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ASTM D4833 – Standard Test Method for Index Puncture Resistance of Geomembranes and Related Products Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method is an index test for determining the puncture resistance of geomembranes and related products. The use of this test method is to establish an index value by providing standard criteria and a basis …
ASTM D483 – Standard Test Method for Unsulfonated Residue of Petroleum Plant Spray Oils (Withdrawn 2024) Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method is useful for distinguishing between oils that are adaptable to various types of spraying application, with a higher unsulfonated oil being required for leaf spraying as compared to dormant vegetation application. Scope …
ASTM D4829 – Standard Test Method for Expansion Index of Soils Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The expansion index, EI, value is used by engineers and other professionals as an indicator of the soil’s swelling potential. It may also be used to determine the suitability of a soil to satisfy requirements set by specifying agencies. 5.2 The EI test is …
ASTM D4828 – Standard Test Methods for Practical Washability of Organic Coatings Description: Significance and Use 4.1 Interior architectural paints are subjected in use to soiling by dirt or other stains. This test method provides a way to assess relative ease of soil or stain removal from a paint film using materials common to households. This …
ASTM D4824 – Standard Test Method for Determination of Catalyst Acidity by Ammonia Chemisorption Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method can be used to determine the acidity of catalysts and catalyst carriers by ammonia chemisorption for materials specifications, manufacturing control, and research and development in the evaluation of catalysts. Scope 1.1 This test method covers …
ASTM D482 – Standard Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products Description: Significance and Use 4.1 Knowledge of the amount of ash-forming material present in a product can provide information as to whether or not the product is suitable for use in a given application. Ash can result from oil or water-soluble metallic compounds or from …
ASTM D4815 – Standard Test Method for Determination of MTBE, ETBE, TAME, DIPE, tertiary-Amyl Alcohol and C1 to C4 Alcohols in Gasoline by Gas Chromatography Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Ethers, alcohols, and other oxygenates can be added to gasoline to increase octane number and to reduce emissions. Type and concentration of various oxygenates are specified …
ASTM D4814 – Standard Specification for Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel Description: Abstract This specification describes the various characteristics and requirements of automotive fuels for use over a wide range of operating conditions in ground vehicles equipped with spark-ignition engines. It provides for a variation of the volatility and water tolerance of automotive fuel in accordance …
ASTM D4812 – Standard Test Method for Unnotched Cantilever Beam Impact Resistance of Plastics Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The pendulum-impact test indicates the energy to break standard test specimens of specified size under stipulated conditions of specimen mounting and pendulum velocity at impact. 5.2 The energy lost by the pendulum during the breakage of the specimen …
ASTM D4811 – Standard Specification for Nonvulcanized (Uncured) Rubber Sheet Used as Roof Flashing Description: Abstract This specification covers nonvulcanized (uncured) rubber sheet made of ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM) or polychloroprene (CR) intended for use as watertight roof flashing exposed to the weather. In-place roof system design criteria such as fire resistance, field seaming strength, material …
