ASTM D4732-02

Standard Specification for Cool-Application Filling Compounds for Telecommunications Wire and Cable

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers a variety of compounds used for filling the air spaces in telecommunications wires and cables (both electrical and fiber optic) for the purpose of preventing water and other undesirable fluids from entering or migrating through the cable structure. (For related standards see Specifications D4730 and D4731.)
1.2 A cool-application compound is a material that has sufficiently low viscosity that it does not require heating.
1.3 The values stated in SI units are the standard.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Sep-2002
• ICS: 33.120.10 - Coaxial cables. Waveguides
• Technical Committee: D09 - Electrical and Electronic Insulating Materials

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D4732-93(1998) - Standard Specification for Cool-Application Filling Compounds for Telecommunications Wire and Cable
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2002
• Replaced By: ASTM D4732-02(2008)e1 - Standard Specification for Cool-Application Filling Compounds for Telecommunications Wire and Cable
• Effective Date: 01-May-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D4568-13(2020) - Standard Test Methods for Evaluating Compatibility Between Cable Filling and Flooding Compounds and Polyolefin Wire and Cable Materials
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2002
• Referred By: ASTM D4730-13(2020) - Standard Specification for Flooding Compounds for Telecommunications Wire and Cable
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2002
• Referred By: ASTM D4967-21 - Standard Guide for Selecting Materials to Be Used for Insulation, Jacketing, and Strength Components in Fiber-Optic Cables
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2002
• Referred By: ASTM D4565-20 - Standard Test Methods for Physical and Environmental Performance Properties of <brk/>Insulations and Jackets for Telecommunications Wire and Cable
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F1837M-97(2018) - Standard Specification for Heat-Shrink Cable Entry Seals (Metric)
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2002
• Referred By: ASTM D4731-13(2020) - Standard Specification for Hot-Application Filling Compounds for Telecommunications Wire and Cable
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

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An American National Standard
Designation: D 4732 – 02
Standard Specification for
Cool-Application Filling Compounds for
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Telecommunications Wire and Cable
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4732; 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.
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1. Scope Waxes, Including Petrolatum
D 942 Test Method for Oxidation Stability of Lubricating
1.1 This specification covers a variety of compounds used
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Greases by the Oxygen Bomb Method
for filling the air spaces in telecommunications wires and
D 972 Test Method for Evaporation Loss of Lubricating
cables (both electrical and fiber optic) for the purpose of
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Greases and Oils
preventing water and other undesirable fluids from entering or
D 1264 Test Method for Determining the Water Washout
migrating through the cable structure. (For related standards
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Characteristics of Lubricating Greases
see Specifications D 4730 and D 4731.)
D 1500 Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Prod-
1.2 A cool-application compound is a material that has
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ucts (ASTM Color Scale)
sufficiently low viscosity that it does not require heating.
D 1742 Test Method for Oil Separation from Lubricating
1.3 The values stated in SI units are the standard.
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Grease During Storage
2. Referenced Documents D 1743 Test Method for Determining Corrosion Preventive
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Properties of Lubricating Greases
2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 2161 Practice for Conversion of Kinematic Viscosity to
D 6 Test Method for Loss on Heating of Oil and Asphaltic
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Saybolt Universal Viscosity or to Saybolt Furol Viscosity
Compounds
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D 3895 Test Method for Oxidative Induction Time of Poly-
D 88 Test Method for Saybolt Viscosity
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olefins by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
D 92 Test Method for Flash and Fire Points by Cleveland
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D 3954 Test Method for Dropping Point of Waxes
Open Cup
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D 4565 Test Methods for Physical and Environmental Per-
D 97 Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products
formance Properties of Insulations and Jackets for Tele-
D 127 Test Method for Drop Melting Point of Petroleum
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communications Wire and Cable
Wax Including Petrolatum
D 4568 Test Methods for Evaluating Compatibility Be-
D 150 Test Methods for AC Loss Characteristics and Per-
tween Cable Filling and Flooding Compounds and Poly-
mittivity (Dielectric Constant) of Solid Electrical Insula-
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olefin Wire and Cable Materials
tion
D 4730 Specification for Flooding Compounds for Tele-
D 217 Test Methods for Cone Penetration of Lubricating
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communications Wire and Cable
Grease
D 4731 Specification for Hot-Application Filling Com-
D 257 Test Methods for DC Resistance or Conductance of
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pounds for Telecommunications Wire and Cable
Insulating Materials
D 4872 Test Method for Dielectric Testing of Wire and
D 445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent
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Cable Filling Compounds
and Opaque Liquids (the Calculation of Dynamic Viscos-
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ity)
3. Terminology
D 566 Test Method for Dropping Point of Lubricating
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3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
Grease
3.1.1 filling material—any of several materials used to fill
D 938 Test Method for Congealing Point of Petroleum
the air spaces in the cores of multi-conductor insulated wires
and cables, or between buffer tubes covering optical fibers, or
within such buffer tubes, or any combination of these configu-
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D09 on
rations and any other cable components, for the purpose of
Electrical and Electronic Insulating Materials and is the direct responsibility of
Subcommittee D09.18 on Solid Insulations, Non-Metallic Shieldings and Coverings
excluding water and other undesirable fluids; especially with
for Electrical and Telecommunication Wires and Cables.
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 2002. Published October 2002. Originally
published as D 4732 – 87. Last previous edition D 4732–93 (1998).
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.04. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.02.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.01. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.04.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 10.01. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 10.02.
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D4732–02
regard to telecommunications wire and cable, including optical specimen holder. Other electrodes may be used as agreed upon
cable, intended for outside aerial, buried, or underground between the producer and the purchaser. The voltage applied
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