Designation:E1108−86(Reapproved2009)StandardTestMethodforDeterminationoftheRecoveryofaProductinaMaterialsSeparationDevice1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1108;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationoftherecov-eryofadesiredproductinadeviceprocessingsolidwasteforthepurposeofconcentratingacomponentofinterest.Therecoveryisdeterminedwithrespecttotheamountofthedesiredcomponentinoneoutputstream(accepts)asopposedtoanotheroutputstream(rejects).Theresultsofthiscalcula-tiondeterminetheeffectivenessofcomponentseparationwhencoupledwithameasureofproductpurityasdescribedinTestMethodE889.1.2ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.Specificprecau-tionaryinformationisgiveninSection7.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2E889TestMethodforCompositionorPurityofaSolidWasteMaterialsStreamE1107TestMethodforMeasuringtheThroughputofResource-RecoveryUnitOperations3.Terminology3.1DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:3.1.1accepts—theoutputstreamfromthematerialssepara-tiondevicethatcontainsthehighestconcentration(purity)ofthecomponent(s)thatthedeviceisdesignedtoseparate.3.1.2binaryseparator—adevicethatseparatesasingleinputfeedstreamintotwooutputorproductstreams.3.1.3component—anyidentifiableanddefinedfractionofsolidwaste.3.1.4feed—theinputstream.3.1.5grosssample—asamplerepresentingonelotandcomposedofanumberofincrementsonwhichneitherreduc-tionnordivisionhasbeenperformed.3.1.6laboratorysample(oranalysissample)—apor...
