This new edition, available in print or CD-ROM, provides 126 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.

Titles only of 130 additional ASTM standards are given where applicable to only one class of materials or where appearance is only a small pat of the overall standards.

There are also several helpful tables, which include:

• Titles of 24 TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry) standards that are applicable to paper products

• Titles 10 AATCC (American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists) methods and 8 evaluation procedures applicable to textile materials

• Titles 13 SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) evaluation procedures applicable to the appearance of automotive materials

• Titles 58 ISO standards applicable to appearance measurement for several different types of materials

• Titles of 10 CIE standards and numerous Technical Reports and Guides

• Titles of 13 Selected CGATS (Committee for Graphic Arts Technologies) standards and 6 technical reports