Designation:E1075–85(Reapproved1997)StandardTestMethodsforOdorofEthyleneGlycol,DiethyleneGlycol,TriethyleneGlycol,PropyleneGlycol,andDipropyleneGlycolandTasteofPropyleneGlycol1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1075;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thesetestmethodscoverproceduresforobservingodorsofglycolsandestimatingtheirodoracceptability.Thesetestmethodsapplytoethylene,diethylene,triethylene,propy-lene,anddipropyleneglycols.Amethodforobservingthetasteandestimatingtheintensityofthetasteofpropyleneglycolisalsoincluded.1.2Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:Manual:STP758SelectionandTrainingofSensoryEvaluationPanels23.SignificanceandUse3.1Thesetestmethodscanbeusedtocharacterizetheodorsofethylene,diethylene,triethylene,propylene,anddipropyleneglycolandestimatingtheintensityoftheodor.Theproductsarecomparedtopreviouslyestablishedstandards.Theaccept-abilityoftheproductforaspecificendusecanbedeterminedwiththisinformation.3.2Aprocedurewhichcanbeusedtocharacterizethetasteofpropyleneglycolandestablishtheintensityofthistasterelativetoapreviouslyestablishedstandardisdelineated.Theacceptabilityoftheproductforaspecificendusecanbedeterminedwiththisinformation.3.3Thesetestsmaybeusedtoqualifythesuitabilityoftheseproductsforuseinacustomer-producerrelationship.4.Panel4.1Apanelofatleastfivetrainedjudgesledbyaqualifiedsupervisororcoordinatorisrecommendedfortheseevalua-tions.4.2ThepanelmaybeselectedandtrainedinaccordancewiththemethodsoutlinedinASTMSTP758.Sincediscrimi-nationtestsareinvolved,panelmembersmustha...
