Designation:D4440−15StandardTestMethodforPlastics:DynamicMechanicalPropertiesMeltRheology1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD4440;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodoutlinestheuseofdynamicmechanicalinstrumentationindeterminingandreportingtherheologicalpropertiesofthermoplasticresinsandothertypesofmoltenpolymers.Itmaybeusedasamethodfordeterminingthecomplexviscosityandothersignificantviscoelasticcharacter-isticsofsuchmaterialsasafunctionoffrequency,strainamplitude,temperature,andtime.Suchpropertiesmaybeinfluencedbyfillersandotheradditives.1.2Itincorporatesalaboratorytestmethodfordeterminingtherelevantrheologicalpropertiesofapolymermeltsubjectedtovariousoscillatorydeformationsonaninstrumentofthetypecommonlyreferredtoasamechanicalordynamicspectrom-eter.1.3Thistestmethodisintendedtoprovideameansofdeterminingtherheologicalpropertiesofmoltenpolymers,suchasthermoplasticsandthermoplasticelastomersoverarangeoftemperaturesbynonresonant,forced-vibrationtech-niques.Plotsofmodulus,viscosity,andtandeltaasafunctionofdynamicoscillation(frequency),strainamplitude,temperature,andtimeareindicativeoftheviscoelasticprop-ertiesofamoltenpolymer.1.4Thistestmethodisvalidforawiderangeoffrequencies,typicallyfrom0.01to100Hz.1.5Thistestmethodisintendedforhomogenousandheterogeneousmoltenpolymericsystemsandcompositefor-mulationscontainingchemicaladditives,includingfillers,reinforcements,stabilizers,plasticizers,flameretardants,im-pactmodifiers,processingaids,andotherimportantchemicaladditivesoftenincorporatedintoapolymericsystemforspecificfunctionalproperties,andwhichcouldaffecttheprocessabilityandfunctionalperformance.Thesepolymericmaterialsystemshavemoltenviscositiestypicallylessthan106Pa·s(107poise).1.6Apparentdiscrepanciesmayariseinresu...
