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ASTM D664 – Standard Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Titration Description: Significance and Use 5.1 New and used petroleum products, biodiesel, and blends of biodiesel may contain acidic constituents that are present as additives or as degradation products formed during service, such as oxidation products. The relative amount of these materials …
ASTM D638 – Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method is designed to produce tensile property data for the control and specification of plastic materials. These data are also useful for qualitative characterization and for research and development. 4.2 Some material specifications that require the use of this …
ASTM D624 – Standard Test Method for Tear Strength of Conventional Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Vulcanized rubber and thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) often fail in service due to the generation and propagation of a special type of rupture called a tear. This test method measures the resistance to tearing action. 5.2 Tear …
ASTM D374 – Standard Test Methods for Thickness of Solid Electrical Insulation Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Some electrical properties, such as dielectric strength, vary with the thickness of the material. Determination of certain properties, such as relative permittivity (dielectric constant) and volume resistivity, usually require a knowledge of the thickness. Design and construction of electrical …
ASTM D732 – Standard Test Method for Shear Strength of Plastics by Punch Tool Description: Significance and Use 4.1 Shear strength obtained by the use of punch-type tooling is one of the recognized methods of comparing materials, or obtaining data for engineering design purposes, or both. However, it must be recognized that for end-use applications there …
ASTM D573 – Standard Test Method for Rubber—Deterioration in an Air Oven Description: Significance and Use 4.1 Rubber and rubber products must resist the deterioration of physical properties with time caused by oxidative and thermal aging. This test method provides a way to assess these performance characteristics of rubber, under certain accelerated conditions as specified. 4.2 Please …
ASTM D523 – Standard Test Method for Specular Gloss Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Gloss is associated with the capacity of a surface to reflect more light in directions close to the specular than in others. Measurements by this test method correlate with visual observations of surface shininess made at roughly the corresponding angles. 5.1.1 Measured gloss …
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 D445 – Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity) Description:
ASTM D323 – Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Reid Method) Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Vapor pressure is an important physical property of volatile liquids. This test method is used to determine the vapor pressure at 37.8 °C (100 °F) of petroleum products and crude oils with initial boiling point above 0 °C (32 °F). 5.2 Vapor …
