ASTM F1186-99

Standard Classification System for Chemicals According to Functional Groups

SCOPE
1.1 This standard is to provide a classification system for chemical compounds, primarily by functional groups with a three-digit numerical code. Polyfunctional compounds can be cross-indexed by use of as many codes as there are functional groups.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Jan-1999
• ICS: 07.030 - Physics. Chemistry
• Technical Committee: F23 - Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment
• Drafting Committee: F23.30 - Chemicals

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM F1186-03 - Standard Classification System for Chemicals According to Functional Groups
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F1296-08(2023) - Standard Guide for Evaluating Chemical Protective Clothing
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-1999

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 1186 – 99
Standard Classification System for
Chemicals According to Functional Groups
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1186; 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 data are available for only a very small fraction of the
chemicals for which protective clothing is used. However, for
1.1 This standard provides a classification system for
chemicals for which no data are available, a knowledge of the
chemical compounds whereby chemicals are assigned a 3-digit
chemical class sometimes can give insight into the resistance of
code based primarily on chemical class. Poly-functional
a prospective clothing material.
compounds should be classified by all applicable code numbers
associated with their component functional groups.
NOTE 1—The present state of knowledge precludes reliable estimates
from chemical class alone.
2. Significance and Use
2.3 The classification system also facilitates the develop-
2.1 In many situations where chemicals are interacting with
ment of predictive methodology by researchers in a variety of
other chemicals or materials, the interaction is strongly depen-
fields, in addition to protective clothing.
dent and often correlated with the functional group(s) present.
These interactions include chemical reaction, dissolution, and
3. Terminology
swelling/permeation of polymeric materials. For this reason, it
3.1 Definitions:
is useful to have a standard means for classifying chemicals.
3.1.1 functional group—the atom or group of atoms that
2.2 One application for this classification system is in the
defines the chemical class of a particular family of organic
selection of chemical protective clothing based on the chemical
compounds and, at the same time, determines their properties.
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resistance of the clothing materials. Chemical resistance
4. Basis of Classification
4.1 Three-digit numbers were assigned to each class. The
This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-23 on Protective
major classes generally were a multiple of 10 (printed in bold
Clothing and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F23.30 on Chemicals.
Current edition approved Jan. 10, 1999. Published March 1999. Originally type), with subclasses numbered between.
published as F 1186 – 88. Last previous edition F 1186 – 98.
4.2 Subcommittee F23.30 has jurisdiction for designating
Classification in this guide is based on assignment of 3-digit codes, found in the
new classes. Proposals should be made to that group. The list
Guidelines for the Selection of Chemical Protective Clothing, 3rd Ed. (Vols I and II),
will be updated periodically through the ASTM balloting
Schwope et al. NTIS Accession Nos. ADA179 516 and ADA179 164, to the groups
listed in the Functional Group Index, Kodak Laboratory Chemicals, Kodak
process as needed; interim lists will be made immediately
Laboratory Products Catalog No. 53, 1987–1988, p 1f–30f.
available from the subcommittee.
Chemical Protective Clothing Permeation and Degradation Database, K.
4.3 See Annex A1 for the classification system.
Forsberg et al., Lewis Publisher, CRC Press Inc., 2000 Corporate Blvd., N.W., Boca
Raton, FL 33431-9964.
5. Keywords
Guidelines for the Selection of Chemical Protective Clothing, Johnson et al.,
U.S. Dept. of Energy Report DE-02357T, 1991.
5.1 chemical classification; chemical resistance; chemicals;
Quick Selection Guide to Chemical Protective Clothing, 3rd ed., Forsberg and
clothing; protective; groups; functional
Mansdorf, VanNostrand Reinhold, 111 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10003, 1997.
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F 1186–99
ANNEX
(Mandatory Information)
A1. CLASSIFICATION OF CHEMICALS/CHEMICAL CLASS NUMBERS
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