Click on the ASTM logo at the right to be connected to the ASTM website for more information about ASTM Standards. ASTM standards frequently referenced by PMIC are as follows:

Thermal Expansion:

• Michelson Laser Interferometer: ASTM E289
  
• Quartz Dilatometer: ASTM E228; ASTM D696
  
• Other: ASTM F15, ASTM F1684, ASTM F1683, ASTM C1341

Moisture Expansion:
The following ASTM standards are used for polymer matrix laminates:

• ASTM D570-81 (1988) Water Absorption of Plastics
  
• ASTM D5229 / D5229M-92 Moisture Absorption Properties and Equilibrium Conditioning of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
  
• ASTM E104-85 Maintaining Constant Relative Humidity by Means of Aqueous Solutions
  
• ASTM D2842-90 Water Absorption of Rigid Cellular Plastics
  
• ASTM D792 Specific Gravity (Relative Density) and Density of Plastics by Displacement
  
• ASTM D3171 Fiber Content of Resin-matrix Composites by Matrix Digestion

The CME of sandwich panels is also determined at PMIC. Relevant ASTM standards utilized are:

• ASTM C272-91 Water Absorption of Core materials for Structural Sandwich Constructions
  
• ASTM C481-88 Laboratory Aging of Sandwich Constructions
  
• ASTM C271-94 Density of Core Materials for Structural Sandwich Constructions
  
• Other: ASTM C373

Thermal Conductivity:

• Guarded Hot Plate System ASTM C177; C1114
• Heat Flow Meter ASTM C518; E1530
• Guarded-Comparative-Longitudinal Heat Flow ASTM E1225; D5470
• Hot Wire Technique ASTM C1113
• Thin Film Thermal Conductivity ASTM D5470

Specific Heat:

• ASTM E1269

Emissivity:

• ASTM C835; E433

Mechanical:

• ASTM D3039, ASTM D2344, ASTM D695, ASTM D5379
  
• ASTM D3410, ASTM D790, ASTM C393, ASTM C273
  
• ASTM D5035, ASTM D882, ASTM C1161, ASTM C364
  
• ASTM D638, ASTM B557, ASTM E8, ASTM D4255
  
• ASTM C297, ASTM D3518, ASTM C293, ASTM D1004
  
• ASTM C365, ASTM E111, ASTM D1938, ASTM D2295
  
• ASTM E345, ASTM D3165, ASTM D3846

For a full list of ASTM standards PMIC uses, please contact us.