ASTM D4332-99
Historical Standard: ASTM D4332-99 Standard Practice for Conditioning Containers, Packages, or Packaging Components for Testing
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ASTM D4332
1. Scope
1.1 This practice provides for standard and special conditioning and testing atmospheres that may be used to simulate particular field conditions that a container, package, or packaging component may encounter during its life or testing cycle.
1.2 This practice describes procedures for conditioning these containers, packages, or packaging components so that they may reach equilibrium with the atmosphere to which they may be exposed.
1.3 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.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
ASTM Standards
D685 Practice for Conditioning Paper and Paper Products for Testing
D996 Terminology of Packaging and Distribution Environments
E41 Terminology Relating To Conditioning
E171 Practice for Conditioning and Testing Flexible Barrier Packaging
E337 Test Method for Measuring Humidity with a Psychrometer (the Measurement of Wet- and Dry-Bulb Temperatures)
ISO Standard
2233 Packaging--Complete, Filled Transport Packages: Conditioning for Testing Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.Forest Products Laboratory
MoistureContentvs.Re Content vs. Relative Humidity Chart Available from Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Dr., Madison, WI 53726.Keywords
conditioning; conditions; containers; environment; materials; packages ;
ICS Code
ICS Number Code 55.020 (Packaging and distibution of goods in general)
DOI: 10.1520/D4332-99
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