STAR - April 2025 - Standards Ready for Final Approval at SARG

The list below shows Standards that are ready to be submitted to SARG at its Spring 2025 meeting:

(* = indicates Standards eligible for submission as American National Standards)
*T 1500 gl-18 Optical measurements terminology (related to appearance evaluation of paper) (Revised)
T 233 cm-15 Fiber length of pulp by classification (Reaffirmed)
T 267 cm-15 Compression wood identification in pulpwood (Reaffirmed)
*T 511 om-20 Folding endurance of paper (MIT tester) (Reaffirmed)
*T 549 om-20 Coefficients of static and kinetic friction of uncoated writing and printing paper by use of the horizontal plane method (Reaffirmed)
*T 553 om-20 Alkalinity of paper as calcium carbonate (alkaline reserve of paper) (Reaffirmed)
*T 558 om-20 Surface wettability and absorbency of sheeted materials using an automated contact angle tester (Reaffirmed)
*T 807 om-16 Bursting strength of linerboard (Revised)
T 808 cm-15 Flat crush test of corrugated board (flexible beam method) (Reaffirmed)
*T 836 om-20 Bending stiffness, four point method (Reaffirmed)

A copy of the final draft for all these Standards can be found in the SARG page at tappi.org (https://www.tappi.org/Get-Involved/Develop-Standards-Methods/standards-advisory-review-group/)