ASTM D 1171 - 16ε1 Standard Test Method for Rubber Deterioration - Surface Ozone Cracking Outdoors (Triangular Specimens)

Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2016. Published January 2016. Originally approved in 1951. Last previous edition approved in 2015 as D1171 – 15. — p.
This test method permits the estimation of the relative ability of rubber compounds used for applications requiring resistance to outdoor weathering.
This test method is not applicable to materials ordinarily classed as hard rubber, but is adaptable to molded or extruded soft rubber materials and sponge rubber for use in window weatherstripping as well as similar automotive applications.