ASTM D237-57(1997)

Standard Specification for Orange Shellac and Other Lacs (Withdrawn 2006)

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers three types and four grades of orange shellac and other lac, as follows:  
1.1.1 Type I , orange shallac, grades A, B, C, and D,  
1.1.2 Type II , button lac, and  
1.1.3 Type III , garnet lac.  
1.2 Stick-lac and seed-lac are not covered by this specification.
WITHDRAWN RATIONALE
This specification covers three types and four grades of orange shellac and other lac, as follows: Type I, orange shallac, grades A, B, C, and D, Type II, button lac, and Type III, garnet lac.
Formerly under the jurisdiction of Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications, this specification was withdrawn in February 2006 in accordance with section 10.5.3.1 of the Regulations Governing ASTM Technical Committees, which requires that standards shall be updated by the end of the eighth year since the last approval date.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 09-Jun-1997
• Withdrawal Date: 26-Feb-2006
• ICS: 29.035.60 - Varnished fabrics
• Technical Committee: D01 - Paint and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications
• Drafting Committee: D01.33 - Polymers and Resins

Relations

• Referred By: ASTM D360-12(2019) - Standard Specification for Shellac Varnishes
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-1997

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: D 237 – 57 (Reapproved 1997)
Standard Specification for
Orange Shellac and Other Lacs
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 237; 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 3. Physical Properties
1.1 This specification covers three types and four grades of 3.1 The material shall conform to the requirements pre-
orange shellac and other lac, as follows: scribed in Table 1.
1.1.1 Type I, orange shallac, grades A, B, C, and D,
NOTE 1—Type II customarily occurs in the form of circular disks about
1.1.2 Type II, button lac, and
3 in. (76 mm) in diameter and ⁄8 in. (3.2 mm) in thickness and is known
1.1.3 Type III, garnet lac.
to the trade as pure button lac. Type III is dark garnet in color and is
1.2 Stick-lac and seed-lac are not covered by this specifica- known to the trade as pure garnet lac. Garnet lac also is manufactured in
admixture with rosin and as a dewaxed lac, but these are not covered by
tion.
this specification.
2. Referenced Documents
4. Test Methods
2.1 ASTM Standards:
4.1 The material shall be sampled and the properties enu-
D29 Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Lac Resins
merated in this specification shall be determined in accordance
with Test MethodsD29.
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-1 on Paint
5. Keywords
and Related Coatings Materials and Applications and is the direct responsibility of
Subcommittee D01.33 on Polymers and Resins.
5.1 lac; orange shellac; shellac
Current edition approved Sept. 30, 1957. Published November 1957. Originally
published as D 237 – 26. Last previous edition D 237 – 55.
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.03.
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