1、Designation: D3748 14Standard Practice forEvaluating High-Density Rigid Cellular Plastics1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D3748; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A numbe
2、r in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. Asuperscript epsilon () indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1. Scope*1.1 This practice covers the basic test procedures for deter-mination of the physical properties and reporting of data forhigh-density rigid ce
3、llular plastics.1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded asstandard.1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and det
4、ermine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.NOTE 1This standard and ISO 9054 address the same subject matter,but differ in technical content.2. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2C177 Test Method for Steady-State Heat Flux Measure-ments and Thermal Transmission Properties b
5、y Means ofthe Guarded-Hot-Plate ApparatusC518 Test Method for Steady-State Thermal TransmissionProperties by Means of the Heat Flow Meter ApparatusD149 Test Method for Dielectric Breakdown Voltage andDielectric Strength of Solid Electrical Insulating Materialsat Commercial Power FrequenciesD570 Test
6、 Method for Water Absorption of PlasticsD618 Practice for Conditioning Plastics for TestingD638 Test Method for Tensile Properties of PlasticsD648 Test Method for Deflection Temperature of PlasticsUnder Flexural Load in the Edgewise PositionD695 Test Method for Compressive Properties of RigidPlastic
7、sD696 Test Method for Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expan-sion of Plastics Between 30C and 30C with a VitreousSilica DilatometerD790 Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Unreinforcedand Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materi-alsD883 Terminology Relating to PlasticsD1622 Test Method
8、for Apparent Density of Rigid CellularPlastics3. Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 high densitygreater than 320 kg/m3(0.32 g/cm3)or20 lb/ft3apparent density.3.1.2 For definitions of other terms used in this practice,refer to Terminology D883.4. Significance and Use4.1 This practice provides appropria
9、te testing methods, anda specific data reporting procedure for high-density rigidcellular plastics.5. Sample Preparation5.1 Prepare samples in one of two ways:(a) process samples directly into proper size specimens, or(b) prepare samples from larger sections as specified ineach individual test.5.2 R
10、eport the precise manner of sample preparation.6. Conditioning6.1 Condition specimens prior to testing in accordance withProcedure A of Practice D618.7. Number of Test Specimens7.1 Cellular plastics are often nonuniform in density distri-bution; therefore, a minimum of five specimens needs to betest
11、ed per testing method to obtain representative values.8. Test Methods8.1 Where technically suitable, reference is made to existingASTM test methods. Otherwise, comments or changes areoutlined in accordance with this practice.8.2 Apparent DensityTest Method D1622.8.3 Compressive StrengthTest Method D
12、695.8.4 Tensile PropertiesTest Method D638.1This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee D20 on Plastics andis the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D20.22 on Cellular Materials - Plasticsand Elastomers.Current edition approved March 1, 2014. Published March 2014. Originallyapproved
13、in 1978. Last previous edition approved in 2009 as D3748 09. DOI:10.1520/D3748-14.2For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM Web Site, www.astm.org, orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org. For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information, refer to the standards Document Summary pa
14、ge onthe ASTM web site.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. United States18.5 Coeffcient of Linear Thermal ExpansionTest MethodD696.8.6 Apparent Flexural PropertiesTest Met
15、hods D790.8.7 Deflection TemperatureTest Method D648.8.8 Dielectric Breakdown Voltage and Dielectric StrengthTest Methods D1498.9 Thermal ConductivityTest Methods C177 or C518.NOTE 2UseTest Method C518 only for materials having densities lessthan 900 kg/m3.8.10 Water Absorption RateTest Method D570.
16、9. Report9.1 Report the following information:9.1.1 Complete identification of the tested material as tomaterial supplier and nomenclature, source of samples, lot orrun number, and type of part.9.1.2 Type of manufacturing process used to make the part,for example, extrusion, injection molding, casti
17、ng, etc.9.1.3 Technique used to prepare the test specimens, forexample, directly-molded or extruded, cut from larger part andedges tensile cut, etc.9.1.4 Number of uncut skins on the specimen when in test(refers to skins not cut in sample preparation).9.1.5 Location of skins (cut and uncut) while th
18、e specimenis in test, that is, horizontal, vertical, none, etc.9.1.6 Dimensions (length, width, thickness) of the speci-men.9.1.7 Apparent density. If the apparent density varies, reportthe maximum, minimum, average, and density within 12.7 mm(0.5 in.) of the test area.9.1.8 Conditioning temperature
19、 and time.9.1.9 Date of the test.10. Keywords10.1 high density; rigid cellular plasticsSUMMARY OF CHANGESCommittee D20 has identified the location of selected changes to this standard since the last issue (D3748 - 09)that may impact the use of this standard. (March 1, 2014)(1) Revised Section 3.ASTM
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