Plastics & Polymers

ASTM Plastics & Polymers Standards

The Plastics & Polymers industry plays a crucial role in modern manufacturing, with applications spanning across various sectors, including automotive, packaging, construction, and consumer goods.

To ensure the quality, safety, and consistency of plastic and polymer products, industry professionals rely on ASTM International standards. These standards provide guidelines for testing, material specifications, and best practices in the development and production of plastics and polymers.

By adopting digital standards and leveraging platforms like ASTM Compass, professionals can streamline their workflows, improve collaboration, and ensure compliance with the latest industry requirements.

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Digital Access to International Plastics Standards

As the Plastics & Polymers industry continues to evolve, ASTM International remains committed to developing and maintaining the standards needed to support innovation, quality, and safety. By embracing digital standards and prioritizing training, professionals in this dynamic field can position themselves and their organizations for success in the years to come.

ASTM Compass is a powerful online platform that provides users with access to a vast collection of ASTM standards and other technical documents. Access to digital ASTM standards offers numerous benefits for professionals in the Plastics & Polymers industry including instant access to the latest versions of standards, ensuring that teams are always working with the most up-to-date information.

Improved collaboration among team members, as digital standards can be easily shared and annotated and streamlined document management and version control, eliminating the need for physical storage and reducing the risk of using outdated standards.

ASTM Standards Pertaining To Rubber, Rubber Products, And Systems And Services Appropriate To Rubber Technology

  • Physical Testing
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Processability Tests
  • Degradation Tests
  • Compounding Materials and Procedures
  • Recycled Rubber
  • Natural Rubber
  • Synthetic Rubbers
  • Rubber Adhesive Systems
  • Classification of Rubber Compounds
  • Rubber Hose and Belting
  • Coated Fabrics, Rubber Threads and Seals
  • Consumer Rubber Products
  • Rubber Contraceptives
  • Medical Gloves
  • Commercial Gloves
  • Extraction Test Methods
  • Rubber Products
  • NonBarrier Rubber Medical Devices

Digital Access to ASTM and Other SDO Standards

In today’s globalized market, plastics and polymers professionals often need to reference standards from multiple standards development organizations (SDOs), such as AATCC and AENOR, in addition to ASTM standards.

Having a centralized platform for accessing and managing standards from various SDOs offers several advantages. Enjoy simplified access to a comprehensive library of standards reduces the time and effort required to locate and obtain relevant documents. Digital access can also mention better integration of standards into product development and quality control processes, ensuring compliance with international requirements.

Finally, you can take advantage of improved efficiency and reduced costs associated with managing multiple subscriptions and licenses for different SDO standards.

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ASTM Standards For The Plastic Industry

ASTM standards have and continue to play a preeminent role in all aspects important to the effective utilization of plastics, including specimen preparation, material specifications and methodologies for mechanical, thermal, optical and analytical testing.

Test methods, specifications, recommended practices, nomenclature, definitions, and the stimulation of research relating to plastics, their raw materials, components, and compounding ingredients, and to finished products made from plastics such as sheets, rods, tubes, pipes, cellular materials, and molded or fabricated articles.

The mechanical, thermal, optical, permanence and durability, and analytical properties of plastics. The materials subcommittees cover numerous types of plastics used by diverse industries, including cellular, olefin and reinforced plastics, thermoplastic and thermosetting materials, and film and sheeting. Product subcommittees address plastic building products (i.e., plastic lumber and vinyl siding) as well as recycled plastics and of environmentally degradable plastics and biobased products.

ASTM Plastic and Polymer Standards Sections:

  • Specimen Preparation
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Quasi-Static Properties
  • Impact and High Speed Properties
  • Dynamic Mechanical Properties
  • Surface Properties
  • Residual Strain Measurement
  • Fracture and Fatigue
  • Engineering and Design
  • Thermoplastic Materials
  • Acrylic Plastics
  • Styrenic Plastics
  • Vinyl Chloride Polymers
  • Polyamides
  • Fluoropolymers
  • Polyoxymethlyene Plastics
  • Thermoplastic Polyesters
  • Thermoplastic Elastomers
  • Polyolefins
  • Thermosetting Materials
  • Reinforced Thermosetting Plastics
  • Film, Sheeting, and Molded Products
  • Plastic Lumber
  • Cellular Materials – Plastics and Elastomers
  • Reinforced Plastic Piping Systems and Chemical Equipment
  • Plastic Building Products
  • Thermal Properties
  • Combustion Characteristics
  • Fundamental Thermal Properties
  • Thermal Processing Properties
  • Optical Properties
  • Durability of Plastics
  • Analytical Methods
  • Physical Methods
  • Chromatography
  • Molecular Parameters
  • Spectroscopic Methods
  • Recycled Plastics
  • SPI Resin Code Section
  • Environmentally Degradable Plastics and Biobased Products

Carbon Black

ASTM standards for the properties of carbon blacks, including stimulation of research and the development of methods of test, classifications, and nomenclature. This scope includes carbon blacks produced by the furnace process and the thermal decomposition process.

  • Carbon Black Structure
  • Carbon Black Surface Area and Related Properties
  • Non-Carbon Black Components of Carbon Black
  • Carbon Black Nomenclature and Terminology
  • Carbon Black Pellet Properties
  • Carbon Black Sampling and Statistical Analysis
  • Environment, Health, and Safety
  • Sustainability
  • Carbon Black Testing in Rubber
  • Carbon Black Microscopy and Morphology

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ASTM Specifications For Plastic Pipe, Fittings, And Appurtenances; Practices For Joining And Installing Plastic Pipes; Test Methods; Terminology, Systems And Services

  • Fittings
  • Composite
  • Joining
  • Vinyl Based Pipe
  • Olefin Based Pipe
  • Test Methods
  • Gas
  • Water
  • Sewer
  • DWV
  • Land Drainage
  • Trenchless Plastic Pipeline Technology
  • Energy Piping Systems

Popular ASTM Plastics Standards

Popular standards in this section (Not an indication of availability in Spanish)

  • ASTM D638 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics
  • ASTM D790 Standard Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials
  • ASTM D882 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic Sheeting
  • ASTM D1435 Standard Practice for Outdoor Weathering of Plastics
  • ASTM D3679 Standard Specification for Rigid Poly(Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Siding
  • ASTM D6400 Standard Specification for Labeling of Plastics Designed to be Aerobically Composted in Municipal or Industrial Facilities
  • ASTM D6866 Standard Test Methods for Determining the Biobased Content of Solid, Liquid, and Gaseous Samples Using Radiocarbon Analysis
  • ASTM D7823 Standard Test Method for Determination of Low Level, Regulated Phthalates in Poly (Vinyl Chloride) Plastics by Thermal Desorption—Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

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