ASTM D 3792 - 05 Standard Test Method for Water Content of Coatings by Direct Injection Into a Gas Chromatograph

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2005. Published February 2005. Originally approved in 1979. Last previous edition approved in 1999 as D 3792 – 99. 4 p. This test method is for the determination of the total water content of waterborne paints. It has been evaluated for latex systems (styrene-butadiene, poly(vinylacetate)-acrylic, acrylic), epoxy acrylic resin systems and acrylic systems. The established working range of this test method is from 15 to 90 %. There is no reason to believe that it will not work outside of this range.