The list below shows the 28 Standards that are ready to be submitted to Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) 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T 699 Analysis of pulping liquors by suppressed ion chromatography (Withdrawn)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.