ASTM Int'l Approves Declarable Substances Terminology Standard
July 15, 2006
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ASTM International Committee F40 on Declarable Substances in Materials recently approved their first standard, ASTM F 2576 - Terminology Relating to Declarable Substances in Materials.
The standard, which will serve as the committee's lexicon of terms, abbreviations and units, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F40.91 on Terminology. Nine terms are listed in the standard, which will be expanded as needed.
Committee F40 was formed in 2005 and addresses issues related to developing standards for evaluating materials and products relative to the regulation of hazard substances and similar requirements.
Committee F40 is also working on a new standard, ASTM WK11200 - Test Method for Identification and Quantification of Restricted Substances in Polymeric Materials Using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectroscopy. According to task group chair Taco van der Maten, ASTM WK11200 will describe an XRF method to identify and quantify the chemical elements pertaining to EU and Chinese legislation for regulating hazardous substances and waste in electric and electronic equipment.
"Manufacturers will be able to use this proposed method to produce compliant products," said van der Maten. "Recipients and customers will be able to use it to screen their incoming products, thus enabling users to sort materials in pass, fail or further investigation categories."
ASTM WK11200 is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F40.01 on Test Methods. The subcommittee is actively seeking participation in the development of the proposed standard, particularly from representatives of polymer producing and polymer processing and polymer testing companies.
Source: ASTM International.