ASTM D7785-12
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Water in Lint Cotton by Oven Evaporation Combined with Volumetric Karl Fischer Titration
Standard Test Method for Water in Lint Cotton by Oven Evaporation Combined with Volumetric Karl Fischer Titration
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
The water content of raw or lint cotton determined by this test method, calculated from the required volume of reagent, may be greater, equal to or less than the moisture content measured by standard oven drying methods. These differences may be of significance in commercial transactions (1-3) (see also Appendix X2). Water content by this method is not to be considered the same attribute as moisture content.
Standard test methods using volumetric and coulometric Karl Fischer reagent are two of the most widely used procedures for the determination of water.
The volumetric method is typically used for the routine determination of water in the mass percent range of concentrations. If samples contain very low levels of water, the coulometric technique should be considered (see Test Methods D1533, E1064).
This test method for testing the water content of cotton can be used for acceptance testing of commercial shipments of lint cotton, manufacturing control and calibration of fast, indirect sensors to measure water.
Information on the water content of cotton is desirable since the physical properties of cotton are significantly affected by its water content. Variations in the amount of water present, or its regain, affect the mass and hence the market value of a lot of material.
The observed volume of Karl Fischer reagent used in this test method to analyze a specimen represents the water in the absence of side reactions in an oven supplied with air (3).
Note 2—Side reactions in cotton that confound the actual weight loss due to water have been demonstrated in two laboratory ovens and a thermogravimetric analysis oven supplied with air (3). This results in an approximation regarding the actual amount of water in cotton based on mass loss by drying. If the moisture content by oven drying agrees with the water content measured by Karl Fischer titration, the one-to-one correspondence may be coincidental due to the presence of both negative and positive biases in...
SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the total amount of water (free and bound) in raw and lint cotton at moisture equilibrium from conditioning in the standard atmosphere for testing textiles.
Note 1—For other methods of determination of moisture in lint cotton that do not specify conditioning to moisture equilibrium, refer to Test Methods D2495 and D1348.
1.2 This test method requires the use of oven evaporation to remove all of the water in the fiber matrix, volumetric Karl Fischer (KF) titration to determine water content and water regain, and control current potentiometry to detect the end point.
1.3 This test method is not intended for use with potentiometric (zero current) and coulometric Karl Fischer titrators (see Test Methods D1533, D4377 and E1064), nor is this test method intended to be used with methanol extracts of cotton (See Test Methods D1348).
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific precautionary warnings see 9.1.
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Designation: D7785 − 12
Standard Test Method for
Water in Lint Cotton by Oven Evaporation Combined with
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Volumetric Karl Fischer Titration
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D7785; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope D1441 Practice for Sampling Cotton Fibers for Testing
D1533 Test Method for Water in Insulating Liquids by
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the total
Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration
amount of water (free and bound) in raw and lint cotton at
D1776 Practice for Conditioning and Testing Textiles
moisture equilibrium from conditioning in the standard atmo-
D2495 Test Method for Moisture in Cotton by Oven-Drying
sphere for testing textiles.
D4377 Test Method forWater in Crude Oils by Potentiomet-
NOTE 1—For other methods of determination of moisture in lint cotton
that do not specify conditioning to moisture equilibrium, refer to Test
ric Karl Fischer Titration
Methods D2495 and D1348.
D7139 Terminology for Cotton Fibers
1.2 This test method requires the use of oven evaporation to
E177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in
remove all of the water in the fiber matrix, volumetric Karl
ASTM Test Methods
Fischer (KF) titration to determine water content and water
E203 Test Method for Water Using Volumetric Karl Fischer
regain, and control current potentiometry to detect the end
Titration
point.
E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
Determine the Precision of a Test Method
1.3 This test method is not intended for use with potentio-
E1064 Test Method for Water in Organic Liquids by Coulo-
metric(zerocurrent)andcoulometricKarlFischertitrators(see
Test Methods D1533, D4377 and E1064), nor is this test metric Karl Fischer Titration
method intended to be used with methanol extracts of cotton
(See Test Methods D1348).
3. Terminology
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
3.1 Definitions:
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
3.2 For all terminology relating to D13.11, Cotton Fibers,
standard.
refer to Terminology D7139.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.3 The following terms are relevant to this standard: bound
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
water, free water, test specimen, water content, water regain.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
3.4 FordefinitionsofallothertextiletermsseeTerminology
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific
D123.
precautionary warnings see 9.1.
2. Referenced Documents 4. Summary of Test Method
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
4.1 A0.1gtestspecimenissealedinaglassvial,positioned
D123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
on the sample turntable and lowered into the single sample
D1193 Specification for Reagent Water
oven where dry nitrogen transports the water vapor that is
D1348 Test Methods for Moisture in Cellulose
rapidly evaporated from the fibers into a titration cell. The
amount of water is determined by volumetric titration with
Karl Fischer reagent with the end point determined by elec-
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This test method is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee D13 on Textiles
trodesthatmeasureasharpchangeinpotentialwhentheiodine
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.11 on Cotton Fibers.
in the reagent is reduced by sulfur dioxide in the presence of
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2012. Published March 2012. DOI: 10.1520/
D7785-12.
water. The volume of reagent required to titrate the wet gas
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
stream is converted into the amount of water in the test
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
specimen. For the reaction mechanism and the chemicals
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. involved with this test method, see Appendix X1.
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5. Significance and Use 6.2.2 The recovery of spiked additions of water to the
sample matrix was not significantly different from 100 % (see
5.1 The water content of raw or lint cotton determined by
Test Method E203).
this test method, calculated from the required volume of
6.2.3 The slope of the plot of water content of cotton versus
reagent, may be greater, equal to or less than the moisture
oven module temperature in the range o
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