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ASTM D3039 – Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method is designed to produce tensile property data for material specifications, research and development, quality assurance, and structural design and analysis. Factors that influence the tensile response and should therefore be reported include the following: …
ASTM D2979 – Standard Test Method for Pressure-Sensitive Tack of Adhesives Using an Inverted Probe Machine (Withdrawn 2019) Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method provides a quantitative measure of the pressure-sensitive tack of the adhesive. 5.2 The method is designed for the adhesive mass itself and is suitable for measuring the tack of pressure-sensitive adhesives …
ASTM D2879 – Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure-Temperature Relationship and Initial Decomposition Temperature of Liquids by Isoteniscope Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The vapor pressure of a substance as determined by isoteniscope reflects a property of the sample as received including most volatile components, but excluding dissolved fixed gases such as air. Vapor pressure, per se, …
ASTM D2794 – Standard Test Method for Resistance of Organic Coatings to the Effects of Rapid Deformation (Impact) Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Coatings attached to substrates are subjected to damaging impacts during the manufacture of articles and their use in service. In its use over many years, this test method for impact resistance has been …
ASTM D2765 – Standard Test Methods for Determination of Gel Content and Swell Ratio of Crosslinked Ethylene Plastics Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Many important properties of crosslinked ethylene plastics vary with the gel content. Hence, determination of the gel content provides a means of both controlling the process and rating the quality of finished products. …
ASTM D2717 – Standard Test Method for Thermal Conductivity of Liquids (Withdrawn 2018) Description: Significance and Use The thermal conductivity of a substance is a measure of the ability of that substance to transfer energy as heat in the absence of mass transport phenomena. It is used in engineering calculations that relate to the manner …
ASTM D2457 – Standard Test Method for Specular Gloss of Plastic Films and Solid Plastics Description: Significance and Use 4.1 Specular gloss is used primarily as a measure of the shiny appearance of films and surfaces. Precise comparisons of gloss values are meaningful only when they refer to the same measurement procedure and same general type …
ASTM D2265 – Standard Test Method for Dropping Point of Lubricating Grease Over Wide Temperature Range Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The dropping point is useful to assist in identifying the grease as to type and for establishing and maintaining bench marks for quality control. The results are to be considered to have only limited significance …
ASTM D2240 – Standard Test Method for Rubber Property—Durometer Hardness Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method is based on the penetration of a specific type of indentor when forced into the material under specified conditions. The indentation hardness is inversely related to the penetration and is dependent on the elastic modulus and viscoelastic behavior …
ASTM D2354 – Standard Test Method for Minimum Film Formation Temperature (MFFT) of Emulsion Vehicles Description: Significance and Use 3.1 The satisfactory film integrity of emulsion coatings requires that as the aqueous phase evaporates the resinous portion of the vehicle coalesces into a continuous film. Low temperature impairs the fluidity of the resin particle and thereby …
