ASTM D210-81a(1999)

Standard Specification for Bone Black Pigment

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the pigment commercially known as bone black, ivory black, or drop black. The pigment may be purchased in the dry form or as a paste in oil.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-May-1999
• ICS: 87.060.10 - Pigments and extenders
• Technical Committee: D01 - Paint and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications
• Drafting Committee: D01.31 - Pigment Specifications

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM D210-05 - Standard Specification for Bone Black Pigment
• Effective Date: 15-May-2005

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: D 210 – 81a (Reapproved 1999)
Standard Specification for
Bone Black Pigment
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 210; 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 mixture of these substances. The paste shall conform to the
following requirements:
1.1 This specification covers the pigment commercially
Pigment, min, % 45
known as bone black, ivory black, or drop black. The pigment
Linseed oil, max, % 55
may be purchased in the dry form or as a paste in oil.
Coarse particles and skins (total residue retained on a 2.5
No. 325 (45-µm) sieve), max, % of the dry pigment
2. Referenced Documents
3.3 The mass color and character of the tint and the tinting
2.1 ASTM Standards:
strength formed by a 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 387 Test Method for Color and Strength of Color Pig-
ments with a Mechanical Muller
4. Sampling
D 1208 Test Methods for Common Properties of Certain
4.1 Two samples shall be taken at random from different
Pigments
packages from each lot, batch, day’s pack, or other unit of
production in a shipment. When no markings distinguishing
3. Composition and Properties
between units of production appear, samples shall be taken
3.1 Dry Pigment—The pigment shall be made by the
from different packages in the ratio of two samples for each
calcination of bones, shall be unmixed with any other sub-
10 000 lb (5000 kg), except that for shipments of less than
stance, and shall conform to the following requirements:
10 000 lb two samples shall be taken. At the option of the
Ash (pigment dried at 105°C), %, max 88
purchaser, the samples may be tested separately or after
Ash insoluble in acids, max, % 3.0
blending in equal quantities the samples from the same
Acetone extract, max, % 2.0
Coarse particles (total residue retained on a No. 325 2.0
production unit
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