ASTM D804-07

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Designation:D804–07
Standard Terminology Relating to
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Naval Stores, Including Tall Oil and Related Products
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D804; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
DISCUSSION—Commercial dipentenes contain substantial portions of
1. Scope
other monocyclic and bicyclic, as well as some oxygenated, terpenes
1.1 Althoughthenavalstoresindustryhasbeenacontinuing
having closely related boiling ranges. They are generally obtained by
producer of chemical products for many centuries, the nature
fractional distillation from crude oils recovered in the several commer-
of the industry, its products, and its terminology have changed.
cial methods of utilizing pine wood, also by isomerization during the
In particular, the original practice of recovering naval stores chemical processing of terpenes. There is no legal requirement under
the Naval Stores Act that the source, origin, or kind of dipentene be
through the processing of the exudate from pine trees (gum
shown in the commercial designation. Consequently, coined trade
naval stores) has been supplemented by their extraction by
names are sometimes used in selling this product. The four kinds of
solvent (wood naval stores) and by wood pulping chemicals
commercial dipentene are:
(sulfatenavalstores).Thus,thisterminologycontainssomeold
terms now mostly of historic value, together with the terms of chemically processed dipentene, n—recovered as a product
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or a by-product in connection with the chemical treatment
the modern naval stores industry.
and conversion of other terpenes.
2. Referenced Documents
destructively distilled dipentene, n—from the lighter por-
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2.1 ASTM Standards: tions of the oil recovered during the destructive distillation
D6090 Test Method for Softening Point Resins (Mettler of pine wood.
Cup and Ball Method) steam-distilled dipentene, n—fractionated from the crude
E28 Test Methods for Softening Point of Resins Derived oleoresinous extract during the processing of related steam-
from Naval Stores by Ring-and-Ball Apparatus distilled wood naval stores.
sulfate dipentene, n—from the crude condensate of the
3. Terminology
vapors generated in the digestion of wood in the sulfate
paper pulp process.
abietic acid, commercial grade, n—a product consisting
ester gum, n—a resin made from rosin and a polyhydric
chiefly of rosin acids in substantially pure form, separated
alcohol, generally glycerol or pentaerythritol.
either from rosin or tall oil commercially for specific
gloss oil, n—a solution of limed rosin or limed rosin acids in
purposes and in which abietic acid and its isomers are the
a volatile solvent, used chiefly in surface coatings. (When
principal components.
made from tall oil, the source is usually indicated.)
colophony, n—a term denoting medium and high grades of
d-limonene, n—a purified optically active terpene hydrocar-
rosin.
bon recovered from by-products of the citrus industry.
crude stripper oil, n—a by-product of the manufacture of
citrus juice, composed largely of d-limonene and containing
DISCUSSION—It is used as a chemical intermediate and as a monomer
up to 1.5 % of aldehydes. (See also d-limonene.)
in terpene resins.
dipentene, n—chemically defined as the optically inactive
metallic resinates, n—rosin in which part or all of the rosin
form of the monocyclic terpene hydrocarbon limonene.
acids have been chemically reacted with those metals that
give soaps or salts which are water insoluble.
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D01 on Paint
DISCUSSION—Limed rosin, zinc-treated rosin, and the resinates of
and Related Coatings, Materials, andApplications and is the direct responsibility of
lead, cobalt, copper, and manganese, are of the greatest industrial
Subcommittee D01.34 on Naval Stores.
importance.
Current edition approved June 1, 2007. Published June 2007. Originally
approved in 1944. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as D804 – 02. DOI:
modified rosin, n—rosin that has been treated with heat or
10.1520/D0804-07.
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catalysts,orbothwithorwithoutaddedchemicalsubstances,
Zinkel, D. F., and Russell, J., eds., Naval Stores: Production, Chemistry and
Utilization, Pulp Chemicals Association, NY, 1989.
so as to cause substantial change in the structure of the rosin
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acids, as isomerization, hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
polymerization, usually without substantial effect on the
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