ASTM D8089-17
(Practice)Standard Practice for Accelerated Heat Aging for Floor Covering Adhesives
Standard Practice for Accelerated Heat Aging for Floor Covering Adhesives
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 The final appearance of an installed floor depends upon several factors. These include but are not limited to the manufacture of the flooring material, the preparation of the subfloor and the skill of the installer. This practice is used to measure the ability of the adhesive to retain its original physical properties and adhesion following exposure to heat simulating a long service life at reasonable and expected temperatures.
4.2 In selecting or developing a carpet or resilient flooring or other adhesive, it is critical to have knowledge regarding how well the adhesive will bond to the substrate and to the flooring material.
4.3 Heat accelerated aging is necessary to establish the stability of the adhesive as it concerns storage/shelf life including viscosity (Test Method D1084) while remaining in an unopen container for prolonged periods.
4.4 In determining the applicable physical properties for shear strength (Test Method D6004) and peel strength (Test Method D6862) for the determination of dimensional stability of the assembled flooring material.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice describes a procedure to determine the physical properties and longevity of the floor covering adhesive and the effect on it following accelerated heat aging.
1.2 This practice assists in determining compatibility of adhesive and respective floor covering for long term use.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.5 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
General Information
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 14-Nov-2017
- Technical Committee
- D14 - Adhesives
- Drafting Committee
- D14.10 - Working Properties
Relations
- Effective Date
- 01-Aug-2023
- Effective Date
- 01-Jun-2020
- Effective Date
- 15-Jan-2020
- Effective Date
- 15-Jul-2018
- Effective Date
- 01-Mar-2017
- Effective Date
- 15-Sep-2015
- Effective Date
- 01-Sep-2015
- Effective Date
- 01-Apr-2015
- Effective Date
- 01-May-2014
- Effective Date
- 01-May-2014
- Effective Date
- 15-Oct-2013
- Effective Date
- 15-Jun-2013
- Effective Date
- 15-Jun-2013
- Effective Date
- 15-May-2013
- Effective Date
- 01-May-2013
Overview
ASTM D8089-17 - Standard Practice for Accelerated Heat Aging for Floor Covering Adhesives establishes a procedure for evaluating the physical properties and long-term durability of adhesives used with floor coverings, including resilient flooring and carpet. The standard guides manufacturers, installers, and designers to determine how adhesives perform following exposure to elevated temperatures, simulating the effects of aging over an extended service life. This practice supports the assessment of adhesive stability, compatibility, and suitability for intended flooring applications, promoting quality assurance and product reliability.
Key Topics
- Accelerated Heat Aging: Simulates years of real-world service by subjecting adhesives to controlled heat, revealing changes in performance attributes such as bond strength and physical stability.
- Adhesive Compatibility: Helps select or develop adhesives well-matched to specific floors and substrates, ensuring reliable long-term installation.
- Property Retention: Assesses the adhesive’s ability to maintain original properties-including viscosity, shear strength, and peel strength-after aging, using referenced ASTM test methods.
- Viscosity: Determined by ASTM D1084.
- Shear Strength: Measured by ASTM D6004.
- Peel Strength: Evaluated by ASTM D6862.
- Shelf Life Evaluation: Heat aging tests support shelf life (storage life) evaluations, confirming adhesives do not degrade in unopened containers under reasonable conditions.
- Testing Procedures: The practice outlines requirements for sample preparation, conditioning, and reporting to ensure consistent, reproducible results.
Applications
ASTM D8089-17 is widely used in several areas of the flooring and adhesives industries:
- Adhesive Manufacturing: Manufacturers use this standard to test new or improved adhesive formulations for use with resilient floor coverings and carpet, verifying that products withstand environmental stresses over time.
- Quality Control: Laboratories and production lines employ accelerated heat aging tests as a quality control tool to monitor batch-to-batch consistency and product reliability.
- Product Selection and Specification: Architects, designers, and specifiers refer to results from ASTM D8089-17 tests to choose adhesives with proven longevity, suitable for both commercial and residential flooring projects.
- Installation Best Practices: Installers can rely on adhesives evaluated by this practice, ensuring the final flooring installation remains intact and visually appealing throughout its expected lifespan.
- Standards Compliance: Organizations seeking compliance with international or industry-specific flooring standards use ASTM D8089-17 as part of their documentation and validation process.
Related Standards
ASTM D8089-17 references and aligns with several important ASTM standards that support its methodology and objectives:
- ASTM D1084 - Test Methods for Viscosity of Adhesives
- ASTM D6004 - Test Method for Determining Adhesive Shear Strength of Carpet Adhesives
- ASTM D6862 - Test Method for 90 Degree Peel Resistance of Adhesives
- ASTM D907 - Terminology of Adhesives
- ASTM F141 - Terminology Relating to Resilient Floor Coverings
- ASTM F2199 - Test Method for Determining Dimensional Stability of Resilient Floor Tile after Exposure to Heat
- ASTM E177 & E691 - Practices for conducting interlaboratory studies and for understanding test method precision and bias
By following ASTM D8089-17, stakeholders ensure that floor covering adhesives have been systematically evaluated for durability, reliability, and compatibility, supporting flooring installations that meet industry expectations for performance and longevity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
ASTM D8089-17 is a standard published by ASTM International. Its full title is "Standard Practice for Accelerated Heat Aging for Floor Covering Adhesives". This standard covers: SIGNIFICANCE AND USE 4.1 The final appearance of an installed floor depends upon several factors. These include but are not limited to the manufacture of the flooring material, the preparation of the subfloor and the skill of the installer. This practice is used to measure the ability of the adhesive to retain its original physical properties and adhesion following exposure to heat simulating a long service life at reasonable and expected temperatures. 4.2 In selecting or developing a carpet or resilient flooring or other adhesive, it is critical to have knowledge regarding how well the adhesive will bond to the substrate and to the flooring material. 4.3 Heat accelerated aging is necessary to establish the stability of the adhesive as it concerns storage/shelf life including viscosity (Test Method D1084) while remaining in an unopen container for prolonged periods. 4.4 In determining the applicable physical properties for shear strength (Test Method D6004) and peel strength (Test Method D6862) for the determination of dimensional stability of the assembled flooring material. SCOPE 1.1 This practice describes a procedure to determine the physical properties and longevity of the floor covering adhesive and the effect on it following accelerated heat aging. 1.2 This practice assists in determining compatibility of adhesive and respective floor covering for long term use. 1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard. 1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. 1.5 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE 4.1 The final appearance of an installed floor depends upon several factors. These include but are not limited to the manufacture of the flooring material, the preparation of the subfloor and the skill of the installer. This practice is used to measure the ability of the adhesive to retain its original physical properties and adhesion following exposure to heat simulating a long service life at reasonable and expected temperatures. 4.2 In selecting or developing a carpet or resilient flooring or other adhesive, it is critical to have knowledge regarding how well the adhesive will bond to the substrate and to the flooring material. 4.3 Heat accelerated aging is necessary to establish the stability of the adhesive as it concerns storage/shelf life including viscosity (Test Method D1084) while remaining in an unopen container for prolonged periods. 4.4 In determining the applicable physical properties for shear strength (Test Method D6004) and peel strength (Test Method D6862) for the determination of dimensional stability of the assembled flooring material. SCOPE 1.1 This practice describes a procedure to determine the physical properties and longevity of the floor covering adhesive and the effect on it following accelerated heat aging. 1.2 This practice assists in determining compatibility of adhesive and respective floor covering for long term use. 1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard. 1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. 1.5 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
ASTM D8089-17 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 83.180 - Adhesives. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
ASTM D8089-17 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to ASTM F141-23, ASTM F2199-20, ASTM F141-12(2020), ASTM F2199-18, ASTM D123-17, ASTM D123-15b, ASTM D123-15a, ASTM D123-15, ASTM F2199-09(2014), ASTM E177-14, ASTM D7888-13, ASTM D123-13ae1, ASTM D123-13a, ASTM D123-13, ASTM E177-13. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
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Standards Content (Sample)
This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: D8089 − 17
Standard Practice for
Accelerated Heat Aging for Floor Covering Adhesives
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D8089; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope pet Adhesives Without Homogenous PVC or Non-PVC
Backings
1.1 This practice describes a procedure to determine the
D7888Practice for Evaluating Adhesive and the Effects of
physical properties and longevity of the floor covering adhe-
Plasticizer Found Within Polyvinyl Chloride-Backed
sive and the effect on it following accelerated heat aging.
Floor Coverings
1.2 This practice assists in determining compatibility of
E177Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in
adhesive and respective floor covering for long term use.
ASTM Test Methods
E691Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical Determine the Precision of a Test Method
F141Terminology Relating to Resilient Floor Coverings
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
and are not considered standard. F2199Test Method for Determining Dimensional Stability
of Resilient Floor Tile after Exposure to Heat
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3. Terminology
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
3.1 Definitions—Many of the terms in this practice are
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
defined in Terminology D907.
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.5 This international standard was developed in accor-
4. Significance and Use
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
4.1 The final appearance of an installed floor depends upon
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
several factors. These include but are not limited to the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
manufacture of the flooring material, the preparation of the
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
subfloor and the skill of the installer. This practice is used to
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
measure the ability of the adhesive to retain its original
physical properties and adhesion following exposure to heat
2. Referenced Documents
2 simulating a long service life at reasonable and expected
2.1 ASTM Standards:
temperatures.
D123Terminology Relating to Textiles
4.2 In selecting or developing a carpet or resilient flooring
D907Terminology of Adhesives
or other adhesive, it is critical to have knowledge regarding
D1084Test Methods for Viscosity of Adhesives
how well the adhesive will bond to the substrate and to the
D1337Practice for Storage Life of Adhesives by Viscosity
flooring material.
and Bond Strength
D6004 Test Method for Determining Adhesive Shear
4.3 Heat accelerated aging is necessary to establish the
Strength of Carpet Adhesives
stability of the adhesive as it concerns storage/shelf life
D6862Test Method for 90 Degree Peel Resistance of
including viscosity (Test Method D1084) while remaining in
Adhesives
an unopen container for prolonged periods.
D7799Specification for Tufted and Woven Broadloom Car-
4.4 In determining the applicable physical properties for
shear strength (Test Method D6004) and peel strength (Test
Method D6862) for the determination of dimensional stability
This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee D14 on Adhesives
of the assembled flooring material.
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D14.10 on Working Properties.
Current edition approved Nov. 15, 2017. Published December 2017. DOI:
5. Apparatus
10.1520/D8089-17.
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
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