ASTM D6040-01
(Guide)Standard Guide to Standard Test Methods for Unsintered Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Extruded Film or Tape
Standard Guide to Standard Test Methods for Unsintered Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Extruded Film or Tape
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1.1 This guide identifies test methods to use in evaluating unsintered extruded films or tapes manufactured from polytetrafluoroethylene.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
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.
Note 1—There is no ISO standard that covers all of the information included in this guide. A few of these test methods are mentioned in ISO 12086-2:1995.
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Designation: D 6040 – 01
Standard Guide to
Standard Test Methods for Unsintered
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Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Extruded Film or Tape
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 6040; 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* D 883 Terminology Relating to Plastics
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D 1711 Terminology Relating to Electrical Insulation
1.1 This guide identifies test methods to use in evaluating
D 2288 Test Method for Weight Loss of Plasticizers on
unsintered extruded films or tapes manufactured from polytet-
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Heating
rafluoroethylene.
D 3776 Test Methods for Mass per Unit Area (Weight) of
1.2 The values stated in SI units as detailed in IEEE/ASTM
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Fabric
SI 10, are to be regarded as standard.
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F 335 Terminology Related to Electrostatic Copying
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
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F 412 Terminology Related to Plastic Piping Systems
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
IEEE/ASTM SI 10 Standard for Use of the International
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
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System of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
2.2 ISO Standard:
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
ISO 12086-2:1995 Plastics—Fluoropolymer Dispersions
NOTE 1—There is no ISO standard that covers all of the information
and Moulding and Extrusion Materials—Part 2: Prepara-
included in this guide. A few of these test methods are mentioned in
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tion of Test Specimens and Determination of Properties
ISO 12086-2:1995.
3. Terminology
2. Referenced Documents
3.1 Definitions: Definitions are in accordance with Test
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Methods D 257 and Terminologies D 883 and D 1711, unless
D 149 Test Methods for Dielectric Breakdown Voltage and
otherwise specified.
Dielectric Strength of Electrical Insulating Materials at
2 3.1.1 apparent density, n—the weight per unit volume of a
Commercial Power Frequencies
material including voids inherent in the material as tested, see
D 150 Test Methods for A-C Loss Characteristics and
Terminology F 412.
Permittivity (Dielectric Constant) of Solid Electrical Insu-
3.1.2 lot, n—one production run, or uniform blend of two or
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lation
more production runs.
D 257 Test Methods for D-C Resistance or Conductance of
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
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Insulating Materials
3.2.1 film, n—full-width material received as finished film.
D 374 Test Methods for Thickness of Solid Electrical Insu-
3.2.2 tape, n—material that has been slit from the finished
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lation
film.
D 792 TestMethodsforDensityandSpecificGravity(Rela-
3.2.3 volume resistivity, n—the volume resistance (in ohm-
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tive Density) of Plastics by Displacement
centimetres) between opposite faces of a material where the
D 882 Test Methods for Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic
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Sheeting
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.02.
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D20 on Plastics and Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.09.
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is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D20.15 on Thermoplastic Materials. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.04.
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Current edition approved August 10, 2001. Published October 2001. Originally Available from ASTM Headquarters, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Consho-
published as D 6040 – 96. Last previous edition D 6040 – 96. hocken, PA 19428.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 10.01. Available from American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42nd St., 13th
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.01. Floor, New York, NY 10036.
*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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D6040–01
NOTE 3—Test Methods D 792 can be used due to the inability of water
values are obtained by the measure of resistance to electrical
to penetrate the film or tape.
current between electrodes placed in contact with the opposing
NOTE 4—Especially useful for this test, has been the electronic den-
surfaces of the sample (see Terminology F 335).
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simeter, Model ED-120 T.
NOTE 5—Avolumemethodmaybeusedprovidingthatthetestingerror
4. Test Specimens
is held to less than one third of the total allowable variance. Calculate the
4.1 The number of test specimens shall be in accordance
density as follows:
with the requirements of the
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