ASTM D1554-01

Standard Terminology Relating to Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Feb-2001
• ICS: 01.040.79 - Wood technology (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 79.060.01 - Wood-based panels in general
• Technical Committee: D07 - Wood
• Drafting Committee: D07.03 - Panel Products

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D1554-00 - Standard Terminology Relating to Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Replaced By: ASTM D1554-01e1 - Standard Terminology Relating to Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D9-20 - Standard Terminology Relating to Wood and Wood-Based Products
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM E2579-23a - Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Wood Products to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM C846-16(2021) - Standard Practice for Application of Cellulosic Fiber Insulating Board for Wall Sheathing
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM C208-22 - Standard Specification for Cellulosic Fiber Insulating Board
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D7032-21 - Standard Specification for Establishing Performance Ratings for Wood-Plastic Composite and Plastic Lumber Deck Boards, Stair Treads, Guards, and Handrails
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D1037-12(2020) - Standard Test Methods for Evaluating Properties of Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D5324-16(2022) - Standard Guide for Testing Water-Borne Architectural Coatings
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D5146-10(2019) - Standard Guide to Testing Solvent-Borne Architectural Coatings
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D6763-16(2022) - Standard Guide for Testing Exterior Wood Stains and Clear Water Repellents
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D1666-22 - Standard Test Methods for Conducting Machining Tests of Wood and Wood-Base Panel Materials
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D1038-19 - Standard Terminology Relating to Veneer, Plywood, and Wood Structural Panels
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D7031-11(2019) - Standard Guide for Evaluating Mechanical and Physical Properties of Wood-Plastic Composite Products
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM C209-20 - Standard Test Methods for Cellulosic Fiber Insulating Board
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:D1554–01
Standard Terminology Relating to
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Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 1554; 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.
INTRODUCTION
The terms included in this terminology are intended to apply to a family of lignocellulosic panel
materials specially manufactured for use industrially as components (core, facing, or panels) of
furniture, cabinets, and the like, and in building construction as siding, sheathing, partitions, door
cores and paneling, acoustical treatments, and as structural components there and elsewhere where the
combination of thickness, panel size, and properties satisfy a particular need. The usual alternative
materials to these wood-base panel materials are wood in the form of lumber and plywood, plastics,
inorganic fiber cement boards, and gypsum board.
The terms used and defined herein differ slightly from some practice. Modifications appeared to be
desirable to clarify the nomenclature since confusion exists because of the similarity of some existing
terms with those for other materials.The use of the terms herein will do much to standardize the terms
pertaining to cellulosic fiberboard, hardboard, and particleboard, the principal materials included. The
board or panel materials included are those derived from wood and the woody tissue of such plants
as bagasse, flax, and straw. They fall into two general groups: (1) those manufactured from
lignocellulosic fibers and fiber bundles where in manufacture the interfelting of the fibers and a natural
bond are characteristics, and (2) those boards manufactured from a wide range in size and shape of
particles ranging from fine elements approaching fibers in size to large flakes which are blended with
synthetic resin adhesive and consolidated into boards characterized by the resin bond and usually
known as resin-bonded particleboards or more commonly as particleboards.
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1. Terminology lb/ft ) and 1000 kg/m (62 lb/ft ), based on a reported
moistsure content at the time of weight and volume mea-
GENERAL DEFINITIONS
surements.
particleboards—a generic term for a composite panel prima-
fibrous-felted boards—a felted wood-base panel material
rily composed of cellulosic materials, generally in the form
manufactured of refined or partly refined lignocellulosic
of discrete pieces or particles, as distinguished from fibers,
fibers characterized by an integral bond produced by an
bonded together with a bonding system, and that may
interfelting of fibers and in the case of certain densities and
contain additives.
control of conditions of manufacture by ligneous bond, and
wood-base fiber and particle panel materials—a generic
to which other materials may have been added during
term applied to a group of board materials manufactured
manufacture to improve certain properties.
from wood or other lignocellulosic fibers or particles to
medium-density fiberboard (MDF)—a composite panel
which binding agents and other materials may be added
product composed primarily of cellulosic fibers in which the
during manufacture to obtain or improve certain properties.
primary source of physical integrity is provided through
Composed of two broad types, fibrous-felted and particle-
addition of a bonding system cured under heat and pressure.
boards.
Additives may be introduced during the manufacturing
wood-cement board—a panel material where wood usually in
process to improve certain properties. MDF density at the
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the form of excelsior is bonded with inorganic cement.
time of manufacturing, is typically between 500 kg/m (31
CLASSIFICATION OF FIBROUS-FELTED BOARDS
cellulosic fiberboard—a generic term for a homogeneous
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D07 on Wood
panel made from lignocellulosic fibers (usually wood or
and is the responsibility of Subcommittee D07.03 on Panel Products.
cane) characterized by an integral bond produced by inter-
Current edition approved Feb. 10, 2001. Published April 2001. Originally
published as D 1554 – 58 T. Last previous edition D 1554 – 00. felting of the fibers, to which other materials may have been
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added during manufacture to improve certain properties, but perpendicular to the faces.
which has not been consolidated under heat and pressure as
flake—a small wood particle of predetermined thickness
a separate stage in manufacture, said board having a den
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