ASTM D3218-01

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Designation: D 3218 – 01
Standard Specification for
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Polyolefin Monofilaments
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 3218; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope involve hazardous materials, operations, and equipment. This
standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems,
1.1 This specification covers polyolefin monofilament yarn
if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
materials, and test methods for standard polyolefin monofila-
of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health
ments.Whiledesignedprimarilyfortestingstandardpolyolefin
practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limita-
monofilaments, many of the procedures can be used, with little
tions prior to use.
or no modification, for other polyolefin monofilaments. How-
ever, testing on non-standard polyolefin monofilaments should
2. Referenced Documents
be conducted with caution. See 3.2.3 for a definition of
2.1 ASTM Standards:
standard polyolefin monofilament.
D 76 Specification for Tensile Testing Machines for Tex-
1.2 Only on condition that interlaboratory precision data are
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tiles
available for the specific procedure is any test method de-
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D 123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
scribed, or referenced in this specification, recommended for
D 374 Test Methods for Thickness of Solid Electrical Insu-
acceptance testing of commercial shipments of polyolefin
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lation
monofilaments.
D 1248 SpecificationforPolyethylenePlasticsMoldingand
1.3 The specification for polyolefin raw materials appears in
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Extrusion Materials
Section 4.
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D 1776 Practice for Conditioning and Testing Textiles
1.4 The test methods for individual properties appear in the
D 1907 Test Method for Linear Density of Yarn (Yarn
following sections:
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Number) by the Skein Method
Property Section
D 1921 Test Methods for Particle Size (Sieve Analysis) of
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Breaking Force 10
Plastic Materials
Breaking Tenacity 10
D 2256 Test Method for Tensile Properties of Yarns by the
Elongation 10
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Single-Strand Method
Gloss 13
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Hot Water Shrinkage 14
D 2258 Practice for Sampling Yarn for Testing
Initial Modulus 10 2
D 2259 Test Method for Shrinkage of Yarns
Polyolefin-Material Cleanliness 17
D 2565 Practice for Operating Xenon-Arc Type Light-
Resistance to Ultraviolet Radiation 15
Stability to Thermal Oxidation 16
ExposureApparatusWith andWithoutWater for Exposure
Tensile Properties 10
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of Plastics
Thickness 12
D 4101 Specification for Propylene Plastic Injection and
Width 11
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Yarn Number 9
Extrusion Materials
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E 203 Test Method for Water Using Karl Fischer Reagent
NOTE 1—In most instances, the suitability of these procedures for
polymeric yarns in general, and polyolefin monofilaments in particular, is G 23 Practice for Operating Light-Exposure Apparatus
already accepted in commercial transactions (see 6.1).
(Carbon-Arc Type) With and Without Water for Exposure
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of Nonmetallic Materials
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
G 26 Practice for Operating Light-Exposure Apparatus
standard; the values in English units are provided as informa-
(Xenon-Arc Type) With and Without Water for Exposure
tion only and are not exact equivalents.
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of Nonmetallic Materials
1.6 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the
2.2 Other Documents:
test methods described in this specification: This standard may
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.01.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D13 on Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 10.01.
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Textiles and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.58 on Yarn Test Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.01.
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Methods, General. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.02.
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Current edition approved Sept. 10, 2001. Published December 2001. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.05.
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published as D 3218 – 73 T. Last previous edition D 3218 – 93. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
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D 3218
Federal Test Method Standard No. 141a, Sept. 1, 1965, 3.1.12 For definitions of other textile terms used in this
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Section 6000, Method 6101 “60-Degree Specular Gloss” specification, refer to Terminology D 123.
Technical Report 24— “A Rapid Method for the Determi- 3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
nation of Moisture in Pigmented Polyethylene Coating 3.2.1 polyolefin-material cleanliness, n—the degree to
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Materials,” Eastman Chemical Products Inc.
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