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Listed below are TAPPI Standards that have recently gone out for ballot to the corresponding Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG). The date in parentheses is the closing date for voting.

• T 621 cm-10 Analysis of rosin
  - Ballot 2 Closes: 10/29/2022
  
  
• T 226 cm-11 Specific external surface of pulp 
  - Ballot 2 Closes: 11/05/2022
  
  
• T 516 cm-11 Envelope seal, seam, and window patch testing
  - Ballot 2 Closes: 11/05/2022
  
  
• T 807 om-16 Bursting strength of linerboard
  - Ballot 2 Closes: 11/11/2022
  
  
• T 223 cm-10 Pentosans in wood and pulp
  - Ballot 2 Closes: 11/17/2022
  
  
• T 266 om-18 Determination of sodium, calcium, copper, iron and manganese in pulp and paper by atomic absorption spectroscopy 
  - Ballot 1 Closes: 11/18/2022
  
  
• T 271 om-18 Fiber length of pulp and paper by automated optical analyzer using polarized light 
  - Ballot 1 Closes: 11/18/2022
  
  
• T 218 sp-18 Forming handsheets for reflectance testing of pulp (Büchner funnel procedure) 
  - Ballot 1 Closes: 11/18/2022
  
  
• T 1217 sp-18 Photometric linearity of optical properties instruments
  - Ballot 1 Closes: 11/18/2022
  
  
• T 1218 sp-18 Calibration of reflectance standards for hemispherical geometry
  - Ballot 1 Closes: 11/18/2022
  
  
• T 1500 gl-18 Optical measurements terminology (related to appearance evaluation of paper) 
  - Ballot 1 Closes: 11/18/2022
  
  
• T 1501 sg-18 Training standard for paper machine tender 
  - Ballot 1 Closes: 11/18/2022
  
  
• T 275 sp-18 Screening of pulp (Somerville-type equipment) 
  - Ballot 1 Closes: 11/24/2022
  
  
• T 491 om-18 Water immersion number of paperboard 
  - Ballot 1 Closes: 11/24/2022
  
  
• T 551 om-18 Thickness of paper and paperboard (soft platen method) 
  - Ballot 1 Closes: 11/24/2022
  
  
• T 568 om-18 Physical area of sub-visible contraries in pulp, paper and paperboard by image analysis - Ballot 1 Closes: 11/26/2022
  
  
• T 834 om-18 Determination of containerboard roll hardness 
  - Ballot 1 Closes: 11/26/2022
  
  
• T 205 sp-18 Forming handsheets for physical tests of pulp 
  - Ballot 1 Closes: 11/27/2022
  
  
• T 409 sp-15 Machine direction of paper and paperboard
  - Ballot 3 Closes: 12/04/2022

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