Standard Test Method for Stress Crazing of Acrylic Plastics in Contact with Liquid or Semi-Liquid Compounds

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1.1 This test method covers determination of the crazing effect that a liquid or semi-liquid test compound will have on transparent acrylic plastic material that is under bending stress.  
1.2 Three types of acrylic material are covered. One, two, or all of the materials shall be used in the test, as specified by the procuring agency. When not specified otherwise, all three types of acrylic shall be used in the test.  
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.

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Designation: F 484 – 83 (Reapproved 1998)
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Test Method for
Stress Crazing of Acrylic Plastics in Contact with Liquid or
Semi-Liquid Compounds
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 484; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
e NOTE—Keywords were added editorially in October 1998.
1. Scope 4. Types
1.1 This test method covers determination of the crazing 4.1 Type A, cast acrylic material shall conform to MIL-P-
effect that a liquid or semi-liquid test compound will have on 5425, Finish A.
transparent acrylic plastic material that is under bending stress. 4.2 Type B, cast acrylic material shall conform to MIL-P-
1.2 Three types of acrylic material are covered. One, two, or 8184, Finish B.
all of the materials shall be used in the test, as specified by the 4.3 Type C, stretched acrylic material shall conform to
procuring agency. When not specified otherwise, all three types MIL-P-25690.
of acrylic shall be used in the test.
5. Apparatus
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the 5.1 Stress Apparatus—The means of stressing the acrylic
plastic test specimen bars shall be as shown in Fig. 1.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
6. Test Specimens
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
6.1 The test specimens shall be machined from 0.25 6
2. Referenced Documents
0.025 in. (6.4 6 0.64 mm) thick polished acrylic plastic sheet
conforming to the applicable specification.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 1193 Specification for Reagent Water 6.2 The test specimens shall be 1 6 0.03 in. (25.4 6 0.8
mm) wide by 7 6 0.05 in. (177.8 6 1.27 mm) long by 0.25 6
2.2 Military Standards:
MIL-P-5425 Plastic Sheet, Acrylic, Heat Resistant 0.025 in. (6.4 6 0.64 mm) thick. Edges shall be a smooth
machined surface without cracks.
MIL-P-8184 Plastic Sheet, Acrylic, Modified
MIL-P-25690 Plastic Sheets and Parts, Modified, Acrylic-
3 7. Conditioning
Basic, Monolithic, Crack Propagation Resistant
7.1 Do not anneal Type C acrylic specimens.
3. Terminology
7.2 Anneal Type A and Type B acrylic test specimens after
3.1 Definitions: machining by heating in a circulating air oven at 195 6 5°F
(916 3°C) for 5 ⁄2 h. Cool the specimens to room temperature
3.1.1 craze—a minute surface crack, sometimes hairline in
size. in the oven using a uniform cooling rate of 50°F (28°C)/h.
7.3 Condition all specimens at 75 6 10°F and 50 6 5%
NOTE 1—Hairline craze cracks are very difficult to see except with
relative humidity for a minimum of 24 h just before testing.
careful inspection under properly oriented light.
3.1.2 crack—a fracture or tear. 8. Procedure
8.1 Test two specimens of each acrylic material specified for
each of the test compounds being evaluated.
1 8.2 Conduct the test at a temperature of 75 6 10°F (23 6
This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-7 on
5°C).
Aerospace and Aircraft and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F07.07 on
Qualification Testing of Aircraft Cleaning Materials.
8.3 Carefully load the acrylic specimen as a cantilever beam
Current edition approved Sept. 30, 1983. Published February 1984. Originally
as shown in Fig. 1. Unless otherwise specified, the following
published as F 484 – 77. Last previous edition F 484 – 77.
are recommended stress levels:
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 11.01.
Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk, Bldg. 4 Section D, 700 8.3.1 Type A specimens shall be stressed to an outer fiber
Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Attn: NPODS.
F 484
Load: outer fiber stress 3000 psi (20 685 kPa) Type A acrylic
outer fiber stress 3500 psi (24 132 kPa) Type B acrylic
outer fiber stress 4500 psi (31 027 kPa) Type C acrylic
stress in psi
Formula:
load, lb 5 w 3 t 3
stress in kPa
load, g 5 w 3 t 3
where:
w 5 width of specimen in inches or millimetres to nearest 0.001 in. or 0.025 mm, respectively, and
t 5 thickness of spec
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