1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers the chemical and physical quality specifications or requirements, or both, for Industry Reference Materials (IRMs) as cited in Practice D4678 and other standards.

1.2 IRMs, as evaluated and referenced in Practice D4678 , are vitally important to conduct product, specification, and development testing in the rubber and carbon black industries.

1.3 Before a new lot of material can be accepted as an IRM, it must comply with the specifications prescribed in this specification. However, these specifications are only part of the requirements. Other requirements as given in Practice D4678 shall be met before a candidate material can be formally accepted as an IRM.

1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.

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.

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

D88 Test Method for Saybolt Viscosity

D92 Test Method for Flash and Fire Points by Cleveland Open Cup Tester

D97 Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products

D280 Test Methods for Hygroscopic Moisture (and Other Matter Volatile Under the Test Conditions) in Pigments

D287 Test Method for API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Petroleum Products (Hydrometer Method)

D445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)

D611 Test Methods for Aniline Point and Mixed Aniline Point of Petroleum Products and Hydrocarbon Solvents

D1278 Test Methods for Rubber from Natural Sources--Chemical Analysis

D1416 Test Methods for Rubber from Synthetic Sources--Chemical Analysis

D1500 Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale)

D1519 Test Methods for Rubber Chemicals--Determination of Melting Range

D1646 Test Methods for Rubber--Viscosity, Stress Relaxation, and Pre-Vulcanization Characteristics (Mooney Viscometer)

D1747 Test Method for Refractive Index of Viscous Materials

D1951 Test Method for Ash in Drying Oils and Fatty Acids

D1959 Test Method for Iodine Value of Drying Oils and Fatty Acids

D1960 Test Method for Loss on Heating of Drying Oils

D1965 Test Method for Unsaponifiable Matter in Drying Oils, Fatty Acids, and Polymerized Fatty Acids

D1980 Test Method for Acid Value of Fatty Acids and Polymerized Fatty Acids

D1982 Test Method for Titer of Fatty Acids

D1993 Test Method for Precipitated Silica-Surface Area by Multipoint BET Nitrogen Adsorption

D2007 Test Method for Characteristic Groups in Rubber Extender and Processing Oils and Other Petroleum-Derived Oils by the Clay-Gel Absorption Chromatographic Method

D2140 Practice for Calculating Carbon-Type Composition of Insulating Oils of Petroleum Origin

D2161 Practice for Conversion of Kinematic Viscosity to Saybolt Universal Viscosity or to Saybolt Furol Viscosity

D2501 Test Method for Calculation of Viscosity-Gravity Constant (VGC) of Petroleum Oils

D3037 Test Method for Carbon Black--Surface Area by Nitrogen Adsorption

D3157 Test Method for Rubber from Natural Sources--Color

D3194 Test Method for Rubber From Natural Sources--Plasticity Retention Index (PRI)

D3280 Test Methods for Analysis of White Zinc Pigments

D4004 Test Methods for Rubber--Determination of Metal Content by Flame Atomic Absorption (AAS) Analysis

D4075 Test Methods for Rubber Compounding Materials--Flame Atomic Absorption Analysis--Determination of Metals

D4315 Test Methods for Rubber Compounding Material--Zinc Oxide

D4569 Test Method for Rubber Compounding Materials--Determination of Acidity in Sulfur

D4570 Test Method for Rubber Chemicals--Determination of Particle Size of Sulfur by Sieving (Dry)

D4571 Test Methods for Rubber Compounding Materials--Determination of Volatile Material

D4572 Test Method for Rubber Chemicals--Wet Sieve Analysis of Sulfur

D4574 Test Methods for Rubber Compounding Materials--Determination of Ash Content

D4578 Test Methods for Rubber Chemicals--Determination of Percent Sulfur by Extraction

D4678 Practice for Rubber--Preparation, Testing, Acceptance, Documentation, and Use of Reference Materials

D4934 Test Method for Rubber Compounding Materials: 2-Benzothiazyl Sulfenamide Accelerators--Insolubles

D4936 Test Method for Mercaptobenzothiazole Sulfenamide Assay by Reduction/Titration

D5289 Test Method for Rubber Property--Vulcanization Using Rotorless Cure Meters

Keywords

industry reference materials; IRM; reference materials ;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 19.020 (Test conditions and procedures in general); 83.020 (Manufacturing processes in the rubber and plastics industries)

DOI: 10.1520/D5900-12

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