ASTM E171-94(1998)

Standard Specification for Standard Atmospheres for Conditioning and Testing Flexible Barrier Materials

SCOPE
1.1 This specification defines the standard temperature and humidity for conditioning and testing of materials at nominally ambient conditions.
1.2 There are many other temperature and humidity conditions which may be appropriately used to test end use conditions such as freezer, refrigerated or abusive storage. These need to be individually established.  
1.3 Temperature and humidity alone are not sufficient to completely define a storage condition. Many other factors may be relevant (such as time, light and atmospheric pressure) which are defined in this specification.
1.4 Only those materials which fall into the general area of flexible packaging materials are included. Many other materials which were included in earlier versions of this specification may also need a definition.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 14-Nov-1994
• Technical Committee: F02 - Primary Barrier Packaging
• Drafting Committee: F02.30 - Mechanical Dispensers

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM E171-94(2002) - Standard Specification for Standard Atmospheres for Conditioning and Testing Flexible Barrier Materials
• Effective Date: 15-Nov-1994

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: E 171 – 94 (Reapproved 1998)
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Standard Specification for
Standard Atmospheres for Conditioning and Testing
Flexible Barrier Materials
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 171; 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.
1. Scope T 402 Standard conditioning and testing atmospheres for
paper, board, pulp handsheets, and related products
1.1 This specification defines the standard temperature and
humidity for conditioning and testing of materials at nominally
3. Standard Atmospheres
ambient conditions.
3.1 Condition and test materials containing paper as fol-
1.2 There are many other temperature and humidity condi-
lows:
tions which may be appropriately used to test end use condi-
Temperature: 23 6 1°C (73.4 6 1.8°F)
tions such as freezer, refrigerated or abusive storage. These
Humidity: 506 2% RH
need to be individually established.
3.2 Condition and test plastic materials as follows:
1.3 Temperature and humidity alone are not sufficient to
completely define a storage condition. Many other factors may Temperature: 23 6 2°C (73.4 6 3.6°F)
Humidity: 506 5% RH
be relevant (such as time, light and atmospheric pressure)
which are not defined in this specification.
3.3 Conditioning and testing of other materials is not within
1.4 Only those materials which fall into the general area of
the scope of this specification.
flexible packaging materials are included. Many other materi-
3.4 T
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