The Work Items below are Proposals for New Standards with development or ballot in progress. 

0808 - Physical Properties
WI 3028 Roughness of paper and paperboard, stylus (Emveco spherical tip-type method)
WI 3030 Sorptive rate and capacity of bibulous paper products using gravimetric principles (M/K Systems-type)

0804 - Optical Properties
WI 3035 Specular gloss at 20ยบ -- parallel beam method

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