Designation:E1471–92(Reapproved2004)StandardGuideforIdentificationofFibers,Fillers,andCoreMaterialsinComputerizedMaterialPropertyDatabases1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1471;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisguideestablishestheessentialanddesirableele-mentsofdatarequiredfortheidentificationincomputerizedmaterialpropertydatabasesoffibers,fillers,andcorematerialsusedincompositematerials.Arecommendedformatforentryofthesefieldsintoacomputerizeddatabaseisprovided.Examplesoftheapplicationofthisguidearealsoincluded.1.2Therecommendedformatdescribedinthisguideissuggestedforuseinrecordingdatainadatabase,whichisdifferentfromcontracturalreportingofactualtestresults.Thelattertypeofinformationisdescribedinmaterialsspecifica-tionsshowninbusinesstransactionsandissubjecttoagree-mentbetweenvendorandpurchaser.1.3Thematerialscoveredbythisguideincludefibers,bothcontinuousanddiscontinuous,andfillersofvariousgeometrieswhichareusedasreinforcementsincompositematerials,aswellascorematerialsusedinsandwichcomposites.Coresmaybefoam,honeycomb,ornaturallyoccurringmaterialssuchasbalsawood.Thesematerialsaredistinguishedfrombulkmaterialsbytheimportanceoftheirspecializedgeometricformstotheirproperties.Thisdifferenceisreflectedintheuseofgeometry,alongwithchemistry,asaprimarybasisforclassification.Identificationofcompositematerialsisdis-cussedinGuideE1309.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2C274TerminologyofStructuralSandwichConstructionsD123TerminologyRelatingtoTextilesD883TerminologyRelatingtoPlasticsD3878TerminologyforCompositeMaterialsE1309GuideforIdentificationofFiber-ReinforcedPolymer-MatrixCompositeMaterialsinComputerizedMaterialPropertyDatabasesE1443TerminologyRelatingtoBuildingandAccessingMaterialandChemicalDatabases33.Terminology3.1Definit...
