ASTM D5058 – Standard Practices for Compatibility of Screening Analysis of Waste
Description:
Significance and Use
8.1 This practice is intended for use by those in the waste management industries to aid in determining the compatibility of hazardous wastes before they are commingled.
Scope
1.1 These practices cover assessment of the compatibility/reactivity of waste. The individual practices are as follows:
| Sections | |
| Practice A—Commingled Waste Compatibility | 8 – 12 |
| Practice B—Polymerization Potential (Reaction with | |
| Triethylamine) | 13 – 18 |
| Practice C—Water Compatibility | 19 – 25 |
1.2 These practices are applicable to waste liquids, sludges, semi-solids, and solids.
1.3 These practices are designed and intended as a preliminary or supplementary test to complement the more sophisticated quantitative analytical techniques that should be used to determine waste composition and compatibilities. This standard offers the user the option and the ability to screen wastes for potentially hazardous reactions when the more sophisticated techniques are not available and the total waste composition is unknown, and to screen compatibility when the composition is known. (Warning—Delayed or slow reactions of wastes may go unnoticed.)
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.4.1 Exception—The values given in parentheses are for information only.
ASTM D5057