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The Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) meeting occurred for Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 1:00 – 2:00 pm (Eastern time). This meeting was virtual only - via Zoom. SARG approval is the last step prior to publication for any new, reaffirmed or revised standards.

The list below shows the 27 revised and reaffirmed Standards and the 1 withdrawn Standard that were submitted to SARG and approved at its Spring 2021 meeting:
(* = indicates Standards eligible for submission as American National Standards)

T 245 Silicates and silica in pulp (wet ash method) (Reaffirmed)

T 255 Water-soluble sulfates in pulp and paper (Reaffirmed)

T 256 Water-soluble chlorides in pulp and paper (Reaffirmed)

*T 257 Sampling and preparing wood for analysis (Reaffirmed)

*T 258 Basic density and moisture content of pulpwood (Reaffirmed)

*T 272 Forming handsheets for reflectance testing of pulp (sheet machine procedure) (Revision)

*T 402 Standard conditioning and testing atmospheres for paper, board, pulp handsheets, and related products (Revision)

*T 414 Internal tearing resistance of paper (Elmendorf-type method) (Revision)

T 432 Water absorbency of bibulous papers (Reaffirmed)

*T 437 Dirt in paper and paperboard (Reaffirmed)

*T 454 Turpentine test for voids in glassine and greaseproof papers (Reaffirmed)

T 479 Smoothness of paper (Bekk method) (Reaffirmed)

T 502 Equilibrium relative humidity of paper and paperboard (Reaffirmed)

*T 512 Creasing of flexible packaging material paper specimens for testing (Reaffirmed)

*T 529 Surface pH measurement of paper (Reaffirmed)

*T 537 Dirt count in paper and paperboard (optical character recognition - OCR) (Reaffirmed)

*T 556 Bending resistance of paper and paperboard by single-point bending methods (Reaffirmed)

*T 560 CIE whiteness and tint of paper and paperboard (d/0 geometry, C/2 illuminant/observer) (Revision)

*T 562 CIE whiteness and tint of paper and paperboard (45/0 geometry, C/2 illuminant/observer) (Revision)

*T 563 Equivalent black area (EBA) and count of visible dirt in pulp, paper and paperboard by image analysis (Reaffirmed)

T 602 Analysis of sulfuric acid (Reaffirmed)

T 611 Analysis of bleaching powder, calcium hypochlorite bleach liquor and bleach sludge (Reaffirmed)

*T 657 Sampling of fillers and pigments (Revision)

T 699 Analysis of pulping liquors by suppressed ion chromatography (Withdrawn)

*T 826 Short span compressive strength of containerboard (Revision)

*T 829 Score quality test (Revision)

*T 831 Water absorption of corrugating medium: water drop penetration test (Revision)

*T 1215 The determination of instrumental color differences (Revision)

A copy of the final draft for all these Standards can be found on the SARG page.  

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