ASTM_C_1126_-_19.pdf

Designation:C112619Standard Specification forFaced or Unfaced Rigid Cellular Phenolic ThermalInsulation1This standard is issued under the fixed designation C1126;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This specification covers faced or unfaced,rigid cellularphenolic thermal insulation.Boards shall be faced or unfaced.Tubular forms and board cut from a block or bun covered bythis standard shall be unfaced.It does not apply to fieldexpanded cellular phenolic materials.NOTE1If a facer or vapor retarder is to be used for the tubular formor board,then refer to Practice C921.1.2 Materials covered by this specification are used as roofinsulation;sheathing or rigid board for non-load bearing,building material applications;and pipe or board insulation cutfrom a block or bun for use between 40 and 257F(40 and125C).Type II and Type III materials with an appropriatevapor retarder covering on the warm surface are used to alower temperature limit of 290F(180C).(See 7.3.)1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regardedas standard.The values given in parentheses are mathematicalconversions to SI units that are provided for information onlyand are not considered standard.1.4 This specification covers closed cell rigid cellular phe-nolic thermal insulation manufactured using blowing agentswith an ozone depletion potential of 0(ODP 0).1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety,health,and environmental practices and deter-mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.For specific precautionary statements,see Section 16.1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-ization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recom-mendations issued by the World Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2C165 Test Method for Measuring Compressive Properties ofThermal InsulationsC168 Terminology Relating to Thermal InsulationC177 Test Method for Steady-State Heat Flux Measure-ments and Thermal Transmission Properties by Means ofthe Guarded-Hot-Plate ApparatusC209 Test Methods for Cellulosic Fiber Insulating BoardC335/C335M Test Method for Steady-State Heat TransferProperties of Pipe InsulationC390 Practice for Sampling and Acceptance of ThermalInsulation LotsC518 Test Method for Steady-State Thermal TransmissionProperties by Means of the Heat Flow Meter ApparatusC550 Test Method for Measuring Trueness and Squarenessof Rigid Block and Board Thermal InsulationC585 Practice for Inner and Outer Diameters of ThermalInsulation for Nominal Sizes of Pipe and TubingC921 Practice for Determining the Properties of JacketingMaterials for Thermal InsulationC1045 Practice for Calculating Thermal Transmission Prop-erties Under Steady-State ConditionsC1058/C1058M Practice for Selecting Temperatures forEvaluating and Reporting Thermal Properties of ThermalInsulationC1303/C1303M Test Method for Predicting Long-TermThermal Resistance of Closed-Cell Foam InsulationC1363 Test Method for Thermal Performance of BuildingMaterials and Envelope Assemblies by Means of a HotBox ApparatusC1763 Test Method for Water Absorption by Immersion ofThermal Insulation MaterialsD1621 Test Method for Compressive Properties of RigidCellular PlasticsD1622 Test Method for Apparent Density of Rigid CellularPlastics1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C16 onThermal Insulation and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C16.22 onOrganic and Nonhomogeneous Inorganic Thermal Insulations.Current edition approved April 1,2019.Published May 2019.Originallyapproved in 1989.Last previous edition approved in 2018 as C1126 18.DOI:10.1520/C1126-19.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1 D1623 Test Method for Tensile and Tensile Adhesion Prop-erties of Rigid Cellular PlasticsD2126 Test Method for Response of Rigid Cellular Plasticsto Thermal and