ae ett OPERATING MANUAL CARBON BLACK CONTENT TESTER AS PER ASTM D-1603 ADVANCE EQUIPMENTS 3 & 9, VASANT VAZE INDUSTRIAL COMPOUND, ‘ys BEHIND MAHINDRA SHOW ROOM, KALYAN SHIL RD, ” MHATRE NAGAR, MANPADA, DOMBIVLEAST, THANE-421201 ‘Tel: 481-252-2874696 MORI: 19020951166/996916809<> 5 a Carbon black content apparatus is used for determining carbon content in polyethylene, polypropylene and polybutylene plastics. The equipment is manufactured as per ASTM D 1603, IS 4984 and IS 2530. APPARATUS: The equipment comes in a wooden packing. It includes following parts / accessories. Quartz combustion tube -- Quartz combustion boat—- Two glass stoppers- Rubber tube- Gas regulator with gauge Ceramic furnace - Glass bottle Desiccator Silica Gel ~~ OOUTRHEWNR PROCEDURE: 1. Switch ON the ceramic furnace. Set the temperature on the controller at 500°C as per the requirement.(Refer to the controller manual for the setting of the temperature) 2. Place the combustion tube inside the furnace. Keep the clean combustion boat inside the tube for 10 minutes. 3. Removélthe boat and allow it to cool for at least 30 minutes inside the desiccator. 4. Weight the boat nearest to 0,0001gm i.e Wo. Immediately place 1gm + 0.1gm of sample under test in the boat & quickly weight to the nearest 0.0001gm i.e. Wa. 5. Adjust the rate of nitrogen flow to 1.7 +. 0.3 Ipm. Keep the boat with the sample inside the furnace column. Close the combustion tube with stopper & allow the sample to heat for at least 15/20 minutes. 6. Switch “OFF” the heater & allow the temperature to come down below 400°C while maintaining the flow of nitrogen. Remove the stopper, take out the boat & allow it to cool for at least 30 minutes inside the desiccator. Then quickly reweight the boat with sample to the nearest 0,0001gm i.e. We, which will be after burning in Nitrogen. 7. Now set the temperature at 650 °C and keep the boat with residue again inside the furnace column and stop the nitrogen flow. Keep it at least 15 — 20 minutes. (This procedure you can do in your muffle furnace also). Take out the boat & allow it torn > ~ / cool for at least 30 minutes inside the desiccator. Note the weight of boat with residue after burning in Air i.e. We CALCULATION: * Carbon Content (%) = (Wo=Wo) —(We-Wo) X 100 (We We) Where, > Wo = Mass of boat after heating in Air. } Wa = Mass of boat + sample before burningin nitrogen. ® Wo = Mass of boat + sample after burning in nitrogen. > We= Mass of boat + sample after burning in Air. REPORT: Report the following information: a. Identity of the sample. b. The individual results es calculated above. c. The averages of the results as calculated above.