ASTM D 6147 - 97 Standard Test Method for Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomer - Determination of Force Decay (Stress Relaxation) in Compression

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2008. Published February 2008. Originally
approved in 1997. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as D 6147 – 97 (2002). This standard specifies two methods for determining the
decrease in counterforce exerted by a test specimen of vulcanized rubber or thermoplastic elastomer which has been
compressed at a constant deformation under specified conditions of time and temperature.