ASTM D 471 - 16a Standard Test Method for Rubber Property - Effect of Liquids

Current edition approved July 1, 2016. Published July 2016. Originally approved in 1937. Last previous edition approved in 2016 as D471 – 16. — 16 p.
This test method covers the required procedures to evaluate the comparative ability of rubber and rubber-like compositions to withstand the effect of liquids. It is designed for testing: (1) specimens of vulcanized rubber cut from standard sheets (see Practice D3182), (2) specimens cut from fabric coated with vulcanized rubber (see Test Methods D751), or (3) finished articles of commerce (see Practice D3183). This test method is not applicable to the testing of cellular rubbers, porous compositions, and compressed sheet packing, except as described in 12.2.2.