Significance and Use

These test methods cover small-specimen tests for wood-base fiber and particle panel materials that are made to provide:

Data for comparing the mechanical and physical properties of various materials,

Data for determining the influence on the basic properties of such factors as raw material and processing variables, post-treatments of panels, and environmental influences, and

Data for manufacturing control, product research and development, and specification acceptance.

Not all the tests outlined in these test methods may be necessary to evaluate any particular panel for any specified use. In each instance, therefore, it will be necessary to determine which tests shall be made.

1. Scope

1.1 Part A General Test Methods for Evaluating the Basic Properties of Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials . These test methods cover the determination of the properties of wood-base fiber and particle panel materials that are produced as mat-formed panels such as particleboard, medium-density fiberboard, hardboard, and oriented strand board.

1.2 Part B Acceptance and Specification Test Methods for Hardboard . The methods for Part B provide test procedures for measuring the following properties of hardboard:

1.3 There are accepted basic test procedures for various fundamental properties of materials that may be used without modification for evaluating certain properties of wood-based fiber and particle panel materials. These test methods are included elsewhere in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards . The pertinent ones are listed in Table 1. A few of the test methods referenced are for construction where the wood-base materials often are used.

1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI equivalents are approximate in many cases. 1 in. = 25.4 mm, 1 lbf = 4.45 N.

1.5 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 and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

TABLE 1 Basic Test Procedures for Evaluating Properties of Wood Base-Fiber and Particle Panel Materials

ASTM Designation	Test Methods for
C177	Steady-State Heat-Flux Measurements and Thermal Transmission Properties by Means of the Guarded-Hot-Plate Apparatus A
C209	Cellulosic Fiber Insulating Board A
C236	Steady-State Thermal Performance of Building Assemblies by Means of the Guarded Hot Box A
C384	Impedance and Absorption of Acoustical Materials by the Imped- ance Tube Method A
C423	Sound Absorption and Sound Absorption Coefficients by the Re- verberation Room Method A
D149	Dielectric Breakdown Voltage and Dielectric Strength of Solid Elec- trical Insulating Materials at Commercial Power Frequencies B
D150	A-C Loss Characteristics and Permittivity (Dielectric Constant) of Solid Electrical Insulating Materials B
D257	D-C Resistance or Conductance of Insulating Materials B
D495	High-Voltage, Low-Current, Dry Arc Resistance of Solid Electrical Insulation B
D1666	Conducting Machining Tests of Wood and Wood-Base Materials C
D1761	Mechanical Fasteners in Wood C
E72	Conducting Strength Tests of Panels for Building Construction D
E84	Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials D
E90	Laboratory Measurement of Airborne Sound Transmission Loss of Building Partitions A
E96	Water Vapor Transmission of Materials A
E97	Directional Reflectance Factor, 45-deg 0-deg, of Opaque Specimens by Broad-Band Filter Reflectometry E
E119	Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials D
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