Designation:D7481−09StandardTestMethodsforDeterminingLooseandTappedBulkDensitiesofPowdersusingaGraduatedCylinder1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7481;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoverstheapparatusandproceduresfordeterminingthebulkdensitiesoffreeflowingandmoder-atelycohesivepowdersandgranularmaterialsupto3.5mminsizeintheirloose(MethodA)andtapped(MethodB)states.1.2Thistestmethodshouldbeperformedinalaboratoryundercontrolledconditionsoftemperatureandhumidity.1.3ThistestmethodissimilartothoseofTestMethodsB212,D29,andD2854.1.4AllobservedandcalculatedvaluesshallconformtotheguidelinesforsignificantdigitsandroundingestablishedinPracticeD6026.1.4.1Theproceduresusedtospecifyhowdataarecollected/recordedorcalculatedinthisstandardareregardedastheindustrystandard.Inadditiontheyarerepresentativeofthesignificantdigitsthatgenerallyshouldberetained.Theproce-duresuseddonotconsidermaterialvariations,purposeforobtainingthedata,specialpurposestudies,oranyconsider-ationsfortheuser’sobjectives;anditiscommonpracticetoincreaseorreducesignificantdigitsofreporteddatatobecommensuratewiththeseconsiderations.Itisbeyondthescopeofthisstandardtoconsidersignificantdigitsusedinanalysismethodsforengineeringdesign.1.5ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.6Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2B212TestMethodforApparentDensityofFree-FlowingMetalPowdersUsingtheHallFlowmeterFunnelB527TestMethodforDeterminationofTapDensityofMetallicPowdersandCo...
