Designation:D3795−00a(Reapproved2012)StandardTestMethodforThermalFlow,Cure,andBehaviorPropertiesofPourableThermosettingMaterialsbyTorqueRheometer1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD3795;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodcoverstheapparatus,andaspecifictestmethod,includingtheevaluationofresultsrequiredforthedeterminationofthethermalflowandcurebehaviorpropertiesofpourablethermosettingmaterials.1.2Thistestmethodcanbeused:1.2.1Asacontrolforthedevelopmentandproductionofpourablethermosettingmaterialsandtomeasurethedifferentproperties(forexample,meltingbehavior,curebehavior,etc.)aswellastheinfluenceofvariousadditivesandfillersinanygivenformulations,and1.2.2Verifytheuniformityofdifferentproductionbatchesofthesameformulation.1.3ThevaluesarestatedinSIunits.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.Specificprecau-tionsaregiveninSection7.NOTE1—ThereisnosimilarorequivalentISOstandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D792TestMethodsforDensityandSpecificGravity(Rela-tiveDensity)ofPlasticsbyDisplacementD883TerminologyRelatingtoPlasticsD1898PracticeforSamplingofPlastics(Withdrawn1998)3E691PracticeforConductinganInterlaboratoryStudytoDeterminethePrecisionofaTestMethod3.Terminology3.1DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:3.1.1Forthepurposeofthistestmethod,thefollowingdefinitionsapply,(seeFig.1):3.1.2flowandcurebehavior—theflowbehaviorisrepre-sentedbytherecordedtorquecurvefromtheloadingpeak(Pointt1),tothetorqueminimum(Pointt5).Thecurebehaviorisrepresentedbytherecordedtorquecurvefromthetorqueminimum(Pointt5)tothetorquemaxim...
