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ASTM F88-05

(Test Method)

Standard Test Method for Seal Strength of Flexible Barrier Materials

Standard Test Method for Seal Strength of Flexible Barrier Materials

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1.1 This test method covers the measurement of the strength of seals in flexible barrier materials.
1.2 The test may be conducted on seals between a flexible material and a rigid material.
1.3 Seals tested in accordance with this test method may be from any source, laboratory or commercial.
1.4 This test method measures the force required to separate a test strip of material containing the seal. It also identifies the mode of specimen failure.
1.5 SI units are preferred. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.6 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.

General Information

Status
Historical
Publication Date
31-Mar-2005
ICS
55.080 - Sacks. Bags
Technical Committee
F02 - Primary Barrier Packaging
Drafting Committee
F02.20 - Physical Properties
Current Stage
Ref Project

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Replaces
ASTM F88-00 - Standard Test Method for Seal Strength of Flexible Barrier Materials
Effective Date
01-Apr-2005
Replaced By
ASTM F88-06 - Standard Test Method for Seal Strength of Flexible Barrier Materials
Effective Date
01-Apr-2006
Referred By
ASTM F2097-20 - Standard Guide for Design and Evaluation of Primary Flexible Packaging for Medical Products
Effective Date
01-Apr-2005
Referred By
ASTM D6287-17 - Standard Practice for Cutting Film and Sheeting Test Specimens
Effective Date
01-Apr-2005
Referred By
ASTM D8065/D8065M-16 - Standard Classification System and Basis for Specification for Specifying Plastic Films
Effective Date
01-Apr-2005
Referred By
ASTM F99-21 - Standard Guide for Writing a Specification for Flexible Barrier Rollstock Materials
Effective Date
01-Apr-2005
Referred By
ASTM F2824-10(2020) - Standard Test Method for Mechanical Seal Strength Testing for Round Cups and Bowl Containers with Flexible Peelable Lids
Effective Date
01-Apr-2005
Referred By
ASTM F2559/F2559M-21 - Standard Guide for Writing a Specification for Sterilizable Peel Pouches
Effective Date
01-Apr-2005
Referred By
ASTM F1140/F1140M-13(2020)e1 - Standard Test Methods for Internal Pressurization Failure Resistance of Unrestrained Packages
Effective Date
01-Apr-2005
Referred By
ASTM D3981-09a(2016) - Standard Specification for Polyethylene Films Made from Medium-Density Polyethylene for General Use and Packaging Applications
Effective Date
01-Apr-2005
Referred By
ASTM C1484-10(2018) - Standard Specification for Vacuum Insulation Panels
Effective Date
01-Apr-2005
Referred By
ASTM F904-22 - Standard Practice for Separation of Plies for Bond Strength of Laminated Flexible Materials
Effective Date
01-Apr-2005
Referred By
ASTM D4397-16 - Standard Specification for Polyethylene Sheeting for Construction, Industrial, and Agricultural Applications
Effective Date
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Referred By
ASTM F2029-16(2021) - Standard Practices for Making Laboratory Heat Seals for Determination of Heat Sealability of Flexible Barrier Materials as Measured by Seal Strength
Effective Date
01-Apr-2005
Referred By
ASTM F2054/F2054M-13(2020) - Standard Test Method for Burst Testing of Flexible Package Seals Using Internal Air Pressurization Within Restraining Plates
Effective Date
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Designation: F 88 – 05
Standard Test Method for
1
Seal Strength of Flexible Barrier Materials
ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF 88;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginal
adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript
epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.1.1.1 Discussion—The average force normally is calcu-
lated by the testing machine from the digitized plot of force
1.1 Thistestmethodcoversthemeasurementofthestrength
versus grip travel. The plot starts from zero force after slack
of seals in flexible barrier materials.
has been removed from the test strip. The initial ramp-up from
1.2 The test may be conducted on seals between a flexible
zero to the force level required to peel the seal is not indicative
material and a rigid material.
of seal strength, and data from that part of the curve should not
1.3 Seals tested in accordance with this test method may be
be included in the calculation of average strength, nor should
from any source, laboratory or commercial.
the return to zero following complete failure of the specimen.
1.4 This test method measures the force required to separate
The amount of data actually discarded on each end of the
a test strip of material containing the seal. It also identifies the
measured seal-profile curve must be the same for all tests
mode of specimen failure.
within any set of comparisons of average seal strength (see
1.5 SI units are preferred. The values given in parentheses
6.1.1 and 9.8.1).
are for information only.
3.1.2 flexible, adj—indicates a material with flexural
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
strengthandthicknesspermittingaturnbackatanapproximate
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
180 degree angle.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
3.1.3 maximum seal strength, n—maximum force per unit
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
width of seal required to separate progressively a flexible
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
material from a rigid material or another flexible material,
2. Referenced Documents
under the conditions of the test.
2
2.1 ASTM Standards:
4. Significance and Use
D 882 Test Method for Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic
4.1 Sealstrengthisaquantitativemeasureforuseinprocess
Sheeting
3
validation, process control and capability. Seal strength is not
D 1898 Practice for Sampling of Plastics
only relevant to opening force and package integrity, but to
E 171 Specification for Atmospheres for Conditioning and
measuring the packaging processes’ ability to produce consis-
Testing Flexible Barrier Materials
tent seals. Seal strength at some minimum level is a necessary
E 691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
package requirement, and at times it is desirable to limit the
Determine the Precision of a Test Method
strength of the seal to facilitate opening.
3. Terminology
4.1.1 The maximum seal force is important information, but
for some applications, average force to open the seal may be
3.1 Definitions:
useful, and in those cases also should be reported.
3.1.1 average seal strength, n—averageforceperunitwidth
4.2 When a seal fails adhesively (peel seal) the value of the
of seal required to separate progressively a flexible material
bond strength measured is reported. A cohesive failure of the
from a rigid material or another flexible material, under the
bond, delamination, or failure elsewhere in the test strip
conditions of the test.
indicates that the substrate, not the seal interface, would be the
limiting factor in the strength of a package. In those cases seal
1
This test method is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F02 on Flexible
strength may be reported as “no less than” the strength
Barrier Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F02.20 on
measured.
Physical Properties.
4.3 A portion of the force measured when testing materials
Current edition approved April 1, 2005. Published April 2005. Originally
may be a bending component and not seal strength alone. A
approved in 1968. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as F 88 – 00.
2
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
number of fixtures and schemes have been devised to hold
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
samples at various angles to the pull direction to control this
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
bending force. Because the effect of each of these on test
the ASTM website.
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Withdrawn.
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