ASTM International’s hazardous substances and oil spill response committee (F20) is developing a proposed standard for measuring the evaporation rate of oils and petroleum.

According to ASTM member Merv Fingas, the proposed standard (WK92298) will provide a uniform way to develop an equation that can be used to predict the evaporation of oil that has been released in a spill.

The proposed standard will be most useful to laboratories that are conducting oil spill studies.

All interested parties are encouraged to join the F20 committee in its standards development activities. 

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