Regulatory Information
International standards / Regulations for different material testing are listed below:
1. Plastics and Resin
1.1 Tensile Properties
ISO 527-1 Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 1: General principles
ISO 527-2 Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 2: Test conditions for moulding and extrusion plastics
ISO 527-3 Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 3: Test conditions for films and sheets
ASTM D638-10 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics
1.2 Flexural Strength
ISO 178 Plastic - Determination of flexural properties
ASTM D790 Standard Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials
1.3 Shear Strength
ASTM D732 Standard Test Method for Shear Strength of Plastics by Punch Tool
1.4 Compression Properties
ISO 604 Plastics - Determination of compressive properties
ASTM D695 Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of Rigid Plastics
1.5 Impact Properties
ISO 179.1 Plastics - Determination of Charpy impact properties Part 1: Non-instrumented impact test
ASTM D6110 Standard Test Method for Determining the Charpy Impact Resistance of Notched Specimens of Plastics
ISO 180 Plastics - Determination of Izod impact strength
ASTM D256 Standard Test Methods for Determining the Izod Pendulum Impact Resistance of Plastics
ISO 8256 Plastics - Determination of tensile-impact strength second edition
ISO 6603-2 Plastics - Determination of puncture impact behaviour of rigid plastics. Part 2: Instrumented impact testing second edition
1.6 Hardness
ISO 2039-2 Plastics - Determination of hardness-Part 2: Rockwell hardness
ISO 868 Plastics and ebonite - Determination of indentation hardness by means of a durometer (Shore hardness)
ASTM D2240 Plastics and ebonite - Determination of indentation hardness by means of a durometer (Shore hardness)
ISO 2039-1 Plastics - Determination of hardness - Part 1: Ball indentation method
ASTM D785 Standard Test Method for Rockwell Hardness of Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials
1.7 Environmental Stress Cracking
ASTM D1693 Standard Test Method for Environmental Stress Cracking of Ethylene Plastics
ISO 22088-3 Plastics. Determination of resistance to environmental stress cracking (ESC) Part 3: Bent strip method
1.8 Chemical Resistance
ISO 175 Plastics-Methods of test for the determination of the effects of immersion in liquid chemicals
1.9 Volatile Matter
ISO 3671 Plastics - Aminoplastic moulding materials. Determination of volatile matter first edition
1.10 Extractable Formaldehyde
ISO 4614 Plastic -. Malamine-formaldehyde moulding. Determination of extractable formaldehyde first edition
1.11 Oxidation Induction Time
ISO 11357-6 Plastics - Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) - Part 6: Determination of oxidation induction time (isothermal OIT) and oxidation induction temperature (dynamic OIT)
1.12 Temperature of Deflection under Load
ISO 75-1 Plastics - Determination of temperature of deflection under load - Part 1: General test method
ISO 75-2 Plastics - Determination of temperature of deflection under load - Part 2: Plastics, ebonite and long-fibre-reinforced composites
ISO 75-3 Plastics - Determination of temperature of deflection under load - Part 3: High-strength thermosetting laminates
ASTM D648 Standard Test Method for Deflection Temperature of Plastics Under Flexural Load in the Edgewise Position
1.13 Low-temperature Brittleness
ISO 974 Plastics - Determination of the brittleness temperature by impact
ASTM D1790 Standard Test Method for Brittleness Temperature of Plastic Sheeting by Impact
ASTM D746 Standard Test Method for Brittleness Temperature of Plastics and Elastomers by Impact
1.14 Burning Characteristics
UL94 Tests for Flammability of plastic materials for parts in devices and appliances
IEC 60695-11-10 Fire hazard testing - Part 11-10: Test flames; 50 W horizontal and vertical flame test methods
ASTM D3801 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Comparative Burning Characteristics of Solid Plastics in a Vertical Position
ASTM D635 Standard Test Method for Rate of Burning and/or Extent and Time of Burning of Plastics in a Horizontal Position
1.15 Melting Temperature
ISO 3146 Plastics - Determination of melting behaviour (melting temperature or melting range) of semi-crystalline polymers by capillary tube and polarizing-microscope methods
1.16 Melt Flow Rate
ISO 1133-1 Plastics - Determination of the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and melt volume-flow rate (MVR) of thermoplastics - Part 1: Standard method
ISO 1133-2 Plastics - Determination of the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and melt volume-flow rate (MVR) of thermoplastics - Part 2: Method for materials sensitive to time-temperature history and/or moisture
ASTM D1238 Standard Test Method for Melt Flow Rates of Thermoplastics by Extrusion Plastometer
1.17 Flow
ISO 7808-1992 Plastics - Thermosetting moulding materials. Determination of transfer flow first edition
1.18 Vicat Softening Temperature
ISO 306 Determination of Determination of Vicat softening temperature for thermoplastics for thermoplastics
ASTM D1525 Standard Test Method for Vicat Softening Temperature of Plastics
1.19 Temperature and Enthalpy of Melting, Glass Transition, Crystallization
ASTM D543 Standard Practices for Evaluating the Resistance of Plastics to Chemical Reagents
ISO 11357-1 Plastics - Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) - Part 1: General principles
ISO 11357-2 Plastics - Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) - Part 2: determination of glass transformed temperature
ISO 11357-3 Plastics - Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) - Part 3: Determination of temperature and enthalpy of melting and crystallization
ISO 11358-1 Plastics - Thermogravimetry (TG) of polymers - General principles
ISO 11358-2 Plastics - Thermogravimetry (TG) of polymers: Part 2: Determination of activation energy
ISO 11358-3 Plastics - Thermogravimetry (TG) of polymers Part 3: Determination of the activation energy using the Ozawa-Friedman plot and analysis of the reaction kinetics
ISO 11359-2 Plastics - Thermomechanical analysis (TMA). Part 2: Determination of coefficient of linear thermal expansion and glass transition temperature first edition
ASTM D3418 Standard Test Method for Transition Temperatures and Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystallization of Polymers by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
1.20 Oxygen Index
ISO 4589-1 Plastics - Determination of burning behaviour by oxygen index - Part 1: Guidance
ISO 4589-2 Plastics - Determination of burning behaviour by oxygen index - Part 2: Ambient-temperature test
ASTM D2863 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Minimum Oxygen Concentration to Support Candle Like Combustion of Plastics (Oxygen Index)
1.21 Electrical Strength
IEC 60243-1 Electrical strength of insulating materials - Test methods - Part 1: Tests at power frequencies
ASTM D149 Standard Test Method for Dielectric Breakdown Voltage and Dielectric Strength of Solid Electrical Insulating Materials at Commercial Power Frequencies
1.22 Insulation Resistance
IEC 60093 Methods of test for insulating materials for electrical purposes; volume resistivity and surface resistivity of solid electrical insulating materials
IEC 60167 Methods of test for the determination of the insulation resistance of solid insulating materials
ASTM D257 Test methods for DC resistance or conductance of insulating materials
1.23 Dielectric Constant and Dielectric Loss Tangent
IEC 60250 Recommended methods for the determination of the permittivity and dielectric dissipation factor of electrical insulating materials at power, audio and radio frequencies including meter wavelengths
ASTM D150 Standard Test Methods for AC Loss Characteristics and Permittivity (Dielectric Constant) of Solid Electrical Insulation
1.24 Resistance Arc Discharges
IEC 61621 Dry, solid insulating, materials - Resistance test to high-voltage, low-current arc discharges
1.25 Exposure to Light Sources
ISO 4892-1 Plastics - Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources - Part 1: General guidance
ISO 4892-2 Plastics - Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources - Part 2: Xenon-arc lamps
ASTM D2565 Standard Practice for Xenon Arc Exposure of Plastics Intended for Outdoor Applications
ASTM D4459 Standard Practice for Xenon Arc Exposure of Plastics Intended for Indoor Applications
ASTM D5071 Standard Practice for Exposure of Photodegradable Plastics in a Xenon Arc Apparatus
1.26 Density
ISO 1183-1 Plastics methods for density of non-cellular plastics=Part 1: Immersion method, liquid pyknometer method and titration method
ASTM D792 Standard Test Methods for Density and Specific Gravity (Relative Density) of Plastics by Displacement
ISO 1675 Plastics - Liquid resins - Determination of density by the pyknometer method
1.27 Viscosity
ISO 1628-3 Plastics - Determination of the viscosity of polymers in dilute solution using capillary viscometers - Part 3: Polyethylenes and polypropylenes
ISO 1628-6 Plastics - Determination of viscosity number and limiting viscosity number - Part 6: Methyl methacrylate polymers
1.28 Dimension and Shrinkage
ISO 2577 Plastics - Thermosetting moulding materials - Determination of shrinkage
ASTM D955 Standard Test Method of Measuring Shrinkage from Mold Dimensions of Thermoplastics
ASTM D6289 Standard Test Method for Measuring Shrinkage from Mold Dimensions of Molded Thermosetting Plastics
1.29 Coefficient of Linear Expansion
ASTM D696 Standard Test Method for Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion of Plastics Between 30°C and 30°C With a Vitreous Silica Dilatometer
1.30 Water Absorption
ISO 62 Plastics - Determination of water absorption
ASTM D570 Standard Test Method for Water Resistance of Tape and Adhesives Used as a Box Closure
1.31 Moisture
ASTM D6869 Standard Test Method for Coulometric and Volumetric Determination of Moisture in Plastics Using the Karl Fischer Reaction (the Reaction of Iodine with Water)
ASTM D6980 Test Method for Determination of Moisture in Plastics by Loss in Weight
1.32 Color
ASTM D6290 Standard Test Method for Color Determination of Plastic Pellets
1.33 Ash
ASTM D5630 Standard Test Method for Ash Content in Plastics
ISO 3451-1 Plastics - Determination of ash - Part 1: General methods
1.34 Content and Dispersion of Carbon-black
ASTM D1603 Standard Test Method for Carbon Black Content in Olefin Plastics
ASTM D4218 Standard Test Method for Determination of Carbon Black Content in Polyethylene Compounds By the Muffle Furnace Technique
1.35 Accelerated ageing tests
ISO 2440 Flexible and rigid cellular polymeric materials - Accelerated ageing tests
1.36 Haze and Luminous Transmittance
ASTM D1746 Standard Test Method for Transparency of Plastic Sheeting
ISO 13468-1 Plastics - Determination of Total Luminous Transmittance of Transparent Materials. Part 1: Single-Beam Instrument
ASTM D1003 Standard Test Method for Haze and Luminous Transmittance of Transparent Plastics
1.37 Comparative and Proof Tracking Indices
ASTM D3638 Standard Test Method for Comparative Tracking Index of Electrical Insulating Materials
IEC 60112 Method for determining the comparative and the proof tracking indices of solid insulating materials under moist conditions
1.38 Specimens Preparation
ISO 294-1 Plastics - Injection moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials - Part 1: General principles, and moulding of multipurpose and bar test specimens
ISO 294-3 Plastics - Injection moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials - Part 3: Small plates
1.39 Conditioning
ISO 291 Plastics - Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing
ASTM D618 Standard Practice for Conditioning Plastics for Testing
1.40 PVC
ISO 1163-2 Plastics - Unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U) moulding and extrusion materials - Part 2: Preparation of test specimens and determination of properties
1.41 PF-PMCs
ISO 14526 Plastics - Phenolic powder moulding compounds (PF-PMCs) - Part 3: Requirements for selected moulding compounds
1.42 PMMA
ISO 8257-2 Plastics - Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) moulding and extrusion materials - Part 2: Preparation of test specimens and determination of properties
1.43 Peel Strength
ASTM B533 Standard Test Method for Peel Strength of Metal Electroplated Plastics
2. Rubber
2.1 Chemical Resistance
ASTM D471 Standard Test Method for Rubber Property-Effect of Liquids
ISO 1817 Rubber, vulcanized - Determination of the effect of liquids
2.2 Volatile-matter Content
ISO 248-1 Rubber, raw - Determination of volatile-matter content - Part 1: Hot-mill method and oven method
ISO 248-2 Rubber, raw - Determination of volatile-matter content - Part 2: Thermogravimetric methods using an automatic analyser with an infrared drying unit
2.3 Content and Dispersion of Carbon-black
ISO 1408 Rubber - Determination of carbon black content - Pyrolytic and chemical degradation methods
2.4 Composition and Structure Analysis
ISO 9924-1 Rubber and rubber products - Determination of the composition of vulcanizates and uncured compounds by thermogravimetry - Part 1: Butadiene, ethylene-propylene copolymer and terpolymer, isobutene-isoprene, isoprene and styrene-butadiene rubbers
ISO 9924-2 Rubber and rubber products - Determination of the composition of vulcanizates and uncured compounds by hermogravimetry - Part 2: Acrylonitrile-butadiene and halobutyl rubbers
ISO 9924-3 Rubber and rubber products - Determination of the composition of vulcanizates and uncured compounds by thermogravimetry - Part 3: Hydrocarbon rubbers, halogenated rubbers and polysiloxane rubbers after extraction
ISO 4650 Rubber - Identification - Infrared spectrometric method
2.5 Ash
ISO 247 Rubber - Determination of ash
2.6 Heat Aging
ISO 188 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Accelerated ageing and heat resistance tests
2.7 Life-time and Maximum Temperature
ISO 11346 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic-Estimation of life-time and maximum temperature of use from an Arrhenius plot
2.8 Density
ISO 2781 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of density
2.9 Hardness
ASTM D2240 Standard Test Method for Rubber Property - Durometer Hardness
ISO 48 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of hardness (hardness between 10 IRHD and 100 IRHD)
ISO 2039-1 Plastics - Determination of hardness - Part 1: Ball indentation method
ISO 7619-1 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of indentation hardness - Part 1: Durometer method (Shore hardness)
2.10 Adhesion Strength
ASTM B571 Standard Practice for Qualitative Adhesion Testing of Metallic Coatings
ISO 36 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of adhesion to textile fabrics
2.11 Rebound Resilience
ISO 4662 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of rebound resilience
2.12 Tensile Properties
ASTM D412 Standard Test Method for Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers-tension
ISO 37 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of tensile stress-strain properties
2.13 Tear Resistance
ASTM D624 Standard Test Method for Tear Strength of Conventional Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers
ISO 34-1 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of tear strength - Part 1: Trouser, angle and crescent test pieces
2.14 Low-temperature Brittleness
ISO 812 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of low-temperature brittleness
2.15 Compression properties
ASTM D395 Standard Test Methods for Rubber Property Compression Set
ISO 7743 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic -- Determination of compression stress-strain properties
ISO 3386-2 Flexible cellular polymeric materials - Determination of stress-strain characteristics in compression - Part 2: High-density materials
ISO 815-1 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic Determination of compression set - Part 1: At ambient or elevated temperatures
ISO 815-2 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic Determination of compression set - Part 2: At low temperatures
3. Paintings
3.1 Nonvolatile content in coatings
ISO 3251 Paints, varnishes and plastics. Determination of non-volatile-matter content
ASTM D1259 Standard Test Methods for Nonvolatile Content of Resin Solutions
API RP 5L2 Appendix A Recommended Practice for Internal Coating of Line
SY/T 6530 Appendix A Internal coating of line pipe for non-corrosive gas transmission service
SY/T 0457 Appendix A Technical standard of liquid epoxy internal coating for steel pipeline
3.2 Zinc Content
ISO 3549 Color paint with zinc powder paint. Standard and test methods
3.3 Density
ASTM D1622 / ASTM D1622M Standard Test Method for Apparent Density of Rigid Cellular Plastics
ISO 845 Cellular plastics and rubbers. Determination of apparent density
ISO 2811-1 Paints and varnishes. Determination of density. Part 1: Pyknometer method
ISO 1183-1 Plastics. Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics. Part 1: Immersion method, liquid pyknometer method and titration method
ASTM D1475 Standard Test Method For Density of Liquid Coating
ASTM D792 Standard Test Methods for Density and Specific Gra
3.4 Viscosity
ASTM D5125 Standard Test Method for Viscosity of Paints and Related Materials by ISO Flow Cups
ASTM D2196 Standard Test Methods for Rheological Properties of Non-Newtonian Materials by Rotational (Brookfield type) Viscometer
ASTM D1200 Standard Test Method for Viscosity by Ford Viscosity Cup
3.5 Fineness
ASTM D1210 Standard Test Method for Fineness of Dispersion of Pigment-Vehicle Systems by Hegman - Type Gag
ISO 1524 Paints, varnishes and printing inks - Determination of fineness of grind
3.6 Gel Time
ASTM D3056 Standard Test Method for Gel Time of Solventless Varnishes
3.7 Dry Time
ISO 9117-1 Paints and varnishes. Drying tests. Part 1: Determination of through-dry state and through-dry time
3.8 Sediment
ASTM D1309 Standard Test Method for Settling Properties of Traffic Paints During Storage
ASTM D869 Standard Test Method for Evaluating Degree of Settling of Paint
3.9 Coarse Particles
ASTM D185 Standard Test Methods for Coarse Particles in Pigments
4. Coatings
4.1 Ultraviolet radiation ageing resistance
ASTM G154 Standard Practice for Operating Fluorescent Ultraviolet (UV) Lamp Apparatus for Exposure of Nonmetallic Materials
4.2 Artificial accelerated aging resistance
ISO 4892-1 Plastics. Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources. Part 1: General guidance second edition
ISO 4892-2 Plastics. Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources. Part 2: Xenon-arc lamps
4.3 Heat ageing
EN 12068 Appendix E Cathodic protection - External organic coatings for the corrosion protection of buried or immersed steel pipelines used in conjunction with cathodic protection - Tapes and shrinkable materials
ISO 21809-3 Appendix N Petroleum and natural gas industries. External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems. Part 3: Field joint coating
SY/T 0414 Appendix A Technical standard of PE tape coating for steel pipeline
4.4 Freeze-thaw cycle
SY/T 0320 Appendix B Standard of external coatings for steel tank
4.5 Embrittlement of temperature
ASTM D746 Standard Test Method for Brittleness Temperature of Plastics and Elastomers by Impact
ASTM D2671 Standard Test Methods for Heat-Shrinkable Tubing for Electrical Use
ISO 974 Plastics. Determination of the brittleness temperature by impact
4.6 High temperature high pressure test
SY/T 0442 Appendix H Technical standard for internal fusion bonded epoxy coating of steel pipe
4.7 Thermal shock
ASTM D2671 Standard Test Methods for Heat-Shrinkable Tubing for Electrical Use
4.8 Gas blistering laboratory test
API RP 5L2 Appendix E Recommended Practice for Internal Coating of Line
SY/T 6530 Appendix E Internal coating of line pipe for non-corrosive gas transmission service
4.9 Hydraulic blistering laboratory test
API RP 5L2 Appendix F Recommended Practice for Internal Coating of Line
SY/T 6530 Appendix F Internal coating of line pipe for non-corrosive gas transmission service
4.10 Melt Flow rate
ASTM D1238 Standard Test Method for Melt Flow Rates of Thermoplastics by Extrusion Plastometer
ISO 1133 -1 Plastics. Determination of the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and melt volume-flow rate (MVR) of thermoplastics. Part 1: Standard method
4.11 Vicat softening point
ASTM D1525 Standard Test Method for Vicat Softening Temperature of Plastics
ISO 306 Plastics thermoplastic materials determination of vicat softening temperature (VST)
4.12 Chemical resistance (Resistance to chemical reagent)
SY/T 0315 Appendix J Technological specification of external fusion bonded epoxy coating for steel pipeline
4.13 Carbon content
ISO 6964 Polyolefin pipes and fittings. Determination of carbon black content by calcination and pyrolysis.
4.14 Oxidation induced phase
ASTM D3895 Standard Test Method for Oxidative-Induction Time of Polyolefins by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
ISO 11357-6 Plastics. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Part 6: Determination of oxidation induction time (isothermal OIT) and oxidation induction temperature (dynamic OIT)
4.15 Power frequency electrical strength
ASTM D149 Standard Test Method for Dielectric Breakdown Voltage and Dielectric Strength of Solid Electrical Insulating Materials at Commercial Power Frequencies
4.16 Porosity level
SY/T 0442 Appendix D Technical standard for internal fusion bonded epoxy coating of steel pipe
SY/T 0315 Appendix F Technological specification of external fusion bonded epoxy coating for steel pipeline
4.17 Surface resistivity
IEC-62631-3-2 Dielectric and resistive properties of solid insulating materials-Part 3-2: Determination of resistive properties (DC methods)-surface resistance and surface resistivity
4.18 Volume resistivity
IEC 62631-3-2 Dielectric and resistive properties of solid insulating materials-Part 3-2: Determination of resistive properties (DC methods)-surface resistance and surface resistivity
ASTM D257 Insulation resistance rate or conductivity test method
4.19 Cathode disbond
ASTM G8 Standard Test Methods for Cathodic Disbonding of Pipeline Coatings
ASTM G42 Standard Test Method for Cathodic Disbonding of Pipeline Coatings Subjected to Elevated Temperatures
ISO 21809-3 Appendix F Petroleum and natural gas industries. External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems. Part 3: Field joint coating
SY/T 0072 Standard test method for cathodic disbonding of pipeline coatings subjected to elevated temperature
SY/T 0037 Test methods for cathodic dishonding of pipeline coatings
SY/T 0442 Appendix C Technical standard for internal fusion bonded epoxy coating of steel pipe
SY/T 0315 Appendix C Technological specification of external fusion bonded epoxy coating for steel pipeline
4.20 After bending resistance coating cathode detachment
SY/T 0315 Appendix I Technological specification of external fusion bonded epoxy coating for steel pipeline
4.21 Water absorption rate
ASTM D570 Standard Test Method for Water Absorption of Plastics
ISO 585 Plastics. Unplasticized cellulose acetate. Determination of moisture content second edition
HG/T 3856 Method of test for water absorption rate of electrical insulating varnish films
HG/T 2751 Unplasticized cellulose acetate - Determination of water content
SY/T 0414 Appendix B Technical standard of PE tape coating for steel pipeline
SY/T 6854 Appendix B Technical standard of liquid epoxy external coating for buried steel pipeline
SY/T 0447 Appendix C Standard of coal tar epoxy coating for buried steel pipeline
4.22 Hot water soak
ASTM D870 Standard Practice for Testing Water Resistance of Coatings Using Water Immersion
ISO 21809-3 Appendix I Petroleum and natural gas industries. External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems. Part 3: Field joint coating
4.23 Water vapor-permeability
ASTM E96 / ASTM E96M Standard Test Methods for Water Vapor Transmission of Materials
ISO 15106-3 Determination of water vapour transmission rate for plastic film and sheeting. Electrolytic detection sensor method
4.24 Salt-fog
ASTM B117 Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
ASTM B368 Standard Test Method for Copper-Accelerated Acetic Acid-Salt Spray (Fog) Testing (CASS Test)
ASTM G85 Standard Practice for Modified Salt Spray (Fog) Testing
ISO 9227 Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres. Salt spray tests
ISO 11997-1 Paints and varnishes. Determination of resistance to cyclic corrosion conditions. Part 1: Wet (salt fog) / dry / humidity
SY/T 6530 Appendix B Internal coating of line pipe for non-corrosive gas transmission service
API RP 5L2 Appendix B Recommended Practice for Internal Coating of Line
4.25 Resistance to the environment
ASTM D1693 Standard Test Method for Environmental Stress-Cracking of Ethylene Plastics
4.26 Leak
ISO 21809-3 Appendix B Petroleum and natural gas industries. External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems. Part 3: Field joint coating
SY/T 0063 Standard test methods for holiday detection in pipeline coatings
4.27 Interface contamination of the coating
CSA Z245.20 SERIES-14 12.9 Plant-applied external coatings for steel pipe
4.28 Coal tar epoxy coating
SY/T 0447 Appendix B Standard of coal tar epoxy coating for buried steel pipeline
4.29 Insulation resistance
ISO 21809-3 Appendix K Petroleum and natural gas industries. External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems. Part 3: Field joint coating
4.30 Drip resistance
ISO 21809-3 Appendix J Petroleum and natural gas industries. External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems. Part 3: Field joint coating
EN 12068 Appendix Q Cathodic protection - External organic coatings for the corrosion protection of buried or immersed steel pipelines used in conjunction with cathodic protection - Tapes and shrinkable materials
4.31 Low temperature unrolling test
EN 12068 Appendix P Cathodic protection - External organic coatings for the corrosion protection of buried or immersed steel pipelines used in conjunction with cathodic protection - Tapes and shrinkable materials
4.31 External coating
CSA Z245.20 SERIES-14 Plant-applied external coatings for steel pipe
CSA Z245.21-10 External Polyethylene Coating for Pipe General Ins
4.32 Adhesion
ISO 2409 Paints and varnishes. Cross-cut test
ISO 4624 Paints and Varnishes - Pull-Off test for Adhesion
ASTM D4541 Standard Test Method for Pull-Off Strength of Coatings Using Portable Adhesion Testers
ISO 21809-3 Appendix C Petroleum and natural gas industries. External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems. Part 3: Field joint coating
SY/T 6530 Appendix D Internal coating of line pipe for non-corrosive gas transmission service
SY/T 0457 Appendix B Technical standard of liquid epoxy internal coating for steel pipeline
SY/T 0447 Appendix A Standard of coal tar epoxy coating for buried steel pipeline
SY/T 0447 5.6 Standard of coal tar epoxy coating for buried steel pipeline
SY/T 0442 Appendix G Technical standard for internal fusion bonded epoxy coating of steel pipe
SY/T 0315 Appendix G Technological specification of external fusion bonded epoxy coating for steel pipeline
4.33 Peel strength
ASTM D1000 Test Method for Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive-Coated Tapes Used for Electrical and Electronic Applications
EN 12068 Appendix B, Appendix C Cathodic protection - External organic coatings for the corrosion protection of buried or immersed steel pipelines used in conjunction with cathodic protection - Tapes and shrinkable materials
ISO 21809-3 Appendix D, Appendix M Petroleum and natural gas industries. External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems. Part 3: Field joint coating
SY/T 6530 Appendix C Internal coating of line pipe for non-corrosive gas transmission service
SY/T 0414 7.5 Technical standard of PE tape coating for steel pipeline
4.34 Flexibility
ISO 1519 Paints and varnishes. Bend test (cylindrical mandrel)
4.35 Flexural
SY/T 6854 Appendix C Technical standard of liquid epoxy external coating for buried steel pipeline
SY/T 0442 Appendix E Technical standard for internal fusion bonded epoxy coating of steel pipe
SY/T 0315 Appendix D Technological specification of external fusion bonded epoxy coating for steel pipeline
4.36 Impact strength (Impact resistance)
ASTM G14 Standard Test Method for Impact Resistance of Pipeline Coatings (Falling Weight Test)
ASTM D2794 Standard Test Method for Resistance of Organic Coatings to the Effects of Rapid Deformation (Impact)
EN 12068 Appendix H Cathodic protection - External organic coatings for the corrosion protection of buried or immersed steel pipelines used in conjunction with cathodic protection - Tapes and shrinkable materials
ISO 21809-3 Appendix G Petroleum and natural gas industries. External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems. Part 3: Field joint coating
SY/T 0442 Appendix F Technical standard for internal fusion bonded epoxy coating of steel pipe
SY/T 0414 Appendix C Technical standard of PE tape coating for steel pipeline
SY/T 0315 Appendix E Technological specification of external fusion bonded epoxy coating for steel pipeline
4.37 Abrasion resistance
ISO 7784-2 Paints and varnishes. Determination of resistance to abrasion. Part 2: Rotating abrasive rubber wheel method
ASTM D968 Standard Test Methods for Abrasion Resistance of Organic Coatings by Falling Abrasive
SY/T 0315 Appendix H Technological specification of external fusion bonded epoxy coating for steel pipeline
4.38 Hardness (Indentation hardness)
ISO 21809-3 Appendix H Petroleum and natural gas industries. External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems. Part 3: Field joint coating
ASTM D 2240 Standard Test Methods for Rubber Property-D
ISO 868 Determination of indentation hardness by means of a durometer (Shore hardness)
ISO 1522 Paints and varnishes. Pendulum damping test
4.39 Shear strength
ASTM D1002 Standard Test Method for Apparent Shear Strength of Single-Lap-Joint Adhesively Bonded Metal Specimens by Tension Loading (Metal-to- Metal)
ISO 4587 Adhesives. Determination of tensile lap-shear strength of rigid-to-rigid bonded assemblies
ISO 21809-3 Appendix L Petroleum and natural gas industries. External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems. Part 3: Field joint coating
SY/T 0041 Test method for apparent shear strength of pipeline coatings to metal
4.40 Thickness
ASTM B487 Standard test method for measurement of metal and oxide coating thickness by microscopical examination of cross section
ASTM B504 Standard test method for measurement of thickness of metallic coatings by the coulometric method
ASTM B568 Standard Test Method for Measurement of Coating Thickness by X-Ray Spectrometry
ASTM B764 Standard Test Method for Simultaneous thickness and electrode potential determination of individual layers in multilayer nickel deposit (STEP Test)
ASTM D1000 Test Method for Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive-Coated Tapes Used for Electrical and Electronic Applications
ISO 1463 Metallic and oxide coatings - Measurement of coating thickness - Microscopical method
ISO 2177 Metallic coatings - Measurement of coating thickness - Coulometric method by anodic dissolution
ISO 21809-3 Appendix A Petroleum and natural gas industries. External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems. Part 3: Field joint coating
SY/T 0066 Standard test method for nondestructive measurement of film thickness of pipeline coatings on steel (magnetic method)
4.41 Tensile strength (Elongation at break)
ISO 527-2 Plastics. Determination of tensile properties. Part 2: Test conditions for moulding and extrusion plastics
ISO 527-3 Plastics. Determination of tensile properties. Part 3: Test conditions for films and sheets
ASTM D638 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics
4.42 Gouge resistance
SY/T 4113 Test method for measurement of gouge resistance of coating system
4.43 Specular gloss
ASTM D523 Standard Test Method for Specular Gloss
4.44 Pinhole
API RP 5L2 Appendix G Recommended Practice for Internal Coating of Line
SY/T 6530 Appendix G Internal coating of line pipe for non-corrosive gas transmission service
4.45 Evaluation of degradation of coatings
ISO 4628-1 Paints and varnishes - Evaluation of degradation of coatings - Designation of quantity and size of defects, and of intensity of uniform changes in appearance - Part 1: General introduction and designation system
ISO 4628-2 Paints and varnishes - Evaluation of degradation of coatings - Designation of quantity and size of defects, and of intensity of uniform changes in appearance - Part 2: Assessment of degree of blistering
ISO 4628-3 Paints and varnishes - Evaluation of degradation of coatings - Designation of quantity and size of defects, and of intensity of uniform changes in appearance - Part 3: Assessment of degree of rusting
4.46 Specifications
ASTM B456 Appendixes X4, X5 Standard specification for electrodeposited coating of copper plus nickel plus chromium and nickel plus chromium
ASTM B604 Appendixes X4 Standard Specification for Decorative Electroplated Coatings of Copper plus Nickel Plus Chromium on Plastics
4.47 Ductility
ASTM B490 Standard Practice for Micrometer Bend Test for Ductility of Electrodeposits
5. Powders
5.1 Particle size
ISO 8130-1 Coating powders. Part 1: Determination of particle size distribution by sieving
5.2 Gel time
ISO 8130-6 Coating powders. Part 6: Determination of gel time of thermosetting coating powders at a given temperature
5.3 Curing time
SY/T 0442 Appendix A Technical standard for internal fusion bonded epoxy coating of steel pipe
SY/T 0315 Appendix A Technological specification of external fusion bonded epoxy coating for steel pipeline
5.4 Thermal characteristics
ISO 21809-3 Appendix E Petroleum and natural gas industries. External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems. Part 3: Field joint coating
SY/T 0442 Appendix B Technical standard for internal fusion bonded epoxy coating of steel pipe
SY/T 0315 Appendix B Technological specification of external fusion bonded epoxy coating for steel pipeline
6. Adhesives
6.1 Tensile Lap-shear Properties
ISO 4587 Adhesives - Determination of tensile lap-shear strength of rigid-to-rigid bonded assemblies
6.2 Peel Strength
ISO 8510-2 Adhesives - Peel test for a flexible-bonded-to-rigid test specimen assembly - Part 2: 180 degree peel
7. Plastics Reinforced by Fibre
7.1 Resin, solid and Non-volatile-matter Content
ISO 1172 Test method for resin content of glass fiber reinforced plastics
7.2 Flexural Properties
ISO 14125 Fiber-reinforced plastics composites-Determination of compressive properties
7.3 Content of Filling
ISO 1172 Test method for resin content of glass fiber reinforced plastics
8. Products of Plastics
8.1 Dimension and Stability Dimension
ASTM D5947 Standard Test Methods for Physical Dimensions of Solid Plastics Specimens
ASTM D6988 Standard Guide for Determination of Thickness of Plastic Film Test Specimens
ISO 4593 Plastics film and sheeting - Determination of thickness by mechanical scanning
ISO 4592 Determination of length and width of plastics film and sheeting
8.2 Tear Resistance
ISO 6383-1 Plastics. Film and sheeting. Determination of tear resistance. Part 1: Trouser tear method first edition
ASTM D1004 Standard Test Method for Tear Resistance (Graves Tear) of Plastic Film and Sheeting
9. Metallic materials
9.1 Charpy Impact Test
ISO 148-1 Metallic materials - Charpy pendulum impact test - Part 1: Test method
9.2 Rockwell Hardness
ISO 6508-1 Metallic materials - Rockwell hardness test - Part 1: Test method
ASTM E18 Standard Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials
9.3 Vickers Hardness / Knoop Hardness
ISO 6507-1 Metallic materials - Vickers hardness test - Part 1: Test method
ASTM E92 Standard Test Methods for Vickers Hardness and Knoop Hardness of Metallic Materials
9.4 Leeb Hardness
ISO 16859-1 Metallic materials - Leeb hardness test - Part1: Test method
9.5 Brinell Hardness
ASTM E10 Standard Test Method for Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials - eLearning Courses - ES
9.6 Tensile Test
ISO 6892-1 Metallic materials - Tensile testing - Part 1: Method of test at room temperature
9.7 Fasteners
ISO 16047 Fasteners – Torque / Clamp Force Testing
ASTM G85 Standard Practice for Modified Salt Spray (Fog) Testing
ASTM B368 Standard Test Method for Copper-Accelerated Acetic Acid-Salt Spray (Fog) Testing (CASS Test)
GMW14458 Copper-Accelerated Acetic Acid Salt Spray (CASS) Test
GMW3044 3.9 Fasteners (connected) - Coefficient of Friction - Zinc Plating
GMW14668 Minimum performance requirements for decorative chromium plated plastic parts
10. Additional Information
10.1 Plastic Testing
Plastic identification by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
ASTM D2584
Standard Test Method for Ignition Loss of Cured Reinforced Resins
ASTM D789
Standard Test Methods for Determination of Solution Viscosities of Polyamide (PA)
ASTM D638
Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics
ASTM D412
Standard Test Methods for Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers—Tension
ASTM D624
Standard Test Method for Tear Strength of Conventional Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers
ASTM D3575
Standard Test Methods for Flexible Cellular Materials Made From Olefin Polymers
ISO 34-1
Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of tear strength - Part 1: Trouser, angle and crescent test pieces
ISO 845
Cellular plastics and rubbers - Determination of apparent density
ISO 604
Plastics - Determination of compressive properties
BS EN ISO 1183-1
Plastics. Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics. Immersion method, liquid pyknometer method and titration method
ISO 868
Plastics and ebonite - Determination of indentation hardness by means of a durometer (Shore hardness)
ISO 179-1
Plastics - Determination of Charpy impact properties - Part 1: Non-instrumented impact test
ISO 527-2
Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 2: Test conditions for moulding and extrusion plastics
ISO 11357-3
Plastics - Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) - Part 3: Determination of temperature and enthalpy of melting and crystallization
ISO 1172
Textile-glass-reinforced plastics - Prepregs, moulding compounds and laminates - Determination of the textile-glass and mineral-filler content - Calcination methods
ISO 11357-2
Plastics - Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) - Part 2: Determination of glass transition temperature and glass transition step height
10.2 Paint Coatings
BS 3900-E7 Methods of test for paints. Resistance to impact (falling ball test).
ISO 9227 Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres - Salt spray tests
ISO 1518-1 Paints and varnishes - Determination of scratch resistance - Part 1: Constant-loading method
10.3 Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys
AS 4506 Metal finishing - Thermoset powder coatings
AS 1231 Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Anodic oxidation coatings
AS/NZS 1866 Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Extruded rod, bar, solid and hollow shapes
AS 3715 Metal finishing - Thermoset powder coating for architectural applications of aluminium and aluminium alloys
10.4 Metallic materials
BS EN ISO 6892-1 Metallic materials. Tensile testing. Method of test at room temperature
BS EN 10025-2 Hot rolled products of structural steels. Technical delivery conditions for non-alloy structural steels
Compression Test - In-house method (up to 4000kg)
10.5 Screws and Bolts - Tensile Test and Ultimate Tensile Load
BS EN ISO 898-1
Mechanical properties of fasteners made of carbon steel and alloy steel. Bolts, screws and studs with specified property classes. Coarse thread and fine pitch thread
10.6 Accelerated Aging Testing
Accelerated aging capabilities at different temperature range and humidity range enable the evaluation of materials regarding (after tests) any deterioration, change, ... etc.
