Designation:D3064−97(Reapproved2013)StandardTerminologyRelatingToAerosolProducts1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD3064;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheDepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thetermsfoundinthisterminologyrelatetothenomenclatureusedintheaerosolindustry.2.Terminologyactiveingredient—componentofanaerosolformulationthatproducesthespecificeffectforwhichtheformulationisdesigned.aerosolcansideseam—canswhichareformedfromrectan-gularsheetshaveasoldered,bondedorweldedstripwhichjoinstwocorrespondingormatchingsidegiltedgestoformacylinder.aerosolpackaging—pressurizingsealedcontainerswithliq-uefiedorcompressedgases,enablingtheproducttoself-dispense.Theterm“aerosol”asusedhereisnotconfinedtothescientificdefinition(thatis,asuspensionoffinesolidorliquidparticlesinairorgas).aspiratorvalve—avalveinwhichthepropellantvaporisaspiratedthroughanorificeinthevalvechamber,causingasuctioneffectthatdrawstheproductupthediptubeandintothevalve.auxiliarysolvent—liquidmaterialusedinadditiontotheprimarysolvent.Itisgenerallyusedtoreplacepartoftheprimarysolventtoproduceaspecificeffect,or,asamatterofeconomics.chemicalattack—chemicalreactionorsolventeffect,causingfailureordeteriorationofplasticandrubberparts,organiccoating,metals,orlithographyinvolvedinthecompletedpackage.co-dispensingvalve—anarrangementwherebytwocompo-nentsofaproductareseparatedinsidethecontainerandmixedatthetimeofuse,whenejectedthroughdualchannelsintothevalve.coldfilling—thepressurizingofacontainerbycoolingthepropellant(andsometimestheproduct)belowitsboilingpointandtransferringitintothecontainerbeforethevalveisputinplace.Theoperationisusuallycarriedoutatatmo-sphericpressure(thatis,highpressureequipmentisnotneeded).compatibility—theabil...
