Designation:D2084−11(Reapproved2016)StandardTestMethodforRubberProperty—VulcanizationUsingOscillatingDiskCureMeter1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD2084;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoverstheuseoftheoscillatingdiskcuremeterfordeterminingselectedvulcanizationcharacteris-ticsofvulcanizablerubbercompounds.1.2ISO3417isverysimilartothistestmethod.Ithasminortechnicaldifferencesthatarenotconsideredtobesignificant.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinformationonly.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D1349PracticeforRubber—StandardConditionsforTest-ingD3185TestMethodsforRubber—EvaluationofSBR(Styrene-ButadieneRubber)IncludingMixturesWithOilD3186TestMethodsforRubber—EvaluationofSBR(Styrene-ButadieneRubber)MixedWithCarbonBlackorCarbonBlackandOilD3187TestMethodsforRubber—EvaluationofNBR(Acrylonitrile-ButadieneRubber)D3190TestMethodforRubber—EvaluationofChloropreneRubber(CR)D4483PracticeforEvaluatingPrecisionforTestMethodStandardsintheRubberandCarbonBlackManufacturingIndustries2.2ISOStandard:ISO3417Rubber—MeasurementofVulcanizationCharac-teristicsWiththeOscillatingDiskRheometer33.Terminology3.1DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:3.1.1Thefollowingmeasurementsmaybetakenfromthetorqueversustimecurve(seeFig.1).3.1.2curerateindex—measureofrateofvulcanizationbasedonthedifferencebetweenoptimumvulcanizationandincipientscorchtime.3.1.3peakcurerate—...
