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ASTM's Purified Terephthalic Acid(PTA) Proficiency Testing Program provides laboratories with a statistical quality assurance (SQA) tool, enabling them to compare, improve, and maintain, a high level of performance in the use of ASTM methods with other laboratories worldwide. PTA testing, measures components of Purified Terephthalic Acid for its use in many products including soft drink bottles, polyester fiber and polyester film. The industry has been changing. Years agoCronar, Mylar, and x-ray film were polyester. There has been a continual effort to improve the speed of producing polyester fiber as well as reducing the thickness of the fiber for new applications. These changes have required improving the purity of PTA. Recently there has been a significant increase in the demand for microfiber. Microfiber requires higher purity PTA. So now there are two different specifications for PTA. The only difference is the amount of p-toluic acid.
Conducted two times annually, this program provides a commercially available sample, electronic report forms, and test instructions for each test cycle. Your laboratory performs the PTA analyses using the published ASTM standard practice cited in the program.All data and related information generated from the program is coded to maintain lab confidentiality.
Test instructions and data report forms are distributed electronically to each participant on the date samples are distributed. Labs have approximately 8 weeks to submit test data with the final statistical summary reports being electronically distributed in approximately 20 business days.
ASTM's Proficiency Test Program provides you with:
We plan to have product with different levels of p-toluic acid including product with low p-toluic acid and higher purity p-toluic acid. We will also try to have product from different producers.
D7881 – 4-Carboxybenzaldehyde and p-Toluic Acid in Purified Terephthalic Acid by Capillary Electrophoresis with Reverse Voltage Mode1 |
D7882 – 4-Carboxybenzaldehyde and p-Toluic Acid in Purified Terephthalic Acid by Capillary Electrophoresis with Normal Voltage Mode |
D7883 – 4-Carboxybenzaldehyde and p-Toluic Acid in Purified Terephthalic Acid by Weak Anion Exchange High Performance Liquid Chromatography1 |
D7884 – 4-Carboxybenzaldehyde and p-Toluic Acid in Purified Terephthalic Acid by Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
D8031 – Acid Number of Terephthalic Acid (TA) by Automatic Potentiometric Titration |
D8063 – Water in Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) by Volumetric Karl Fischer Titration |
D8130 – Determination of Metals in Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometric Method |
D8207 – Determination of Metals in Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) by Atomic Absorption (AA) Spectrometry |
NOTE:This list of methods is subject to change, especially if new methods are developed.
Test samples are prepared and distributed for ASTM International by SGS North America Deer Park, TX. Program registration fees include the cost of shipping the test samples to U.S. participants or, for international participants, to a third-party shipping agent located in the U.S.
Participation is on an annual fee basis and open to all laboratories. Registration fees must be paid in advance to participate. Testing must be performed within the participant's laboratory facilities. (All data and related information generated from the program is coded to maintain lab confidentiality.)
ASTM Committee D16 on Aromatic, Industrial, Specialty, and Related Chemicals was formed in 1944. D16 meets twice a year, in January and June, with approximately 40 members attending two and one half days of technical meetings and presentations on relevant topics in the industry. Technical presentations have included Technology of p-Xylene, Cumene, Phenol and Bisphenol-A, Gas Chromatography, and Calorimetry. The Committee, with a current membership of over 110 members, has jurisdiction over 80 standards including test methods, material specifications and practices, published in March in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Volume 06.04. D16 has 7 technical subcommittees that maintain jurisdiction over these standards. Information on this subcommittee structure and D16's portfolio of approved standards and Work Items under development are available from the List of Subcommittees and Standards. These standards play a preeminent role in all aspects important to aromatic hydrocarbons, their derivatives, and related chemicals.
This committee provides the technical direction for the PTP program. Test information generated through the program is utilized by Committee D16 to improve standard tests. Data are coded at all times.
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