Standards up for review in 2025

T 200 Laboratory beating of pulp (Valley beater method)

T 213 Dirt in pulp - chart method

T 220 Physical testing of pulp handsheets

T 222 Acid insoluble lignin in wood and pulp

T 227 Freeness of pulp (Canadian standard method)

T 248 Laboratory beating of pulp (PFI mill method)

T 257 Sampling and preparing wood for analysis

T 258 Basic density and moisture content of pulpwood

T 259 Species identification of nonwood plant fibers

T 272 Forming handsheets for reflectance testing of pulp (sheet machine procedure)

T 277 Macro stickies content in pulp: the “pick-up” method

T 278 Pulp screening (Valley-type screening device)

T 402 Standard conditioning and testing atmospheres for paper, board, pulp handsheets

T 411 Thickness (caliper) of paper, paperboard, and combined board

T 414 Internal tearing resistance of paper (Elmendorf-type method)

T 425 Opacity of paper (15/d geometry, illuminant A/2 degrees, 89% reflectance backing)

T 428 Hot water extractable acidity or alkalinity of paper

T 437 Dirt in paper and paperboard

T 444 Silver tarnishing by paper and paperboard

T 448 Water vapor transmission rate of paper and paperboard at 23 degrees C and 50% RH

T 454 Turpentine test for voids in glassine and greaseproof papers

T 459 Surface strength of paper (wax pick test)

T 460 Air resistance of paper (Gurley method)

T 462 Castor-oil penetration test for paper

T 465 Static creasing of paper for water vapor transmission tests

T 476 Abrasion loss of paper and paperboard (Taber-type method)

T 512 Creasing of flexible packaging material paper specimens for testing

T 529 Surface pH measurement of paper

T 537 Dirt count in paper and paperboard (optical character recognition - OCR)

T 541 Internal bond strength of paperboard (z-direction tensile)

T 556 Bending resistance of paper and paperboard by single-point bending methods

T 560 CIE whiteness and tint of paper and paperboard (d/0 geometry, C/2 illuminant/observer)

T 562 CIE whiteness and tint of paper and paperboard (45/0 geometry, C/2 illuminant/observer)

T 563 Equivalent black area (EBA) and count of visible dirt in pulp, paper and paperboard

T 564 Transparent chart for the estimation of defect size

T 566 Bending resistance (stiffness) of paper

T 572 Accelerated pollutant aging of printing and writing paper by pollution chamber

T 573 Accelerated temperature aging of printing and writing paper by dry oven exposure apparatus

T 577 Score bend test

T 627 Determination of titanium dioxide

T 650 Solids content of black liquor

T 657 Sampling of fillers and pigments

T 800 Drum test for fiberboard shipping containers (revolving hexagonal drum)

T 826 Short span compressive strength of containerboard

T 829 Score quality test

T831 Water absorption of corrugating medium: water drop penetration test

T 844 Determining construction (nominal basis weight) of corrugated board

T 1212 Light sources for evaluating papers including those containing fluorescent whitening agents

T 1215 The determination of instrumental color

Producers of Pulp & Paper or Nonwovens

Converters of Pulp & Paper or Nonwovens/ nonwoven Mat

Suppliers of chemical or raw materials

Suppliers of manufacturing equipment, instrumentation and online controls

Service and general suppliers

Commercial users of Pulp & Paper or Nonwoven Mat

Marketers and Commercial Sellers

Consultants

Educators

General Interest: SSIG members who are not covered under any of the above categories