanostructured Coatings, part of ASTM International Committee B08 on Metallic and Inorganic Coatings, is currently developing its first proposed standard, ASTM WK29468 , Specification for Galvanic Protection of Steel Using a Nanostructured Coating of 95 % Zinc…
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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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Three primary factors define the success or failure of any attempt to forcibly penetrate a security fence system: the tools and devices employed, the number of aggressors and their level of sophistication. A newly approved ASTM International standard can be used to measure the resistance of fence systems to such an attempt. ASTM F2781 , Practice for Testing Forced Entry Resistance of Security…, ASTM Committee F14 Next Meeting:, Feb. 16, 2010 , in conjunction with American Fence Association, FENCETECH 2010, Orlando, Fla., Technical Contact:, Charles Naegele, P.E., Allied Consulting Inc., Clarks Summit, Pa., Phone: 570-586-7260; canaegele@aol.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Thomas O’Toole, Phone: 610-832-9739; totoole@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #8427/Dec2009
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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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A proposed new ASTM International practice will allow a wide variety of users to differentiate levels of effectiveness among the many types of security fence systems that currently exist. WK19721 , Practice for Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Different Types of Fence Systems, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F14.50 on High Security Fences and Perimeter Barriers, part of ASTM…
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A new ASTM International standard provides instructions for developing the chain-link fence design, layout and installation for a wide variety of sports and recreational facilities and other applications. The standard, F 2631 , Practice for Installation of Chain-Link Fence for Outdoor Sports Fields, Sports Courts and Other Recreation Facilities, was developed by Subcommittee F14.10 on Specific…
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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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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…