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A first-of-its-kind standard from ASTM International aims to support the introduction of ethanol as a cooking fuel, a step which will help people in developing countries access and use a safer alternative to wood, charcoal, and other traditional fuels. Each year, millions of people get sick or die due to household air pollution from cooking with traditional fuels, according to ASTM member Brady…, ASTM Committee E48 on Bioenergy and Industrial Chemicals and Biomass Next Meeting:, June 29, 2016, Bellevue, Wash., Media Inquiries:, Nathan Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Brady Luceno, POET Clean Cooking, Sioux Falls, S.D., +1.605.965.6702; brady.luceno@poet.com , ASTM Staff Contact:, Brian Milewski, tel +1.610.832.9619; bmilewski@astm.org Release #10017
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ASTM grain size is a property written into many specifications for metals, with finer grain sizes generally indicating better mechanical properties, such as formability. While measuring certain materials for such properties can be difficult, electron backscatter diffraction can provide precise determinations as well as give information on grain size distribution and statistics. A new ASTM…
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A recent revision to ASTM International standard E384 , Test Method for Knoop and Vickers Hardness of Materials, expands the range of its coverage. The standard is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee E04.05 on Microindentation Hardness Testing, part of ASTM International Committee E04 on Metallography. The revision incorporates ASTM E92 , Test Method for Vickers Hardness of Metallic Materials…