COLOR04
ASTM International Standards on Color and Apperance Measurement, Seventh Edition
2004, 800 pages; Soft Cover
$165.00

This new edition, available in print or CD-ROM, provides 117 ASTM standards used in appearance analysis for a variety of materials and products, such as acoustical tile, petroleum products, paints and coatings, paper, plastics, textiles, traffic marking materials, and pavement surfaces. These materials include those that reflect and transmit light, as well those that are self-luminous.

A list of 145 related standards (titles only) is provided, plus several helpful tables including:
• Titles of 26 TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry) standards that are applicable to paper products
• Titles of 3 AATCC (American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists) methods and 8 evaluation procedures applicable to textile materials
• Titles of 4 SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) evaluation procedures applicable to automotive materials
• Titles of 16 ISO standards applicable to appearance measurement for several different types of materials.

In several tables, the standards are arranged according to optical characteristics of specimens, optical appearance attributes involved, and industries from which the standards come. .

AUDIENCE: This new edition is a valuable resource for QC/QA directors, managers, and supervisors; engineers; R&D personnel; production managers; consultants, color scientists and educators.