Designation:D8106−17StandardTestMethodsforDeterminingtheOilSorptionCapacityofOrganophilicClay1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD8106;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisstandardcoverstwotestmethods(MethodAforgranularmaterial,MethodBforpowderedmaterial)thatcanbeusedasanindextestfortheevaluationoftheoilsorptioncapacityofarepresentativesampleoforganophilicclay.Thetestmethodisnotintendedtobeaperformancetestandtheoilspecifiedinthetestmethodsmayyielddifferentresultsthanothernon-aqueousphaseliquids(forexample,coaltar,creosote,crudeoil)encounteredinthefield.MethodAshouldonlybeusedongranularorganophilicclay;otherwisefinerparticlesmaypassthroughthetestsieve.1.2AllobservedandcalculatedvaluesshallconformtotheguidelinesforsignificantdigitsandroundingestablishedinPracticeD6026.1.2.1Theproceduresusedtospecifyhowdataarecollected/recordedorcalculatedinthisstandardareregardedastheindustrystandard.Inaddition,theyarerepresentativeofthesignificantdigitsthatgenerallyshouldberetained.Theproce-duresuseddonotconsidermaterialvariation,purposeforobtainingthedata,specialpurposestudies,oranyconsider-ationsfortheuser’sobjectives;anditiscommonpracticetoincreaseorreducesignificantdigitsofthereporteddatatobecommensuratewiththeseconsiderations.Itisbeyondthescopeofthisstandardtoconsidersignificantdigitsusedinanalysismethodsforengineeringdesign.1.3Units—ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedastheprimaryunitsforthestandard.Forinformationonly,non-SIunitsofmeasurementarealsoincludedinthisstandardtodescribesomeequipment(bucket,sieve).1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafety,healthandenvironmentalpracticesanddeter-minetheapplicabilityofreg...
