Designation:E1953−14StandardPracticeforDescriptionofThermalAnalysisandRheologyApparatus1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1953;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticecoversgenericdescriptionsofapparatususedforthermalanalysisorrheometrymeasurementsanditspurposeistoachieveuniformityindescriptionofthermalanalysis,rheometry,andviscometerinstrumentationthrough-outstandardtestmethods.Thesedescriptionsareintendedtobeusedastemplatesforinclusioninanytestmethodwherethethermalanalysisinstrumentationdescribedhereiniscited.1.2Eachdescriptioncontainsquantifiableinstrumentper-formancerequirementstobespecifiedforeachtestmethod.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2E473TerminologyRelatingtoThermalAnalysisandRhe-ologyE1142TerminologyRelatingtoThermophysicalPropertiesIEEE/ASTMSI10StandardforUseoftheInternationalSystemofUnits(SI):TheModernMetricSystem3.Terminology3.1TechnicaltermsusedinthisdocumentarefoundinTerminologiesE473andE1142andStandardIEEE/ASTMSI10.4.SignificanceandUse4.1Section5identifiesessentialinstrumentationandacces-soriesrequiredtoperformthermalanalysis,rheometry,orviscometryforavarietyofdifferentinstruments.Theappro-priategenericinstrumentdescriptionshouldbeincludedinanytestmethoddescribinguseorapplicationofthethermalanalysis,rheometry,orviscometryinstrumentationdescribedherein.4.2Unitsincludedinthesedescriptionsareusedtoidentifyneededperformancecriteriaandareconsideredtypical.Oth...
