The list below show 29 Standards that have been submitted to TAPPI's Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) for its Spring 2023 meeting:
(* = indicates Standards eligible for submission as American National Standards)
*T 218 Forming handsheets for reflectance testing of pulp (Büchner funnel procedure) (Reaffirmation)
T 223 Pentosans in wood and pulp (Reaffirmation)
T 226 Specific external surface of pulp (Reaffirmation)
T 232 Fiber length of pulp by projection (Reaffirmation)
*T 263 Identification of wood and fibers from conifers (Reaffirmation)
*T 271 Fiber length of pulp and paper by automated optical analyzer using polarized light (Reaffirmation)
*T 275 Screening of pulp (Somerville-type equipment) (Reaffirmation)
*T 406 Reducible sulfur in paper and paperboard (Reaffirmation)
*T 409 Machine direction of paper and paperboard (Revision)
T 434 Acid-soluble iron in paper (Reaffirmation)
T 483 Odor of packaging materials (Reaffirmation)
*T 491 Water immersion number of paperboard (Reaffirmation)
T 493 Identification and determination of melamine resin in paper (Reaffirmation)
T 495 Bending number of paperboard (Withdrawal)
T 516 Envelope seal, seam, and window patch testing (Reaffirmation)
*T 547 Air permeance of paper and paperboard (Sheffield method) (Reaffirmation)
*T 551 Thickness of paper and paperboard (soft platen method) (Reaffirmation)
*T 568 Physical area of sub-visible contraries in pulp, paper and paperboard by image analysis (Reaffirmation)
*T 579 Diffuse brightness of paper, paperboard and pulp (d/0) (ultraviolet level D65) (Reaffirmation)
T 613 Analysis of caustic soda (Reaffirmation)
T 619 Analysis of salt cake (Reaffirmation)
T 621 Analysis of rosin (Reaffirmation)
T 624 Analysis of soda and sulfate white and green liquors (Reaffirmation)
T 628 Analysis of rosin size (Reaffirmation)
T 632 Analysis of sodium silicate (Revision)
*T 1011 Basis weight of fiber glass mats (Revision)
*T 1012 Moisture content of fiber glass mats (Revision)
*T 1217 Photometric linearity of optical properties instruments (Reaffirmation)
*T 1218 Calibration of reflectance standards for hemispherical geometry (Reaffirmation)
A copy of the final draft for all these Standards will be posted on TAPPI's SARG page soon.