Standard Test Method for Insoluble Ash of Vegetable-Tanned Leather

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This test method gives the amount of ash remaining in the specimen after water extraction to remove water solubles from the leather in accordance with Test Method D 2876. The insoluble ash is used in calculating the combined tannin because it is part of the tanned fiber structure that does not leach from the leather during water extraction.
SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the insoluble ash in all types of vegetable-tanned leathers. This test method does not apply to wet blue.
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:D2875–00(Reapproved2005)
Standard Test Method for
Insoluble Ash of Vegetable-Tanned Leather
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D2875; 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 5.2 Electric Muffle Furnace, with temperature controller
and pyrometer, capable of maintaining a temperature of 600 6
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the in-
25°C.
soluble ash in all types of vegetable-tanned leathers. This test
method does not apply to wet blue.
6. Test Specimen
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
6.1 The specimen shall consist of the 5-g leather sample
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
remaining after water extraction as directed in Test Method
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
D2876.Anydeviationfromthissamplesizeshouldbeincluded
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
with the analytical results.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
7. Procedure
2. Referenced Documents
2 7.1 Remove the specimen quantitatively from the extraction
2.1 ASTM Standards:
tube, dry at room temperature, transfer to the crucible, place in
D2617 Test Method for Total Ash in Leather
a cold muffle furnace, and ash at 600 6 25°C until the crucible
D2876 Test Method for Water-Soluble Matter of Vegetable-
and contents have reached constant weight as directed in Test
Tanned Leather
Method D2617. Remove the crucible to a desiccator, cool, and
3. Summary of Test Method weigh.
3.1 The specimen from which the water-soluble matter has
8. Calculation
been removed is heated at 600 6 25°C until carbon is removed
8.1 Calculate the percentage of insoluble ash in the leather
and constant weight is attained. The weighed residual matter is
as follows:
termed “insoluble ash” and is calculated as percentage of the
original sample. Insoluble ash, % 5 [~W 2 W !/W # 3 100 (1)
3 2 1
4. Significance and Use
where:
4.1 This test method gives the amount of ash remaining in
W = weight of specimen (15 g),
the specimen after water extraction to remove water solubles
W = weight of the crucible, and
from the leather in accordance with Test Method D2876. The
W = weight of the crucible plus ash.
insoluble ash is used in calculating the combined tannin
because it is part of the tanned fiber structure that does not
9. Precision and Bias
leach from the leather during water extraction.
9.1 The precision of this test method is limited by the lack
of homogeneity of the sample in a complex material such as
5. Apparatus
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