ASTM D262-81(1999)
(Specification)Standard Specification for Ultramarine Blue Pigment (Withdrawn 2005)
Standard Specification for Ultramarine Blue Pigment (Withdrawn 2005)
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the dry pigment commercially known as ultramarine blue, suitable for use in paints, enamels, lacquers, and similar products.
WITHDRAWN RATIONALE
This specification covers the dry pigment commercially known as ultramarine blue, suitable for use in paints, enamels, lacquers, and similar products.
Formerly under the jurisdiction of Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications, this specification was withdrawn in December 2005. This standard is being withdrawn without replacement because specifications for this pigment are no longer used in the U.S.
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Designation: D 262 – 81 (Reapproved 1999)
Standard Specification for
Ultramarine Blue Pigment
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 262; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
Matter soluble in water, max, % 1.5
1.1 This specification covers the dry pigment commercially
Moisture and other volatile matter, max, % 4.0
known as ultramarine blue, suitable for use in paints, enamels,
Coarse particles (total residue retained on a No. 325 1.0
lacquers, and similar products.
(45-µm) sieve), max, %
Organic colors or lakes none
2. Referenced Documents
3.2 The mass color and character of the tint and the tinting
2.1 ASTM Standards:
strength formed by mixture with a white pigment shall be
D 185 Test Methods for Coarse Particles in Pigments,
within mutually agreed upon limits of a standard acceptable to
Pastes, and Paints
both the purchaser and the seller.
D 280 Test Methods for Hygroscopic Moisture (and Other
4. Sampling
Matter Volatile Under the Test Conditions) in Pigments
D 387 Test Method for Color and Strength of Color Pig-
4.1 Two samples shall be taken at random from different
ments with a Mechanical Muller
packages from each lot, batch, day’s pack, or other unit of
D 1135 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Blue Pig-
production in a shipment. When no markings distinguishing
ments
between units of production appear, samples shall be taken
D 1208 Test Methods for Common Properties of Certain
from different packages in the ratio of two samples for each 5
Pigments
tons (inch-pound or SI), except that for shipments of less than
10 000 lb two samples shall be taken. At the option of the
3. Composition and Properties
purchaser, the samples may be tested separately or after
3.1 The pigment shall be a manufactured product obtained
blending in equal quantities the samples from the same
by the calcining of mixtures of clays and silicas with sodium
production unit to form a composite sample.
salts, sulfur, and carbonaceous material. It shall be a soft, dry,
5. Test Methods
finely ground powder of good blue color, free of admixtures of
color substances, and shall conform to the following require-
5.1 Tests shall be conducted in accordance with the follow-
ments:
ing methods. Test procedures not cover
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