Designation:D3530−97(Reapproved2015)StandardTestMethodforVolatilesContentofCompositeMaterialPrepreg1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD3530;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationofthevola-tilescontent,inweightpercentofcompositematerialprepregs.Thisstandardfocusesoncompositeswiththermosettingresinsthattendtoloseafewpercentofthematrixmasswhenheatedduetolossofbothretainedwaterandlowmolecularweightmatrixconstituentsthatvolatilizeduringheating.1.2Useofthistestmethodislimitedtomaximumtempera-tureofcirculatingairovens(approximately300°C).1.3Useofthistestmethodislimitedtotemperaturesbelowwhichthematrixflowsfromthereinforcement.1.4ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.Specificprecau-tionarystatementsaregiveninSection8.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D3878TerminologyforCompositeMaterialsE177PracticeforUseoftheTermsPrecisionandBiasinASTMTestMethodsE1309GuideforIdentificationofFiber-ReinforcedPolymer-MatrixCompositeMaterialsinDatabases(With-drawn2015)32.2NFPAStandard:NFPA86StandardforOvensandFurnaces43.Terminology3.1Definitions—TerminologyD3878definestermsrelatingtocompositematerials.TerminologyD883definestermsrelatingtoplastics.PracticeE177definestermsrelatingtostatistics.Intheeventofaconflictbetweenterms,TerminologyD3878shallhaveprecedenceoverotherdocuments.3.1.1prepreg,n—theadmixtureoffibrousreinforcementandpolymericmatrixusedtofabricatecompositematerials.Itsformmaybeshee...
