Designation:D390–92(Reapproved1999)StandardSpecificationforCoal-TarCreosoteforthePreservativeTreatmentofPiles,Poles,andTimbersforMarine,Land,andFreshwaterUse1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD390;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheDepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversnewcoal-tarcreosote,andcreosoteinuse,forthepreservativetreatmentofpiles,poles,andtimberformarine,land,andfreshwateruse.TestMethodsD38coversthesamplingofwoodpreservativespriortotesting.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:D38TestMethodsforSamplingWoodPreservativesPriortoTesting2D95TestMethodforWaterinPetroleumProductsandBituminousMaterialsbyDistillation3D246TestMethodforDistillationofCreosoteandCreosote-CoalTarSolutions2D347TablesforVolumeandSpecificGravityCorrectionforCreosote,Creosote-CoalTarSolutionandCoalTar2D367TestMethodforXylene-InsolubleMatterinCreo-sote2D368TestMethodforSpecificGravityofCreosoteandOil-TypePreservatives2D369TestMethodforSpecificGravityofCreosoteFrac-tionsandResidue23.Requirements3.1NewcreosoteandcreosoteinuseintreatingoperationsshallbeadistillatederivedentirelyfromtarproducedbythecarbonizationofbituminouscoalandshallconfirmtothedetailedrequirementsshowninTables1and2.4.SamplingandTestMethods4.1Thesamplingandrequirementsenumeratedinthisspecificationshallbedeterminedinaccordancewiththefollowingmethods:4.1.1Sampling—SeeTestMethodsD38.4.1.2Water—SeeTestMethodD95.4.1.3Xylene-InsolubleMatter—SeeTestMethodD367.4.1.4SpecificGravity—SeeTestMethodD368.4.1.5Distillation—SeeTestMethodD246.4.1.6SpecificGravityofFractions—SeeTestMethodD369.4.1.7VolumeandSpecificGravityCorrection—SeeTestMethodD347.1ThisspecificationisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeD-7onWoodandisthedirectresponsibilityofSub...
