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ASTM D4482 – Standard Test Method for Rubber Property—Extension Cycling Fatigue Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method covers one procedure for determining fatigue life at various extension-ratios. The strain cycle is characteristic of the type of test apparatus specified. Experience in fatigue testing shows that fatigue life may have a wide, non-normal distribution and, …
ASTM D4476 – Standard Test Method for Flexural Properties of Fiber Reinforced Pultruded Plastic Rods (Withdrawn 2022) Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Flexural properties determined by this test method are especially useful for quality control and specification purposes. 5.2 The maximum axial fiber stresses occur on a line under the loading nose. The use of the semicircular …
ASTM D4473 – Standard Test Method for Plastics: Dynamic Mechanical Properties: Cure Behavior Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method provides a simple means of characterizing the cure behavior of thermosetting resins using very small amounts of material (fewer than 3 to 5 g). The data obtained may be used for quality control, research and …
ASTM D4470 – Standard Test Method for Static Electrification Description: Significance and Use 4.1 Whenever two dissimilar materials are contacted and separated, excess electrostatic charge (triboelectric charge) will be found on these materials if at least one of the materials is a good insulator. This excess charge gives rise to electric fields which can exert forces …
ASTM D4468 – Standard Test Method for Total Sulfur in Gaseous Fuels by Hydrogenolysis and Rateometric Colorimetry Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method can be used to determine specification, or regulatory compliance to requirements, for total sulfur in gaseous fuels. In gas processing plants, sulfur can be a contaminant and must be removed before …
ASTM D4464 – Standard Test Method for Particle Size Distribution of Catalytic Materials by Laser Light Scattering Description: Significance and Use 5.1 It is important to recognize that the results obtained by this test method or any other method for particle size determination utilizing different physical principles may disagree. The results are strongly influenced by physical …
ASTM D446 – Standard Specifications and Operating Instructions for Glass Capillary Kinematic Viscometers Description: Scope 1.1 These specifications cover operating instructions for glass capillary kinematic viscometers of all the types described in detail in Annex A1, Annex A2, and Annex A3 as follows: Modified Ostwald viscometers, Annex A1 Suspended-level viscometers, Annex A2 Reverse-flow viscometers, Annex A3 1.2 The calibration of the …
ASTM D4459 – Standard Practice for Xenon-Arc Exposure of Plastics Intended for Indoor Applications Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This practice is intended to simulate the effects produced by exposure to solar radiation through glass. This practice uses exposure in a xenon-arc device equipped with window glass filters and operated in accordance with Practices G151 and G155. Note 2: Practice D4674 describes …
ASTM D4458 – Standard Test Method for Chloride Ions in Brackish Water, Seawater, and Brines Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Chloride is present in virtually all oil field brines, seawaters, and many waste waters. Identification of the origin of the water and selection of its disposal method may be based upon the chloride content. The chloride …
ASTM D4451 – Standard Test Method for Pigment Content of Paints by Low-Temperature Ashing Description: Scope 1.1 This test method covers the pigment content of paints and several traffic marking materials (thermoplastic and preformed tape) by low-temperature furnace ashing. Some organic pigments may be lost by this method and some water or moisture contained in pigments …
