ASTM D 5668 - 09 (Reapproved 2014) Standard Test Methods for Rubber From Synthetic Sources - Volatile Matter

Current edition approved July 1, 2014. Published November 2014. Originally approved in 1995. Last previous edition approved in 2009 as D5668 – 09. — 3 p.
These test methods cover a hot mill method, two oven methods, and a press method for the determination of moisture and other volatile matter content in synthetic rubber.
Either oven method shall be used especially when the rubber is too tacky to be handled satisfactorily on a hot mill.
The press method shall be used for rubbers that are too crumbly to be retained satisfactorily on a laboratory mill.