Designation:D5899−98(Reapproved2013)StandardClassificationSystemforRubberCompoundingMaterialsforUseinComputerMaterialManagementSystems1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5899;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisclassificationisintendedtoestablishamethodtofindcompoundingmaterialsonacomputerdatabasebybothfunctionalandchemicalclassification.Thisclassificationwillincluderubbercompoundingmaterialsoringredientsnormallyusedinformulatingrubbercompounds.Thisclassificationisnotintendedforuseinrubberlatexorsolventbasedrubberadhesiveapplications.1.2Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.SignificanceandUse2.1Commerciallyavailablecomputermaterialmanagementprogramsarebeingusedregularlyintherubberindustry.Theseprogramstypicallywillretrieveinformationfromarawmate-rialorcompoundingmaterialdatabasebychemicalname,CASregistrynumber,tradename,andsuppliername.Retriev-inginformationbythesefieldscanpresentproblems.Thecommonchemicalnamesarenotstandardized.IUPACnomen-clatureisstandardizedbutthenamestypicallyaretoolengthyforeasyretrieval.Also,theusermaynothaveinformationsuchastradename,suppliername,orCASregistrynumber.2.2Analternatemethodofretrievinginformationfromarawmaterialorcompoundingmaterialdatabaseistosortbyclassification.Thishastheaddedadvantageofenablingacompoundertoselectacompoundingmaterialfromagivenclassificationforanewcompoundformulation.3.BasisofClassification3.1Thisclassificationisbasedontwomethods.3.1.1Theprimarymethodofclassifyingrawmaterialsorcompoundingmaterialsisonthebasisoffunctionality.Func-tionalityisdefinedbytheprincipalreasonf...
