ASTM D 1053 - 92a (Reapproved 2012) Standard Test Methods for Rubber Property - Stiffening at Low Temperatures: Flexible Polymers and Coated Fabrics

Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2012. Published February 2013. Originally approved in 1943. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as D1053 – 92a (2007). — 9 p.
These test methods describe the use of a torsional apparatus for measuring the relative low temperature stiffeningof flexible polymeric materials and fabrics coated therewith. A routine inspection and acceptance procedure, to be used as a pass-fail test at a specified temperature, is also described.
These test methods yield comparative data to assess the low temperature performance of flexible polymers and fabrics coated therewith.