Designation:D1566−21aStandardTerminologyRelatingtoRubber1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD1566;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisterminologycoversdefinitionsoftechnicaltermsusedintherubberindustry.Termsthataregenerallyunder-stoodoradequatelydefinedinotherreadilyavailablesourcesarenotincluded.1.2Definitionsfortermsthathavebeenestablishedbyotherbodiesrecognizedasexpertinthefieldwill,afterballotapproval,beinsertedinthisterminologywithoutchange,andthesourceofthedefinitionwillbeidentified.Exceptionstothisrulewillbewherethemeaningofthetermasusedintherubberindustryisdifferentfromthecommonmeaningoftheterm.1.3UsersofthisterminologywhorequiremathematicalexpressionsforthetimeandtemperaturedependentphysicalpropertiesofsometermsfoundinthisstandardshouldrefertoGuideD5992andotherstandardslistedunderreferenceddocuments.SelectedtermsfromGuideD5992maybefoundinAnnexA1.1.4Althoughthisterminologystandardavoidstheinclusionofjargonandarchaictermsasmuchaspossible,sometermshavebeenretainedforhistoricalreasons.1.5Thisinternationalstandardwasdevelopedinaccor-dancewithinternationallyrecognizedprinciplesonstandard-izationestablishedintheDecisiononPrinciplesfortheDevelopmentofInternationalStandards,GuidesandRecom-mendationsissuedbytheWorldTradeOrganizationTechnicalBarrierstoTrade(TBT)Committee.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D412TestMethodsforVulcanizedRubberandThermoplas-ticElastomers—TensionD925TestMethodsforRubberProperty—StainingofSur-faces(Contact,Migration,andDiffusion)D1076SpecificationforRubber—Concentrated,AmmoniaStabilized,Creamed,andCentrifugedNaturalLatexD1148TestMethodforRubberDeterioration—DiscolorationfromUltraviolet(UV)orUV/VisibleRadia-tionandHeatExposureofLight-ColoredSurfacesD1415TestMethodforRubberProperty—Internati...