ASTM D5740-97

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Designation: D 5740 – 97 An American National Standard
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Guide for
Writing Material Standards in the Classification D 4000
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Format
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 5740; 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.
INTRODUCTION
This guide has been prepared to aid in the writing of material standards using the Classification
D 4000 format. The following template is included which might be used directly for a draft document
simply by filling in the blanks. See appendixes for additional explanatory information.
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1. Scope * Insulating Materials for Testing
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D 883 Terminology Relating to Plastics
1.1 This classification system covers ___ materials suitable
D 1600 Terminology for Abbreviated Terms Relating to
for _____________. The inclusion or exclusion of recycled
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Plastics
plastics in this classification system must be addressed here.
D 1999 Guide for the Selection of Specimens and Test
1.2 The properties included in this standard are those
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Parameters for International Commerce
required to identify the compositions covered. There may be
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D 3892 Practice for Packaging/Packing of Plastics
other requirements necessary to identify particular character-
D 4000 Classification System for Specifying Plastic Mate-
istics important to specialized applications. These may be
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rials
specified by using the suffixes as given in Section 5.
D 4066 Specification for Nylon Injection and Extrusion
1.3 This classification system and subsequent line callout
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Materials (PA)
(specification) are intended to provide a means of calling out
D 5033 Guide for the Development of Standards Relating to
plastic materials used in the fabrication of end items or parts.
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the Proper Use of Recycled Plastics
It is not intended for the selection of materials. Material
selection should be made by those having expertise in the
NOTE 2—Omit if use of recycled plastic is not allowed.
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plastic field after careful consideration of the design and the
D 5630 Test Method for Ash Content in Thermoplastics
performance required of the part, the environment to which it
E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
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will be exposed, the fabrication process to be employed, the
Determine Conformance with Specifications
costs involved, and the inherent properties of the material other
3. Terminology
than those covered by this standard.
3.1 Except for the terms defined below, the terminology
NOTE 1—Insert Note 1 here to show the appropriate ISO equivalency
used in this classification system is in accordance with Termi-
statement.
nologies D 883 and D 1600.
1.4 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
test method portion, Section 11, of this classification system:
4. Classification
This standard does not purport to address all of the safety
4.1 ___ materials are classified into groups according to
concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
their composition. These groups are subdivided into classes
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and
and grades as shown in the Basic Property Table (Table __). An
health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
example of a basic property table can be found in Specification
limitations prior to use.
D 4066.
2. Referenced Documents
NOTE 3—An example of this classification system is given as follows:
The designation ___ indicates the following:
2.1 ASTM Standards:
_ 5 ___ as found in Terminology D 1600,
D 618 Practice for Conditioning Plastics and Electrical
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-20 on Plastics and
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is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D20.94 on Government/Industry Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.01.
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Standardization. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.02.
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Current edition approved July 10, 1997. Published May 1998. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.03.
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published as D 5740 – 95. Last previous edition D 5740 – 95. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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D 5740
5. Suffixes
_ 5 ___ (group),
_ 5 ___ (class), and
5.1 When additional requirements are needed that are not
_ 5 requirements given Ta
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