IS : 62 - 1950

.( Reaffirmed1991)
( Reaffirmed 2002 )

Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
GRAPHITE FOR PAINTS
Fir&Reprint SEPTEMBER 199.5
(Incorporating AmcnJtncnt No. 1 and 2)

UD,C. 549*212:667*622] ( 08375 ) ( 54 )

Paints and Allied Products Sectional Committee, CDC 8

Chairman
MR. P. C. CHANDA Indian Paint Manufacturers’ Association, Calcutta

Members
MR. R. G: BHATAWADEKAR Central Standards Office for Railways, New Delhi
THE DIRECTOR Government Test House, Calcutta
MR. EMIL FJERMEROS Ganges Printing Ink Factory Ltd., Calcutta
MR. MAGNE HJELDE Alternative
MR. B. N. GANGULI Technical DevelopmentEstablishment Laboratory (Stores),
Kanpur
MR. G. V. JOSHI Inspectorate of Military Explosives, Kirkee
MR. A. N. KAPOOR Indian Red Lead Factory Ltd., Calcutta
MR. K. C. MUKHERJEE Paint Federation, Calcutta
MR. S. V. SATHAYE Alternative
MR. P. W. PARISH D. Waldie & Co. Ltd., Calcutta
MR. R. B. SEYMOUR Alternative
MR. N. SRINIVASAN Directorate General of Industries and Supplies, New Delhi

Drafting Sulpbmmittee for Paints and Allied Products, CDC 8 : 1

Convenev
DR. K. L. MOUDGILL Indian Standards Institution, Delhi

Members
MR. B. N. GANGULI Technical Development Establishment Laboratory (Stores),
Kanpur
THE DIRECTOR Government Test House, Calcutta
MR. S. V. SATHAYE Goodlass Wall Ltd., Bombay
DR. A. KARIM The Solar Paint & Varnish Manufacturing Co., Calcutta

BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002

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 IS : 62 - 1950

Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
GRAPHITE FOR PAINTS

FOREWORD

THIS Indian Standard. was adopted by the
General Council of the Indian Standards Institu-
tion on 4 January 1950, on the endorsement by
the Chemical Division Council of the draft finalized
on 27 and 28 ‘October 1949 by the Paints and
Allied Products Sectional Committee through its
Drafting Subcommittee. It is based largely on
the interim coordinated draft produced with the
assistance of the representatives of manufacturers
and of various departments and authorities of the
Government of India by the Co-ordinating Sub-
committee of the No. 5 Standing Committee on
Specifications for Paints and Allied Stores of the
General Headquarters, India (now Army Head-
quarters ) , Master General of the Ordnance Branch,
which was set up in 1942 and continued to function
till 1947. In drafting this standard, British
standards and the standards of the American
Societ for Testing Materials on the subject
have & en drawn upon freely, and the assistance
so derived is acknowledged.
The Indian Standard Methods of Test for Dry
Pigments and Extenders for Paints ( IS : 33-1950 )
is a necessary adjunct to this standard.

1. SCOPE when tested by the method specified under 19

of IS : 33-1950.
1.1 This standard prescribes the requirements
and the methods of test for the materiaI commer- 4.4 The material shall also conform to the
cially known as Graphite, intended for use as a requirements in Table I.
paint pigment.
5. TESTS
1.2 This standard is intended chiefly to cover the
technical provisions for guiding the purchase of 5.1 The oil absorption, colour, staining power
the material, but does not include all the necessary and tone of the material shall be determined by
provisions of a contract. comparison with those of the approved sample.
5.2 Unless specified otherwise, tests shall be
2. DEFINITIONS conducted as prescribed in IS : 33-1950. References
to the relevant clauses of that standard are given
2.1 For the purposes of this standard, the defini-
in column (4) in Table I.
tions given under 2 of the Indian Standard Methods
of Test for Dry Pigments and Extenders for Paints
( IS : 33-1950 ) shall apply. TABLE I REQUIREMENTS FOR GRAPHITE

3. SAMPLE
SERIAL. REFERENCE

3.1 The vendor shall submit a tender sample

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packed in three different containers, each contain- (1) (2) (3) (4)
ing not Iess than 1 lb ( or 50 0 g ) of the material.
i) Volatile matter Not more than 2 6.1
3.2 The purchaser may select as approved sample, percent
the sample submitted by the vendor, or any other ii) Oil absorption Within f 10 of the 8
approved sample
agreed sample. He shall return to the vendor one iii) Colour CIose match to the 9.1
suitably sealed container of the approved sample. approved sample
iv) a) Staining Not inferior to the 10
4. REQUIREMENTS approved sample
b) Kz Equal to the ap-
4.1 Composition -The pigment shall consist proved sample I
of flakes of natural or artificial graphite. 4 Matter soluble Not more than 1 12
<u water percent
4.2 Form and Condition-The material shall vi) Ash ,,Not more than 40 17
be supplied in the form of dry flakes or in such a percent
vii) Marking and As agreed with the 20
condition that it can be-reduced to flakes by crush- delivery purchaser, subject
ing, without grinding action, under a palette knife. to the special
4.3 When Lead Free Graphite is required, it shall requirements for
lead free pigments,
contain not more than 0.05 percent of lead or when specified
compounds of lead ( calculated as metallic lead ),