ASTM D3053-99e1

Standard Terminology Relating to Carbon Black

SCOPE
1.1 This terminology is a compilation of definitions of technical terms used in the carbon black and rubber industries. Terms that are generally understood or adequately defined in other readily available sources are not included.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Nov-1999
• ICS: 83.040.30 - Auxiliary materials and additives for plastics
• Technical Committee: D24 - Carbon Black
• Drafting Committee: D24.41 - Carbon Black Nomenclature and Terminology

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D3053-99 - Standard Terminology Relating to Carbon Black
• Effective Date: 10-Nov-1999
• Replaced By: ASTM D3053-04 - Standard Terminology Relating to Carbon Black
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2004
• Referred By: ASTM D5817-20 - Standard Practice for Carbon Black, Pelleted—Reduction, Blending, and Drying of Gross Samples for Testing
• Effective Date: 10-Nov-1999
• Referred By: ASTM D1765-23a - Standard Classification System for Carbon Blacks Used in Rubber Products
• Effective Date: 10-Nov-1999
• Referred By: ASTM D6602-13(2022)e1 - Standard Practice for Sampling and Testing of Possible Carbon Black Fugitive Emissions or Other Environmental Particulate, or Both
• Effective Date: 10-Nov-1999
• Referred By: ASTM D8178-22 - Standard Terminology Relating to Recovered Carbon Black (rCB)
• Effective Date: 10-Nov-1999
• Referred By: ASTM D5596-03(2021) - Standard Test Method for Microscopic Evaluation of the Dispersion of Carbon Black in Polyolefin Geosynthetics
• Effective Date: 10-Nov-1999
• Referred By: ASTM D8466-22 - Standard Guide for Recovered Carbon Black—Carbon Black Test Methods for Testing rCB
• Effective Date: 10-Nov-1999

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: D 3053 – 99
Standard Terminology Relating to
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Carbon Black
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 3053; 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.
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e NOTE—Section 2 was editorially updated in February 2003.
1. Scope D 5230 Test Method for Carbon Black—Automated Indi-
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vidual Pellet Crush Strength
1.1 This terminology is a compilation of definitions of
D 6556 Test Method for Carbon Black—Total and External
technical terms used in the carbon black and rubber industries.
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Surface Area by Nitrogen Adsorption
Terms that are generally understood or adequately defined in
other readily available sources are not included.
3. Terminology
2. Referenced Documents 3.1 Definitions:
2.1 ASTM Standards:
carbon black, n—material consisting essentially of elemental
D 1508 Test Method for Carbon Black, Pelleted—Fines
carbon in the form of near-spherical colloidal particles and
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Content
coalesced particle aggregates of colloidal size, obtained by
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D 1509 Test Methods for Carbon Black—Heating Loss
partial combustion or thermal decomposition of hydrocar-
D 1510 Test Method for Carbon Black—Iodine Adsorption
bons.
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Number
carbon black agglomerate, n—a cluster of physically bound
D 1511 Test Method for Carbon Black—Pellet Size Distri-
and entangled aggregates.
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bution
DISCUSSION—See Test Method D 3849.
D 1513 Test Method for Carbon Black, Pelleted—Pour
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Density
carbon black aggregate, n—a discrete, rigid, colloidal mass
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D 1514 Test Method for Carbon Black—Sieve Residue
of extensively coalesced particles; it is the smallest dispers-
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D 1566 Terminology Relating to Rubber
ible unit.
D 1618 Test Method for Carbon Black Extractables—
carbon black, carcass grade, n—a type of furnace carbon
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Toluene Discoloration
black having an average particle size in the range from 31 to
D 1765 Classification System for Carbon Blacks Used in
200 nm.
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Rubber Products
DISCUSSION—Carcass-grade carbon blacks are produced by the oil
D 1937 Test Method for Carbon Black, Pelleted—Mass
furnace process. The use of these grades in the rubber industry is not
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Strength
limited to the carcass portion of the tire. These grades are designated
D 2414 Test Method for Carbon Black—Oil Absorption
with an “N” first character and a second character of “4, 5, 6, or 7” in
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Number
Table 1 of Classification D 1765. See Terminology D 1566 for the
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D 3265 Test Method for Carbon Black—Tint Strength definition of carcass.
D 3313 Test Method for Carbon Black—Individual Pellet
carbon black, furnace, n—a type of carbon black produced by
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Crush Strength
the decomposition reaction of hydrocarbons when injected
D 3493 Test Method for Carbon Black—Oil Absorption
into a high-velocity stream of combustion gases under
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Number of Compressed Sample
controlled conditions.
D 3849 Test Method for Carbon Black—Primary Aggre-
carbon black, hard, n—See carbon black, tread grade, the
gate Dimensions from Electron Microscope Image Analy-
preferred term.
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sis
DISCUSSION—All carbon blacks provide some level of reinforcement
when mixed in rubber. The amount of reinforcement is a function of the
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These definitions are under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D24 on
carbon black grade and amount used. See Terminology D 1566 for the
Carbon Black and are the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D24.41 on Carbon
definition of reinforcement.
Black Nomenclature and Terminology.
Current edition approved Nov. 10, 1999. Published December 1999. Originally
carbon black microstructure, n—arrangement of carbon
published as D 3053 – 72. Last previous edition D 3053 – 96b.
atoms within a carbon black particle.
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D3053–99
limited to the tread portion of the tire. These grades are designated with
carbon black particle, n—a small spheroidally shaped
an “N” first character and a second character of “0, 1, 2, or 3” in Table
(paracrystalline, non-discrete) component of a carbon black
1 of Classification D 1765.
aggregate; it is separable from the aggregate only by
fracturing.
carbon black, typical value, n—a consensus value for those
carbon black particle diameter, n—arithmetic average of the
carbon black properties which are not specifically targeted
diameters of particles withi
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