ASTM D 1460 - 86 (Reapproved 2014) Standard Test Method for Rubber Property - Change in Length During Liquid Immersion

Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2014. Published December 2014. Originally approved in 1957. Last previous edition approved in 2010 as D1460 – 86 (2010). — 3 p.
This test method covers a technique to measure the effect of immersion liquids on rubber vulcanizates or rubbery materials. Change in specimen geometry and dimensions are observed through the transparent walls of the tube containing the specimen immersed in the liquid. Although it may be employed with any liquid, it is especially applicable to liquids that are so volatile that they must be maintained under pressure during the period of immersion.
This test method differs from Test Method D471 in that volume changes are approximated from observed dimensional changes rather than being calculated directly.