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Test Method
Abrasion, Taber, Dry T476
Abrasion, Taber, Wet T476
Absorption, Castor Oil UM420
Absorption, Oil PIRA
Absorption, Water UM596
Absorption, Water, Bibulous Papers T432
Absorption, Water, Corrugating Medium T819A
Absorption, Water, Corrugating Medium, Drop Penetration T831
Absorption, Water, Corrugating Medium, Float Curl Method T832
Accelerated Aging, Dry T453
Accelerated Aging, Moist T544/ASTM D4714
Basis Weight T410
Basis Weight of Combined Board Components IPST
Box Compression T804
Box Blank Dimensioning T827
Brightness, Diffuse T534/ISO 2469
Brightness, Directional (GE or TAPPI) T452
Brightness, Powder T534
Brightness, Pulp (d/0o) T525
Brightness Reversion T260
Bristow Absorption ASTM D5455
Burst, Paper T403
Burst, Board T807
Burst, Combined Board ISO 2759
Caliper, Hard Platen T411
Caliper, Soft Platen IPST
Cobb Water Absorption T441
Color (45o/0o geometry) T524
Color (d/0o geometry) T527
Compression, Axial (End-to-End) of Composite Tubes/Cores CCTI T107
Concora, CMT, Flat Crush T809
Contact Angle T458
Crack Angle IPST
Crush, Side-to-Side of Composite tubes and cores CCTI T108
Curl IPST, UM426
Curl, Gummed Papers T520
Density (in addition to basis weight & caliper) T220
Dirt Count T213, T437
Edge Crush (ECT) T811
Edge Crush (ECT) (Clamp Method) T839
Elastic Modulus (Ultrasonic) (Ex, Ey, Gxy - In Plane) IPST
Elastic Modulus (Ultrasonic) (Ez - Out-of-Plane) IPST
Elastic Modulus (Ultrasonic) (Gxz - MD Out-of-Plane) IPST
Elastic Modulus (Ultrasonic) (Gyz - CD Out-of-Plane) IPST
Environmental Chamber, Use of NA
Fadeometer (up to 32 specimens) UM461
Fiber Orientation (Ultrasonic) (Polar Plot) IPST
Fines Fraction (Britt Jar) T261
Flat Crush (Combined Board), Flexible Beam T808
Flat Crush (Combined Board), Rigid Beam T825
Flexural Stiffness (4-Pt. Beam) T836
Fluorescence Component, Diffuse T534/ISO 2469
Fluorescence Component, Directional (TAPPI) T452
Fold, MIT T511
Fold, Schopper T423
Formation, M/K (subcontracted)
Friction, Coefficient of, Static and Kinetic (93g. sled, 1"X 3") IPST
Friction, Coefficient of, Static and Kinetic, Writing Paper T549
Friction, Coefficient of, Static and Kinetic, Board T816
Friction, Coefficient of, Hot IPST/T828
Gloss, 75o T480
Grinding IPST
Hercules Size Test T530
Hygroexpansivity (up to 20 specimens/cabinet) UM549
K & N Ink Smear UM553
Manufacturer's Glue Joint T813
Moisture Content T412
Needle Abrasion IPST
Opacity, Contrast Ratio (15o, A/2o, 89%) T425
Opacity, Printing (d/0o, C/2o, paper) T519
Opacity, Scattering/Absorption Coefficient T425
Peel T540
Peel (Keil Wheel) UM808
Pin Adhesion T821
Ply Separation of Wet Fiberboard T812
Polar Plot (Ultrasonic Fiber Orientation) IPST
Pore Size Distribution IPST
Porosity, Bendtsen ISO 5636/3
Porosity, Frazier T251
Porosity, Gurley, LP T460
Porosity, Gurley, HP T536
Porosity, Parker Print-Surf IPST
Puncture T803
Resistivity, D-C (Keithley Method) (surface & volume) ASTM D4949
Ring Crush (Flexible Beam Method) T818
Ring Crush (Rigid Support Method) T822
Roughness, Bendtsen UM535
Roughness, Emveco Stylus IPST
Roughness, Parker Print-Surf IPST
Roughness, Sheffield T538
Rub, Ink on Containerboard T830
Rub, Sutherland (Dry Ink on Printed Surface) UM592
Rub, Sutherland (Dry Rub, Wet Rub, or Wet Bleed/Smear) UM487
Runnability IPST
STFI (Short-Span Compression) T826
Stiffness, Taber T489
Stiffness, Gurley T543
Surface Energy IPST
Tear T414
Tensile, Stretch, TEA, Modulus, Dry T494
Tensile, Stretch, TEA, Modulus, Wet (immersion only) T456
Tensile, Z-Direction T541
Tensile, Z-Direction, Epoxy IPST
Tensile, Short-Span, Dry (0.2mm/0.4mm) Pulmac
Tensile, Short-Span, Wet (0.2mm/0.4mm) Pulmac
Tensile, Zero-Span, Dry T231
Tensile, Zero-Span, Wet T273
Ultrasonic In-Plane Stiffness/Shear (Ex, Ey, Gxy) IPST
Ultrasonic Out-of-Plane Z-Dir Longitudinal Stiffness (Ez) IPST
Ultrasonic Out-of-Plane Z-Dir MD Shear (Gxz) IPST
Ultrasonic Out-of-Plane Z-Dir CD Shear (Gyz) IPST
W.V.T.R., (73oF, 50% RH) T448
W.V.T.R., (100oF, 90% RH) T464
W.V.T.R. Creasing T465
Wax Pick T459
Whiteness, CIE T524
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