Designation:D6682−08StandardTestMethodforMeasuringShearStressesofPowdersUsingPeschlRotationalSplitLevelShearTester1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6682;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodisappliedtothemeasurementofthemechanicalpropertiesofpowdersasafunctionofnormalstress.1.2Thisapparatusissuitablemeasuringthepropertiesofpowdersandotherbulksolids,uptoaparticlesizeof5000micron.1.3Thismethodcomprisesfourdifferenttestproceduresforthedeterminationofpowdermechanicalproperties:1.3.1TestA—MeasurementofINTERNALFRICTIONasafunctionofnormalstress.1.3.2TestB—MeasurementofWALLFRICTIONasafunctionofnormalstress.1.3.3TestC—MeasurementofBULKDENSITYasafunc-tionofnormalstressandtime.1.3.4TestD—MeasurementofDEGRADATIONasafunc-tionofnormalstress.1.4AllobservedandcalculatedvaluesshallconformtotheguidelinesforsignificantdigitsandroundingestablishedinPracticeD6026.1.4.1Theproceduresusedtospecifyhowdataarecollected/recordedorcalculatedinthisstandardareregardedastheindustrystandard.Inaddition,theyarerepresentativeofthesignificantdigitsthatgenerallyshouldberetained.Theproce-duresuseddonotconsidermaterialvariation,purposeforobtainingthedata,specialpurposestudies,oranyconsider-ationsfortheuser’sobjectives,anditiscommonpracticetoincreaseorreducesignificantdigitsofreporteddatatobecommensuratewiththeseconsiderations.Itisbeyondthescopeofthisstandardtoconsidersignificantdigitsusedinanalysismethodsforengineeringdesign.1.5ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.6Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatoryl...
