ASTM D1037

ASTM D1037 – Standard Test Methods for Evaluating Properties of Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials

Description:

Significance and Use

3.1 These test methods cover small-specimen tests for wood-base fiber and particle panel materials that are made to provide:

3.2 Data for comparing the mechanical and physical properties of various materials,

3.3 Data for determining the influence on the basic properties of such factors as raw material and processing variables, post-treatments of panels, and environmental influences, and

3.4 Data for manufacturing control, product research and development, and specification acceptance.

3.5 Not all the tests outlined in these test methods may be necessary to evaluate any particular panel for any specified use. In each instance, therefore, it will be necessary to determine which tests shall be made.

Scope

1.1 Part A—General Test Methods for Evaluating the Basic Properties of Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials—These test methods cover the determination of the properties of wood-base fiber and particle panel materials that are produced as mat-formed panels such as particleboard, medium-density fiberboard, hardboard, and oriented strand board.

	Section
Significance and Use	3
Apparatus	4
Test Specimens	5
Moisture Content and Conditioning Requirements	6
Accelerated Aging	7
Size, Physical Properties and Appearance of Panels	8
Static Bending	9
Tension Parallel to Surface	10
Tension Perpendicular to Surface	11
Compression Parallel to Surface	12
Fastener Holding Tests:
Lateral Nail Resistance	13
Nail Withdrawal	14
Nail-Head Pull-Through	15
Direct Screw Withdrawal	16
Hardness	17
Hardness Modulus	18
Shear in the Plane of the Panel	19
Glue-Line Shear (Block Type)	20
Falling Ball Impact	21
Abrasion Resistance by the U.S. Navy Wear Tester	22
Moisture Tests:
Water Absorption and Thickness Swelling	23
Linear Expansion with Change in Moisture Content	24
Cupping and Twisting	25
Interlaminar Shear	26
Edgewise Shear	27
Compression-Shear	28

1.2 Part B—Acceptance and Specification Test Methods for Hardboard—The methods for Part B provide test procedures for measuring the following properties of hardboard:

	Section
Thickness	32
Modulus of Rupture	33
Tension Strength Parallel to Surface	34
Tension Strength Perpendicular to Surface	35
Water Absorption and Thickness Swelling	36
Moisture Content and Specific Gravity	37

1.3 There are accepted basic test procedures for various fundamental properties of materials that may be used without modification for evaluating certain properties of wood-based fiber and particle panel materials. These test methods are included elsewhere in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. The pertinent ones are listed in Table 1. A few of the test methods referenced are for construction where the wood-base materials often are used.

1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI equivalents are approximate in many cases. 1 in. = 25.4 mm, 1 lbf = 4.45 N.