American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved July 1, 2005. Published August 2005. Originally approved in 1981. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as D 3960 – 04. 6 p. This practice measures the volatile organic compound (VOC) content of solventborne and waterborne paints and related coatings as determined from the quantity of material released from a sample under specified bake conditions and subtracting exempt volatile compounds and water if present.