Proposals Sought for Discussion of New Test Methods for Oil and Grease

摘要

ASTM Subcommittee D19.31 on Waterborne Oils will host the workshop, "New Methods for Oil and Grease," June 28 at the Sheraton El Conquistador, Tucson, Ariz., during the June 24-28 meetings of Committee Dl9 on Water. Users of methods for oil and grease, and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) are invited; other interested parties and non-ASTM members may also attend.An instrumental method is being sought as a replacement for the classic, but environmentally unfriendly, freon extraction with infrared spectroscopy. EPA has approved a gravimetric method with hexane extraction, but, unlike most new methods, it is clearly an interim response. Speeding the development of the ultimate replacement method is the focus of this workshop.