ASTM D368-89(1995)e1
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Specific Gravity of Creosote and Oil-Type Preservatives
Standard Test Method for Specific Gravity of Creosote and Oil-Type Preservatives
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1.1 This test method covers the determination of the specific gravity of oil-type preservatives by means of the hydrometer. Test Methods D38 covers the sampling of wood preservatives prior to testing. To determine the specific gravity of distillation fractions of such preservatives use Test Method D369.
1.2 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.
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Designation: D 368 – 89 (Reapproved 1995)
Highway Transportation Officials Standard
AASHTO No. T 86
Standard Test Method for
Specific Gravity of Creosote and Oil-Type Preservatives
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 368; 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.
e NOTE—Section 9 was added editorially in July 1995.
1. Scope 4. Significance and Use
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the specific 4.1 This is a test method to determine the specific gravity of
gravity of oil-type preservatives by means of the hydrometer. creosote and creosote-coal tar solutions for conformance to
Test Methods D 38 covers the sampling of wood preservatives Specifications D 390 and D 391. It may also be used with other
prior to testing. To determine the specific gravity of distillation oil-type preservatives.
fractions of such preservatives use Test Method D 369.
5. Apparatus
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the 5.1 Hydrometers—A set of three hydrometers covering the
range 1.000 to 1.150 and conforming to the requirements for
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- hydrometers 125H (range 1.000 to 1.050), 126H (range 1.050
to 1.100), and 127H (range 1.100 to 1.150) is prescribed in
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
Specification E 100. If not available, hydrometers (60/60°F) in
2. Referenced Documents
the range 1.000 to 1.150 of similar accuracy and having a scale
2.1 ASTM Standards: length not less than 9.5 mm/0.010 units of specific gravity, may
D 38 Test Methods for Sampling Wood Preservatives Prior be used.
to Testing 5.2 Hydrometer Cylinder—A glass cylinder having the
D 347 Test Method for Volume and Specific Gravity Cor- following approximate dimensions:
rection Tables for Creosote and Coal Tar
Length approximately 300 mm
Diameter not less than 32 mm
D 369 Test Method for Specific Gravity of Creosote Frac-
tions and Residue
5.3 Thermometer—An ASTM Low Softening Point Ther-
D 390 Specification for Coal-Tar Creosote for the Preserva-
mometer having a range from −2 to 80°C (30 to 180°F),
tive Treatment of Piles, Poles, and Timbers for Marine,
conforming to the requirements for Thermometer 15C (15F) as
Land, and Fresh Water Use
described in Specification E 1, or other thermometer of suitable
D 391 Specification for Creosote-Coal Tar Solution
range and precision.
E 1 Specification for ASTM Thermometers
6. Procedure
E 100 Specification for ASTM Hydrometers
6.1 Place the oil in the cylinder to a depth sufficient to float
3. Summary of Test Method
the hydrometer, and with thorough stirring to ensure unifor-
3.1 A hydrometer is floated in a totally liquid sample of the
mity, adjust the temperature to 38°C (100°F), or if not entirely
preservative solution. The specific gravity is read at the
liquid at that temperature, to the lowest temperature at which
meniscus of the stem and corrected to the desired temperature.
the oil is completely liquid (Note 1). Insert the hydrometer and
allow the instrument to settle until it is in floating equilibrium.
Then read the height of the meniscus on the stem of the
This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-7 on Wood
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D07.06 on Treatments for Wood
hydrometer and the temperature to the nearest 0.1°C (0.2°F).
Products.
Add to the hydrometer reading an increment of specific gravity
Current edition approved Oct. 29, 1989. Published December 1989. Originally
equivalent to 1 mm on the scale. Then correct this observed
published as D 368 – 33 T. Last previous edition D 368 – 84.
This test method is identical in substance with the Standard Method for the specific gravity at the observed temperature to the specific
Determination of the Specific Gravity of Oil-Type Preservatives which is part of the
gravity at 38/15.5°C using Table 2 of Test Method D 347.
American Wood-Preservers’ Association Standard Methods for Analysis of Creosote
and Oil-Type Preservatives (A1 – 62). Acknowledgment is made to the American
NOTE 1—It is advantageous to have the cylinder immersed in a bath
Wood-Preservers’ Association for its development of the subject matter covered in
maintained at the temperature of test.
this test method.
NOTE 2—See Table 1.
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