ASTM Int’l Coal, Coke Committee Approves Mechanical Sampling Standard
December 16, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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ASTM International approved ASTM D7430 - Practice for Mechanical Sampling of Coal.
The standard, which is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee D05.23 on Sampling, incorporates into one document four other ASTM standards addressing mechanical samples.
The following ASTM mechanical sampling standards, which will be discontinued as individual standards, are incorporated into ASTM D7430:
- ASTM D7256 - Practice for Mechanical Collection and Within-System Preparation of a Gross Sample of Coal from Moving Streams.
- ASTM D4916 - Practice for Mechanical Auger Sampling.
- ASTM D4702 - Practice for Quality Management of Mechanical Coal Sampling Systems.
- ASTM D6518 - Practice for Bias Testing a Mechanical Coal Sampling System.
Paul Reagan, president of Sampling Associates International and a D05 member, said that the objective of the standard was to put all pertinent standards regarding mechanical sampling into one document for ease of use.
"One impact of the new standard is that any commercial transactions citing ASTM standards for mechanical coal sampling should stipulate [ASTM] D7430 - Practice for Mechanical Sampling of Coal and the specific part of the standard, as appropriate," said Reagan.
Source: ASTM International.