Standard Test Method for Moisture in a Graphite Sample

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This test method is feasible only for the volatile moisture present on the graphite due to adsorption from the atmosphere and is not intended to give representative moisture data for graphite that has been exposed to liquid water contamination.
SCOPE
1.1 This test method provides a practical determination for the percentage of moisture in a graphite sample.  
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, 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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An American National Standard
Designation:C562–91(Reapproved 2005)
Standard Test Method for
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Moisture in a Graphite Sample
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C562; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope 5. Apparatus
1.1 This test method provides a practical determination for 5.1 Alumina Ceramic or Platinum Crucible or Dish, suit-
the percentage of moisture in a graphite sample. able for holding sample (subsequently called sample holder).
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the 5.2 Analytical Balance, capable of weighing to 60.0002 g.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the 5.3 Drying Oven, air convection type, capable of being
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- controlled to 110 6 2°C (2306 4°F).
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- 5.4 Desiccator, charged with indicating desiccant.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
6. Sampling
2. Referenced Documents
6.1 Samples may be solid or particulate. Solid bodies may
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2.1 ASTM Standards: be sampled by removing one or more solid pieces from the
C561 Test Method for Ash in a Graphite Sample body by, for example, sawing, turning, milling, or fracturing.
Particulate samples may be generated from solid bodies by
3. Significance and Use
drilling, using a carbide drill to minimize contamination, or by
3.1 This test method is feasible only for the volatile mois- other crushing and grinding methods.
ture present on the graphite due to adsorption from the
7. Procedure
atmosphere and is not intended to give representative moisture
data for graphite that has been exposed to liquid water 7.1 Tare a dried sample holder using an analytical balance.
contamination. Weigh a 25 to 50-g sample into the tared sample holder and
reweigh both. (Perform all weighings to a precision of
4. Interferences
60.002 g.)
4.1 Final weights (and therefore percent moisture values)
7.2 Place the sample holder containing the sample in a
may be influenced by the following: drying oven maintained at 110 6 2°C (230 6 4°F) for 2 h.
4.1.1 Type and condition of desiccant.
Remove from the oven and immediately place in the desicca-
4.1.2 Ambient relative humidity at the time of the test. tor. When the sample has reached room temperature, remove
4.1.3 Timing and procedure for moving samples from des-
from the desiccator and weigh immediately.
iccator to the balance. 7.3 Repeat the procedure prescribed in 7.2 until a constant
4.1.4 Adsorptivity of the graphite sample relative to the
weight of 60.002 g is achieved.
adsorptivity of the desiccant used. 7.4 The dried sample may be reserved for ash determina-
4.1.5 Residency time in the desiccator.
tion. (See Test Method C561.)
8. Calculation
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on
8.1 Calculate the percentage of moisture as follows:
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