Designation:D6436−14StandardGuideforReportingPropertiesforPlasticsandThermoplasticElastomers1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6436;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thisguideprovidesrecommendationsforreportingthepropertyvaluesofplasticsandthermoplasticelastomersinpublishedliterature,datasheets,presentations,comparativeanalysis,andsoforth.Itisintendedtominimizeconfusionwhencomparingthedatafromseveralsources.1.2Thisstandardisnotintendedtoreplacerecommenda-tionswithinthetestmethodsforreportingdata.Refertothetestmethodoruseotherguidancetodeterminethenumberofsignificantfiguresforreportinglaboratorytestresults.NOTE1—ThereisnoknownISOequivalenttothisstandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1BecauseofthelargenumberofASTMtestmethodsreferencedinthisguide,theywillnotbeidentifiedindividuallyinthissection.2.2ASTMStandards:2D883TerminologyRelatingtoPlasticsD1600TerminologyforAbbreviatedTermsRelatingtoPlas-ticsIEEE/ASTMSI-10StandardforUseoftheInternationalSystemofUnits(SI):TheModernMetricSystem2.3NFPAStandard:NFPA99StandardforHealthCareFacilities33.Terminology3.1Definitions—TheterminologyusedinthisguideisinaccordancewithTerminologiesD883,D1600,andIEEE/ASTMSI-10.4.SignificanceandUse4.1Thisguideisintendedtoprovidereadyaccesstotherecommendedpropertyname,testmethodreference,maximumnumberofsignificantdigits,4andappropriateunitsforcom-monlyusedplasticsandthermoplasticelastomertests.4.2Itisparticularlyusefulforthoseinvolvedinthewritingandproofreadingofdocumentscontainingdataforalargenumberoftestssincetheneedtogotoeachindividualtestmethodshouldbegreatlyminimized.4.3SIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.U.S.Customaryunitsandconversionfactorsareprovidedtoaccommodatethosesituationswhereitisnecessarytoreportboth.U.S.CustomaryreferstounitscommonlyusedintheUnit...
