Designation:D3021−01(Reapproved2019)StandardSpecificationforPhthalocyanineGreenPigments1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD3021;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoverschlorinatedandchlorinated-brominatedcopperphthalocyaninegreenpigmentsindrypowderform,foruseinpaints,printinginks,andrelatedproducts.Avarietyofcommercialtypesareavailabletomeettherequirementsofdifferentenduses.1.2ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.3Thisinternationalstandardwasdevelopedinaccor-dancewithinternationallyrecognizedprinciplesonstandard-izationestablishedintheDecisiononPrinciplesfortheDevelopmentofInternationalStandards,GuidesandRecom-mendationsissuedbytheWorldTradeOrganizationTechnicalBarrierstoTrade(TBT)Committee.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D280TestMethodsforHygroscopicMoisture(andOtherMatterVolatileUndertheTestConditions)inPigmentsD281TestMethodforOilAbsorptionofPigmentsbySpatulaRub-outD387TestMethodforColorandStrengthofChromaticPigmentswithaMechanicalMullerD1135TestMethodsforChemicalAnalysisofBluePig-ments3.CompositionandProperties3.1Thepigmentsshallconsistoftheproductknowncom-merciallyasphthalocyaninegreen,withorwithoutphthalo-cyanineblueorotheringredientsincorporatedduringmanu-facturetoimproveoralterthepropertiesofthepigment,butfreeofanyothercoloringmattereitherorganicorinorganic.Thepigmentshallconformtothefollowingrequirements:Moistureandothervolatilematter,max,%3.0Coloringmatterotherthanphthalocyaninesnone3.2MassColorandCharacterofTint—Themasscolor,andthecharacterofthetintformedbymixturewithawhitepigment,andthestrength,shallbewithinmutuallyagreed-uponlimitsofastandardacceptabletoboththepurchaserandtheseller.3.3OilAbsorption—Theoilabsorptionshallb...
