BS 6410:1991
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Methods of test for filter papers
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28-02-1991
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Foreword
Methods
Section 1. General
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Sampling and pretreatment of test pieces
4. Conditioning of test pieces
5. Test report
Section 2. Test methods for general and structural
properties
6. Grammage
7. Thickness
8. Corrugation depth
9. Moisture (volatile) content
10. Ash
11. Ignition loss
12. Resin content
13. pH value, conductivity, chloride and sulphate
contents of aqueous extracts
14. Pore size
15. Alkali solubility
16. Acid solubility
17. Calcium, copper, iron and manganese content
Section 3. Test methods for mechanical properties
18. Tensile strength
19. Tearing resistance
20. Bursting strength
21. Wet tensile strength
22. Wet bursting strength
23. Stiffness and flexibility
24. Brittleness
Section 4. Test methods for functional properties
25. Retentivity to particles in air
26. Retentivity to particles in liquids
27. Air flow resistance
28. Media migration
29. Water resistance (hydrostatic head test)
30. Liquid absorbency (Klemm method)
31. Water filtration time
32. Flammability
33. Choking life
Appendix
A. Types of filter paper and applicability of test
methods
Table
1. Applicability of test methods
Figures
1. Pressure foot for micrometer
2. Alternative pressure foot types for micrometer
3. Pore size apparatus
4. Wet bursting strength apparatus (water contact
method)
5. Template for positioning the weight on the folded
strip
6. Retentivity to particles in air apparatus
7. Air flow resistance apparatus
8. Example of a media migration test piece holder
9. Media migration test rig
10. Water resistance apparatus
11. Water filtration time apparatus (Herzberg)
12. Flammability apparatus
13. Schematic layout of single pass apparatus
14. Filter holder and plate
15. Test apparatus for laboratory type filter papers
Tests for general, structural, mechanical and functional properties of laboratory, high efficiency air, automotive and industrial filter papers and filter papers for diagnostic applications.
| Committee |
PAI/11
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 6410(1984) (08/2005) Supersedes 89/48050 DC. (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2011. (11/2011)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
40
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This British Standard describes methods of test for filter papers made by the papermaking process.
NOTE 1 Some of the test methods may also apply to filter media made by other processes.
NOTE 2 Appendix A gives further information on the types of filter paper to which these test methods are applicable.
NOTE 3 The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on page 32.
| BS 2924-2:1983 | Aqueous extracts of paper, board and pulp Method for determination of conductivity |
| ASTM D 2986 : 1995 | Standard Method for Evaluation of Air Assay Media by the Monodisperse DOP (Dioctyl Phthalate) Smoke Test |
| BS 4415-2:1986 | Determination of the tensile properties of paper and board Constant rate of elongation method |
| BS 6538-3:1987 | Air permeance of paper and board Method for determination of air permeance using the Gurley apparatus |
| BS 907:1965 | Specification for dial gauges for linear measurement |
| BS 6504:1984 | Method for determination of water absorption of paper and board (Klemm method) |
| BS 3137:1972 | Methods for determining the bursting strength of paper and board |
| TAPPI T 535 : 0 | BENDING STIFFNESS OF PAPER AND PAPERBOARD (RESONANCE LENGTH METHOD) |
| ISO 5628:2012 | Paper and board — Determination of bending stiffness — General principles for two-point, three-point and four-point methods |
| BS 2924-1:1983 | Aqueous extracts of paper, board and pulp Method for determination of pH |
| BS 2922-1:1985 | Strength of wet paper and board. Method for determination of the bursting strength of paper and board after immersion in water |
| BS 4497:1969 | Recommendations for the detection and estimation of nitrogenous treating agents in paper |
| BS 2823(1982) : 1982 AMD 7006 | METHODS OF TEST FOR RESISTANCE OF FABRICS TO PENETRATION BY WATER (HYDROSTATIC HEAD TEST) |
| BS 4897-1:1983 | Trace metal contents of pulps Method for determination of calcium content by edta titrimetric and flame atomic absorption spectrometric methods |
| BS 4400:1969 | Method for sodium chloride particulate test for respirator filters |
| BS 4499:1984 | Method for determination of alkali solubility of pulp |
| BS 2924-4:1990 | Aqueous extracts of paper, board and pulp General method for determination of water-soluble chlorides |
| BS 4897-2:1983 | Trace metal contents of pulps Method for determination of copper content by extraction-photometric and flame atomic absorption spectrometric methods |
| BS 2924-3:1990 | Aqueous extracts of paper, board and pulp Titrimetric method for determination of water-soluble sulphates |
| TAPPI T 543 : 2011 | BENDING RESISTANCE OF PAPER (GURLEY-TYPE TESTER) |
| BS 4897-4:1983 | Trace metal contents of pulps. Method for determination of manganese content by sodium periodate photometric and flame atomic absorption spectrometric methods |
| BS 4897-3:1983 | Trace metal contents of pulps Method for determination of iron content by 1,10-phenanthroline photometric and flame atomic absorption spectrometric methods |
| BS 3748:1964 | Method for the determination of stiffness of board |
| TAPPI T 461 : 2009 | FLAME RESISTANCE OF TREATED PAPER AND PAPERBOARD |
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