February 2020

The Standards listed below are all due for review and will be in ballot soon.

If you wish to participate in the SSIGs that will review these Standards or if you would like to request a copy of the drafts in ballot, please send your request to TAPPI at standards@tappi.org.

Standard #	Title
T 200 sp-15	Laboratory beating of pulp (Valley beater method)
T 403 om-15	Bursting strength of paper
T 411 om-15	Thickness (caliper) of paper, paperboard, and combined board
T 431 cm-10	Ink absorbency of blotting paper
T 438 cm-06	Zinc and cadmium in paper
T 454 om-15	Turpentine test for voids in glassine and greaseproof papers
T 456 om-15	Tensile breaking strength of water-saturated paper and paperboard (“wet tensile strength")
T 489 om-15	Bending resistance (stiffness) of paper and paperboard (Taber-type tester in basic configuration)
T 541 om-15	Internal bond strength of paperboard (z-direction tensile)
T 563 om-15	Equivalent black area (EBA) and count of visible dirt in pulp, paper and paperboard by image analysis
T 566 om-15	Bending resistance (stiffness) of paper (Taber-type tester in 0 to 1 Taber stiffness unit configuration)
T 650 om-15	Solids content of black liquor
T 829 om-15	Score quality test
T 1008 sp-15	Test conditions for fiberglass mat test methods

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