Carbon?content?testing/Biobased?content?testing-ASTM?D6866?testing

ASTM?Method?D6866?is?the?US?government?approved?method?for?determining?the?renewable/biobased?content?of?natural?range?materials,?including?ethanol?additives,?bio-diesel?additives?and?biobased?products.

ASTM-D6866?is?recognized?by?regulars?and?companies?world-wide?as?a?valid?tool?for?quanitify?the?renewable?carbon?content?of?biobased?products.?It?is?routinely?used?by?companies?and?organizations?world-wide?who?need?to:?

v??Validate?the?renewable?carbon?content?of?compounds?

v?Re-formulate?compounds?that?previously?were?entirely?petrochemical?

v?Validate?the?renewable?claims?of?raw?material?suppliers?

v?Research?and?develop?alternative?products?with?renewable?content

v?Obtain?marketing?data?to?support?renewable?claims

v?Obtain?data?to?support?regulatory?requirements?

Borrowing?on?the?principles?of?radiocarbon?dating,?D6866?is?able?to?determine?the?renewable?carbon?content?of?almost?any?type?of?material,?whether?it?is?in?solid,?liquid?or?gas?form.?The?method?provides?a?percentage?determination?of?fossil?carbon?content?versus?renewable?biomass?carbon?content?of?a?product?or?fuel?blend.

This?method?is?ideally?suited?for?the?following?sectors:

1.Renewable?ethanol?and?bio-diesel?industries

2.Biobased?manufacturers

3.Carbon?credit?and?renewable?energy?markets

Ethanol?/?Biodiesel?industries:?Protecting?the?interests?of?bio-mass?producers?and?investors?investing?in?bio-ethanol?production?is?paramount?to?the?success?of?the?domestic?ethanol?economy.?Cheaper,?synthetic?ethanol?produced?from?petroleum?resources?is?an?obvious?source?for?dilution.?Most?industry?leaders?in?this?sector?are?unaware?that?synthetic?ethanol?is?readily?available?from?both?domestic?and?foreign?petroleum?producers.?Although?synthetic?ethanol?is?chemically?indistinguishable?from?bio-ethanol,?it?can?be?directly?distinguished?using?ASTM?Method?D6866.

Biobased?manufacturers:?Executive?Order?13101?and?the?Farm?Security?and?Rural?Investment?Act?of?2002?mandate?that?the?federal?government?give?preference?to?biobased?products?in?its?procurement?efforts.?The?USDA?is?in?charge?of?the?oversight?and?implementation?of?this?program.?ASTM?Method?D6866?is?the?designated?means?to?identify?the?biobased?content?of?manufactured?products?and?is?the?basis?upon?which?the?US?government?relies?upon?in?support?of?manufacturers?claims.?All?biobased?products?to?be?included?in?the?USDA’s?itemized?procurement?list?are?required?to?have?D6866?certification.

Carbon?credit?and?renewable?energy?markets?–?In?response?to?Kyoto?treaty?efforts,?governments?throughout?the?world,?including?several?states?in?the?United?States,?have?set?up?mechanisms?to?trade?monetary?credits?for?human?derived?green?house?gases.?Of?particular?importance?are?CO2?emissions.?Monetary?instruments?such?as?the?Renewable?Energy?Certificates?(ROC)?in?the?United?Kingdom?allow?industries?to?offset?their?CO2?emissions?by?buying?and?selling?carbon?certificates.?ASTM?method?D6866?is?used?as?a?verification?mechanism?to?attest?the?percentage?of?renewable?CO2?being?emitted?into?the?atmosphere.?This?is?of?particular?importance?for?industries?such?as?the?electricity?producers?that?consume?biomass?material?and?to?monetary?agencies?needing?verification?of?fossil?CO2?emissions.?