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PAINT TESTING MANUAL Physical and Chemical Examination of Paints,Varnishes,Lacquers,and Colors G.G.Sward,editor Thirteenth Edition1972 ASTM SPECIAL TECHNICAL PUBLICATION 500 List price$27.50 04-50000-14 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS 1916 Race Street,Philadelphia,Pa.19103 ANNIVBISARy Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Thu Sep 3 19:10:33 EDT 2015Downloaded/printed bySydney Univ(Sydney Univ)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.by American Society for Testing and Materials 1972 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number:75-186850 NOTE The Society is not responsible,as a body,for the statements and opinions advanced in this publication.Printed in Lutherville-Timonium,Md.June 1972 Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Thu Sep 3 19:10:33 EDT 2015Downloaded/printed bySydney Univ(Sydney Univ)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.To Dr.Henry A.Gardner whose vision and interest in developing and sharing knowledge of paint materials has endured for more than a half century Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Thu Sep 3 19:10:33 EDT 2015Downloaded/printed bySydney Univ(Sydney Univ)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.Preface to the Thirteenth Edition When the twelfth edition of this book came off the press in 1962,its authors believed that their work was done.Others would henceforth take overnew faces,a new generation,new approaches.But Dr.John C.Weaver had the idea that the work started by Dr.Henry A.Gardner should live on and grow.All it needed was a permanent sponsor.And this sponsor,he thought,should be the American Society for Testing and Materials,in which Dr.Gardner had been very active.The Society agreed,and in a brief but historic ceremony at the January 1967 meeting of Committee D-1 in Washington,D.C.,ownership of the Gardner-Sward Handbook was transferred from the Gardner Laboratory to the American Society for Testing and Materials.In accepting the gift,the Society assumed responsibility for revising,editing,and publishing future editions of this time-honored work.The project was assigned to Committee D-1 on Paint,Varnish,Lacquer,and Related Materials,who created a permanent subcommittee(Subcommittee 19 on the Gardner-Sward Handbook)to guide the poUcy and preparation of future editions.A.Gene Roberts was appointed chairman of this working committee which included Harold M.Werner and Mark W.Westgate,with the three officers of Committee D-1,J.C.Moore,J.C.Weaver,and W.A.Gloger,as ex-oflicio members.George G.Sward who had coauthored most of the previous editions,was selected to be the editor.The thir-teenth edition attests to the dedication with which this subcommittee and the contributing authors accompUshed their task.The scope of this book is in keeping with the stated scope of Subcommittee 19:To provide technical,editorial,and general policy guidance for preparation of the 13th and subsequent editions of the Gardner-Sward Handbook.The Handbook is intended to review for both new and experienced paint technologists the past,present,and foreseeable trends in all kinds of testing within the scope of Committee DOI.It supplements,but does not replace,the pertinent parts(currently parts 20 and 21)of the ASTM Book of Standards.It describes briefly and critically all test methods believed to have significance in the world of paint technology,whether or not these tests have been adopted officially by the Society.As a general policy,in accordance with the above scope,standard methods that are described in detail in the ASTM Book of Standards are reviewed here only in sufficient detail to indicate the principle of operation,basic techniques and apparatus,area of useful-ness,and a critique where appropriate.Test methods of particular merit and importance other than ASTM standard methods are described in greater detail.Methods of limited usefulness or of largely historical interest are described only briefly.References to original or detailed sources of information are given wherever possible.The overall treatment,while not exhaustive,is sufficiently comprehensive to provide the paint technologist with a broad and critical guide to the selection of appropriate test methods.A special debt of gratitude is due the authors who,without remuneration and often at a great sacrifice of personal time,contributed the material that made this work possible.Thanks are due also to those organizations that allowed authors to use company time for some of the writing,to contributors of photographs or drawings,and to the reviewers.The editor and the chairman appreciate the helpful interest of the ASTM publications staff.G.G.Sward A.G.Roberts Editor Chairman Subcommittee 19 ASTM Committee DOI Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Thu Sep 3 19:10:33 EDT 2015Downloaded/printed bySydney Univ(Sydney Univ)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.Biographical Profiles Leonard C.Afremow,M.S.University o