ASTM F412-06

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An American National Standard
Designation:F 412–06
Standard Terminology Relating to
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Plastic Piping Systems
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 412; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope D 1238 TestMethodforMeltFlowRatesofThermoplastics
by Extrusion Plastometer
1.1 This terminology is a compilation of definitions of
D 1505 Test Method for Density of Plastics by the Density-
technical terms used in the plastic piping industry. Terms that
Gradient Technique
are generally understood or adequately defined in other readily
D 2444 Test Method for Determination of the Impact Re-
available sources are not included.
sistance of Thermoplastic Pipe and Fittings by Means of a
1.2 When a term is used in an ASTM document for which
Tup (Falling Weight)
Committee F17 is responsible it is included only when judged,
D 2837 Test Method for Obtaining Hydrostatic Design
after review, by Subcommittee F17.91 to be a generally usable
Basis forThermoplastic Pipe Materials or Pressure Design
term.
Basis for Thermoplastic Pipe Products
1.3 Definitions that are identical to those published by other
D 3350 Specification for Polyethylene Plastics Pipe and
ASTM committees or other standards organizations are iden-
Fittings Materials
tified with the committee number (for example, D20) or with
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2.2 ISO Standards:
the abbreviation of the name of the organization (for example,
ISO 3 Preferred Numbers
IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry).
ISO 497 Preferred Numbers
1.4 A definition is a single sentence with additional infor-
ISO R 161 Pipes of Plastics Materials for the Transport of
mation included in notes.
Fluids (Outside Diameters and Nominal Pressures) Part I,
2. Referenced Documents Metric Series
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ISO TR 9080 Thermolplastics Pipes for the Transport of
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Fluids-Methods of Extrapolation of Hydrostatic Stress
C114 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Hydraulic
Rupture Data to Determine the Long-Term Hydrostatic
Cement
Strength of Thermoplastic Pipe Materials
D 256 Test Methods for Determining the Izod Pendulum
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2.3 ANSI Standard:
Impact Resistance of Plastics
Z17.1 ANSI Preferred Numbers
D 638 Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics
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2.4 PPI Standard:
D 648 Test Method for Deflection Temperature of Plastics
PPI TR-4
Under Flexural Load in the Edgewise Position
D 747 Test Method for Apparent Bending Modulus of
3. Terminology
Plastics by Means of a Cantilever Beam
D 790 TestMethodsforFlexuralPropertiesofUnreinforced acceptance testing—testing performed on a product to deter-
and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials mine whether or not an individual lot of the product
D 882 Test Method for Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic conforms with specified requirements.
Sheeting
DISCUSSION—The number of requirements are usually fewer than for
D 1003 Test Method for Haze and Luminous Transmittance
qualification testing (see definition).
of Transparent Plastics
acetal plastics, n—highly crystalline linear thermoplastic ho-
mopolymers or copolymers characterized by repeating
oxymethylene units.
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F17 on Plastic
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) pipe and fitting
Piping Systems and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F17.91 on Editorial
and Terminology.
Current edition approved March 1, 2006. Published March 2006. Originally
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approved in 1975. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as F 412 – 01a .
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F412–06
DISCUSSION—Also called ell, elbow,or sweep. Bends generally imply
plastics—plastics containing polymers or blends of poly-
fittings of relatively shorter radii than sweeps.
mers, or both, in which the minimum butadiene content is
6%, the minimum acrylonitrile content is 15 %, the mini-
beveled pipe—a pipe with an end chamfered to mate or adjust
mum styrene or substituted styrene c
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