ASTM D1047-07

Standard Specification for Poly(Vinyl Chloride) Jacket for Wire and Cable

ABSTRACT
This specification covers a durable general-purpose thermoplastic jacket made from poly(vinyl chloride) or the copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate for use in wires and cables at specified minimum installing temperature. The jackets shall meet specified values of the following physical and electrical properties: unexposed (unaged) tensile strength and elongation at rupture; tensile strength and elongation at rupture after air oven aging and oil immersion tests; heat distortion; heat shock; cold bend; surface resistivity; and U-bend discharge at required cable insulation AC test voltage.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers a durable general-purpose thermoplastic jacket made from poly(vinyl chloride) or the copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate suitable for a minimum installing temperature of -10 °C.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are the standard, except in cases where SI units are more appropriate. The values in parentheses are for information only.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Apr-2007
• ICS: 29.035.20 - Plastics and rubber insulating materials
• Technical Committee: D09 - Electrical and Electronic Insulating Materials

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D1047-95(2001) - Standard Specification for Poly(Vinyl Chloride) Jacket for Wire and Cable
• Effective Date: 01-May-2007
• Replaced By: ASTM D1047-11 - Standard Specification for Poly(Vinyl Chloride) Jacket for Wire and Cable
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2011

Standards Content (Sample)

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An American National Standard
Designation: D1047 – 07
Standard Specification for
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Poly(Vinyl Chloride) Jacket for Wire and Cable
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D1047; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope* 3. TestApplicable for Sunlight and Weather Resistant
Materials
1.1 This specification covers a durable general-purpose
thermoplastic jacket made from poly(vinyl chloride) or the 3.1 The jacket shall retain a minimum of 80% of its
copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate suitable for a unexposed tensile strength and elongation after 720 h of
minimum installing temperature of −10°C. exposure in a dual carbon-arc apparatus or a Xenon arc light
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are the standard, apparatus. Prepare the specimens in accordance with Test
exceptincaseswhereSIunitsaremoreappropriate.Thevalues Methods D2633 for physical tests of insulations and jackets.
in parentheses are for information only. Do not buff the surface that is exposed to the light source.
PerformthetestinaccordancewithPracticeD2565orPractice
2. Referenced Documents
D6360, depending on which type of apparatus is used. Use
2
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Cycle 1 in TableX1.1 of Practice G153 or Cycle 1 in
D2565 Practice for Xenon-Arc Exposure of Plastics In- TableX3.1 of Practice G155, depending on which type of
tended for Outdoor Applications
apparatus is used.
D2633 Test Methods for Thermoplastic Insulations and
NOTE 1—Previous versions of this specification referenced carbon-arc
Jackets for Wire and Cable
devices described by Practice G23, which described very specific equip-
D6360 Practice for Enclosed Carbon-Arc Exposures of
ment designs. Practice G23 has been withdrawn and replaced by Practice
Plastics
G151, which describes performance criteria for all exposure devices that
use laboratory light sources, and by Practice G152 and Practice G153,
G23 Practice for Operating Light-Exposure Apparatus
which give requirements for exposing nonmetallic materials in filtered
(Carbon-Arc Type) With and Without Water for Exposure
3 open flame carbon-arc devices and enclosed carbon-arc devices, respec-
of Nonmetallic Materials (Discontinued 2001)
tively.
G151 Practice for Exposing Nonmetallic Materials in Ac-
celerated Test Devices that Use Laboratory Light Sources
4. Physical Properties
G152 Practice for Operating Open Flame CarbonArc Light
4.1 The jacket shall conform to the requirements for physi-
Apparatus for Exposure of Nonmetallic Materials
cal properties prescribed in Table 1.
G153 Practice for Operating Enclosed Carbon Arc Light
4.2 When used on single-conductor nonshielded cable rated
Apparatus for Exposure of Nonmetallic Materials
2001 to 5000 V phase to phase, the jacket shall also conform
G155 PracticeforOperatingXenonArcLightApparatusfor
to the requirements for surface resistivity and U-bend dis-
Exposure of Non-Metallic Materials
charge in Table 2.
5. Sampling
1
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D09 on
5.1 Sample the jacket in accordance with Methods D2633
Electrical and Electronic Insulating Materials and is the direct responsibility of
unless otherwise
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