Standard Specification for Basic Carbonate White Lead Pigment

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1.1 This specification covers the material commercially known as basic carbonate white lead, used as a pigment and in putty. The pigment may be purchased in the dry form or as a paste in oil.

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ASTM D81-87(2003) - Standard Specification for Basic Carbonate White Lead Pigment
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Designation: D 81 – 87 (Reapproved 2003)
Standard Specification for
Basic Carbonate White Lead Pigment
ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD 81;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginal
adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript
epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope conform to the following requirements:
Pigment, min, % 89
1.1 This specification covers the material commercially
Linseed oil, max, % 11
known as basic carbonate white lead, used as a pigment and in
Moisture and other volatile matter, max, % 0.7
putty. The pigment may be purchased in the dry form or as a
Coarse particles and skins (total residue retained on a 1.5
No. 325 (45-µm) sieve), max, % of the dry
paste in oil.
pigment
2. Referenced Documents
3.3 Semipaste Containing Volatile Thinner—The semipaste
shall be made by thoroughly grinding the specified pigment
2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 185 Test Methods for Coarse Particles in Pigments, with a mixture of linseed oil and a small amount of volatile
thinner. The semipaste shall not be caked in the container and
Pastes, and Paints
D 280 Test Methods for Hygroscopic Moisture (and Other shall be readily stirred to a uniform mixture which shall mix
readilywithoil,turpentine,orvolatilepetroleumspiritstoform
Matter Volatile Under the Test Conditions) in Pigments
D 1208 Test Methods for Common Properties of Certain a smooth paint of brushing consistency. The odor of the
semipaste, as taken from the container, while drying or after
Pigments
D 1301 Test Methods for ChemicalAnalysis of White Lead drying, shall be not abnormally pungent or disagreeable. The
semipaste shall conform to the following requirements:
Pigments
Pigment, min, % 87.5
3. Composition and Properties
Linseed oil, max, % 10.5
A
Moisture and other volatile matter, % 1.5to3.0
3.1 Dry Pigment—The pigment shall be free of adulterants
Moisture, max, % 0.7
and shall contain not more than traces of impurities incident to
Coarse particles and skins (total residue retained 1.5
on a No. 325 (45-µm) sieve), max, % of the
well-controlled manufacture of high-grade basic carbonate
dry pigment
white lead. The pigment shall conform to the following
__________
requirements:
A
The volatile matter shall be turpentine, volatile petroleum spirits, or any mixture
Lead carbonate, % 62 to 75
thereof.
Moisture and other volatile matter, max, % 0.7
3.4 The color and color strength, when specified, shall be
Total other impurities, max, % 1.0
within mutually agreed upon limits of a standard acceptable to
Coarse particles (total residue retained on a No. 1.0
325 (45-µm) sieve), max, %
both the purchaser and the seller.
3.2 Paste in Oil—The paste shall be made by thoroughly
4. Sampling
grinding the specified pigment with linseed oil. The paste shall
4.1 Two samples shall be taken at random from different
not be caked in the container and shall break up readily in oil
packages from each lot, batch, day’s pack, or other unit of
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