The following standards are up for review in 2011. Please see the separate article on the Standards and TIPs Kickoff Meeting to be held in May 2011 at Paper Con.
T 808 om-07 Flat crush test of corrugated board (flexible beam method) (May 10, 2011)
T 811 om-07 Edgewise compressive strength of corrugated fiberboard (short column test) (May 17, 2011)
T 822 om-07 Ring crush of paperboard (rigid support method) (June 7, 2011)
T 449 om-07 Bacteriological examination of paper and paperboard (June 10, 2011)
T 281 sp-07 Open drum washer mat sampling technique (June 14, 2011)
T 252 om-07 pH and electrical conductivity of hot water extracts of pulp, paper, and paperboard (June 17, 2011)
T 211 om-07 Ash in wood, pulp, paper and paperboard: combustion at 525°C (June 21, 2011)
T 1212 sp-07 Light sources for evaluating papers including those containing fluorescent whitening agents (June 24, 2011)
T 1214 sp-07 Interrelation of reflectance, R0; reflectivity, R ; TAPPI opacity, C0.89; scattering, s; and absorption, k (June 28, 2011)
T 1217 sp-07 Photometric linearity of optical properties instruments (July 8, 2011)
T 1218 sp-07 Calibration of reflectance standards for hemispherical geometry (July 12, 2011)
T 575 om-07 Roughness of paper and paperboard,stylus (Emveco-type) method (July 15, 2011)
T 530 om-07 Size test for paper by ink resistance (Hercules-type method) (July 19, 2011)
T 512 sp-07 Creasing of flexible packaging material paper specimens for testing (July 22, 2011)
T 547 om-07 Air permeance of paper and paperboard (Sheffield method) (July 26, 2011)
T 277 om-07 Macro stickies content in pulp: the "pick-up" method (July 29, 2011)
T 240 om-07 Consistency (concentration) of pulp suspensions (August 2, 2011)
T 212 om-07 One percent sodium hydroxide solubility of wood and pulp (August 5, 2011)
T 559 cm-02 Grease resistance test for paper and paperboard (August 9, 2011)
T 665 cm-02 Analysis of talc (August 12, 2011)
T 483 cm-02 Odor of packaging materials (August 16, 2011)
T 433 cm-02 Water resistance of sized paper and paperboard (dry indicater method) (August 19, 2011)
T 234 cm-02 Coarseness of pulp fibers (August 23, 2011)
T 257 cm-02 Sampling and preparing wood for analysis (August 26, 2011)
T 552 om-07 Determination of wetting tension of polyolefin films and coated surfaces via the mayer rod technique (August 30, 2011)
T 802 om-07 Drop test for fiberboard shipping containers (September 2, 2011)
T 815 om-07 Coefficient of static friction (slide angle) of packaging and packaging materials (including shipping sack papers, corrugated and solid fiberboard) (inclined plane method) (September 9, 2011)
T 834 om-07 Determination of containerboard roll hardness (September 13, 2011)
T 832 om-07 Water absorption of corrugating medium: float curl method (September 16, 2011)
T 838 om-07 Edge crush test using neckdown (September 20, 2011)
T 1200 sp-07 Interlaboratory evaluation of test methods to determine TAPPI repeatability and reproducibility (September 23, 2011)
T 527 om-07 Color of paper and paperboard (d/0, C/2) (October 7, 2011)
T 524 om-07 Color of paper and paperboard (45/0, C/2) (October 11, 2011)
T 1219 sp-07 Storage of paper samples for optical measurements and color matching (October 14, 2011) T 653 om-07 Specular gloss of paper and paperboard at 20° (October 18, 2011)
T 1215 sp-07 The determination of instrumental color differences (October 21, 2011)
T 1216 sp-07 Indices for whiteness, yellowness, brightness, and luminous reflectance factor (October 25, 2011)
T 536 om-07 Resistance of paper to passage of air (high-pressure Gurley method) (November 8, 2011)
T 568 om-07 Physical area of sub-visible contraries in pulp, paper, and paperboard by image analysis (November 11, 2011)
T 275 sp-07 Screening of pulp (Somerville-type equipment) (November 18, 2011)
T 271 om-07 Fiber length of pulp and paper by automated optical analyzer using polarized light (December 2, 2011)
T 282 pm-07 Hexeneuronic acid content of chemical pulp (December 9, 2011)