ASTM D146-03
(Test Method)Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Bitumen-Saturated Felts and Woven Fabrics for Roofing and Waterproofing
Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Bitumen-Saturated Felts and Woven Fabrics for Roofing and Waterproofing
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1.1 These test methods cover the sampling and examination of felts or woven fabrics, saturated or impregnated but not coated with asphaltic or coal-tar materials, for use in waterproofing or for the construction of built-up roof coverings.
1.2 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.
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Designation: D 146 – 03
Standard Test Methods for
Sampling and Testing Bitumen-Saturated Felts and Woven
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Fabrics for Roofing and Waterproofing
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 146; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope D 4312 Test Method for Toluene-Insoluble (TI) Content of
Tar and Pitch (Short Method)
1.1 These test methods cover the sampling and examination
of felts or woven fabrics, saturated or impregnated but not
3. Sampling
coated with asphaltic or coal-tar materials, for use in water-
3.1 From each shipment of the specified saturated felt or
proofing or for the construction of built-up roof coverings.
fabric, select at random a number of rolls equal to one half the
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
cube root of the total number of rolls in the lot. If the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
specification requires sampling during manufacture, consider
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
the lot to be the planned production quantity and select the rolls
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
at uniformly spaced time intervals throughout the production
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
period. The minimum sample shall consist of five rolls. If the
2. Referenced Documents calculated number is fractional, express it as the next highest
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whole number. For convenience, the following table, showing
2.1 ASTM Standards:
the number of rolls to be selected from lots of various sizes, is
D 95 Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products and
given:
Bituminous Materials by Distillation
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Number of Rolls in Shipment Number of Rolls in Sample
D 147 Methods of Testing Bituminous Mastics
D 645/D 645M Test Method for Thickness of Paper and
Up to 1 000 5
Paperboard 1 001 to 1 728 6
1 729 to 2 744 7
D 828 Test Method for Properties of Paper and Paperboard
2 745 to 4 096 8
Using Constant Rate-of-Elongation Apparatus
4 097 to 5 832 9
D 1079 Terminology Relating to Roofing, Waterproofing,
5 833 to 8 000 10
8 001 to 10 648 11
and Bituminous Materials
10 649 to 13 842 12
D 1682 Test Methods for Breaking Load and Elongation of
13 843 to 17 576 13
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Textile Fabrics
17 577 to 21 952 14
D 1910 Test Methods for Construction Characteristics of
The rolls so selected constitute the representative sample
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Woven Fabrics
used for all subsequent observations and tests pertaining to the
D 4072 Test Method for Toluene-Insoluble (TI) Content of
lot of material being examined. Identify each individual roll.
Tar and Pitch
EXAMINATION OF REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE
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4. Gross Mass per Roll
These test methods are under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D08 on
Roofing and Waterproofing and are the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
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4.1 Weigh each roll, intact, to the nearest 100 g ( ⁄4 lb), and
D08.04 on Felts and Fabrics.
record each weight as the gross mass of that roll.
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2003. Published January 2004. Originally
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approved in 1922. Last previous edition approved in 1997 as D 146 – 97 .
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5. Mass of Wrapping Material and Mandrel (Core)
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5.1 Strip each roll of its wrappings and weigh it to the
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
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nearest ⁄4 lb (100 g). If mandrels (cores) are used, collect them
the ASTM website.
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Withdrawn. after the rolls are unwound and weigh them together, to the
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nearest ⁄4 lb (100 g). Calculate the average mass of the
g/m 5 1333.3 D/E ~lb/100 ft 5 1.0582 D/E! (3)
wrappings and mandrels per roll and record.
For Fabrics:
6. Mandrels (Cores)
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g/m 5 1333.3 D/E ~ oz/yd 5 1.5238 D/E! (4)
6.1 Determine the shape of the cross section of the mandrels
(cores) and report. If circular, measure the outside diameter to
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the nearest ⁄16 in. (1 mm). If square, measure each outside edge
where:
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to the nearest ⁄16 in. (1 mm). Measure and report the length of D = mass of the specimen, g, and
the mandrel projecting beyond each end of each roll to the E = width of the specimen, mm (in.).
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nearest ⁄4 in. (5 mm). The mass so determined shall be within 1 % of the average
net mass per unit area (Section 9)
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