ASTM D 573 - 04 (Reapproved 2015) Standard Test Method for Rubber - Deterioration in an Air Oven

Current edition approved July 1, 2015. Published October 2015. Originally approved in 1940. Last previous edition approved in 2010 as D573 – 04 (2010). — 6 p.
This test method covers a procedure to determine the influence of elevated temperature on the physical properties of vulcanized rubber. The results of this test method may not give an exact correlation with service performance since performance conditions vary widely. This test method may, however, be used to evaluate rubber compounds on a laboratory comparison basis.