American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved March 1, 2005. Published March 2005. Originally approved in 1999. Last previous edition approved in 1999 as D 6437 - 99. 3 p. This test method covers measuring alkalinity in lowalkalinity ( 0.002 meq/g basicity) polyols. This alkalinity is often expressed as CPR (controlled polymerization rate) of polyether polyols. This test method is not applicable to amine-based polyols.