ASTM C1349-96

Standard Specification for Architectural Flat Glass Clad Polycarbonate

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the quality requirements for cut sizes of glass clad polycarbonate (GCP) for use in buildings as security glazing.  
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound 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.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Jul-1996
• ICS: 83.140.10 - Films and sheets
• Technical Committee: C14 - Glass and Glass Products
• Drafting Committee: C14.08 - Flat Glass

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM C1349-04 - Standard Specification for Architectural Flat Glass Clad Polycarbonate
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2004

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 1349 – 96
Standard Specification for
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Architectural Flat Glass Clad Polycarbonate
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 1349; 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 D 1005 Test Method for Measurement of Dry-Film Thick-
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ness of Organic Coatings Using Micrometers
1.1 This specification covers the quality requirements for
D 1044 Test Method for Resistance of Transparent Plastics
cut sizes of glass clad polycarbonate (GCP) for use in buildings
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to Surface Abrasion
as security glazing.
D 3763 Test Method for High-Speed Puncture Properties of
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
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Plastics Using Load and Displacement Sensors
as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for
E 308 Practice for Computing the Colors of Objects by
information only.
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Using the CIE System
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
2.3 ANSI Standard:
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Z97.1 Safety Glazing Materials Used in Buildings—Safety
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
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Performance Specifications and Methods of Tests
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
2.4 Federal Document:
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
CPSC 16 CFR 1201 Consumer Product Safety Commission
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2. Referenced Documents Safety Standard for Architectural Glazing Materials
2.5 Other Document:
2.1 Reference to these documents shall be the latest revision
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Uniform Building Code Standard 52-4
unless otherwise specified by the authority applying this
specification.
3. Terminology
2.2 ASTM Standards:
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3.1 Definitions—Refer to the terminology in the ASTM
C 162 Terminology of Glass and Glass Products
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standards referenced in 2.2, as appropriate.
C 1036 Specification for Flat Glass
3.1.1 blemishes in flat glass—refer to Specification C 1036,
C 1048 Specification for Heat-Treated Flat Glass—Kind
2 as appropriate.
HS, Kind FT Coated and Uncoated Glass
3.1.2 blemishes in polycarbonate—refer to Appendix X1.
C 1172 Specification for Laminated Architectural Flat
2 3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
Glass
3.2.1 adhesion chips—glass particles or crystalline material
D 256 Test Method for Determining the Pendulum Impact
3 that is permanently bonded to the surface of a lite.
Resistance of Notched Specimens of Plastics
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3.2.2 aliphatic polyether urethane—a thermoplastic inter-
D 638 Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics
layer required to bond polycarbonate lite to polycarbonate or
D 648 Test Method for Deflection Temperature of Plastics
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glass lite.
Under Flexural Load
3.2.3 asymmetrical construction—see non-symmetrical.
D 790 Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Unreinforced
3.2.4 blow-in—a separation of glass or polycarbonate and
and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materi-
3 interlayer at or close to the laminate edge.
als
3.2.5 boil (bubble)—a gas pocket in the interlayer material
D 792 Test Methods for Density and Specific Gravity (Rela-
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or between the glass or polycarbonate and the interlayer.
tive Density) of Plastics by Displacement
D 1003 Test Method for Haze and Luminous Transmittance
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of Transparent Plastics
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.01.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.02.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C-14 on Glass Available from American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42nd St., 13th
and Glass Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C14.08 on Flat Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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Glass. Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk, Bldg. 4 Section D, 700
Current edition approved July 10, 1996. Published September 1996. Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Attn: NPODS.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.02. Available from International Conference of Building Officials, 5360 South
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.01. Workman Mill Road, Whittier, CA 90601.
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C1349–96
3.2.6 bond—adhesion of the glass or polycarbonate ply to 3.2.32 offset—a mismatch of the edges of two or more glass
the interlayer. or polycarbonate plies as part of the design of the laminate.
3.2.7 bow and warp—a curve, bend, or other dev
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