ASTM_F_1479_-_98_2003.pdf

Designation:F 1479 98(Reapproved 2003)Standard Terminology Relating toMicrowave Food Packaging1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1479;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(e)indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This document contains definitions of technical termsused when evaluating microwave food packaging.1.2 Terms that are generally understood or adequatelydefined in other sources are not included.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:F 874 Test Method for Temperature Measurement and Pro-filing for Microwave Susceptors2F 1308 Test Method for Quantitating Volatile Extractablesin Microwave Susceptors Used for Food Products2F 1317 Test Method for Calibration of Microwave Ovens2F 1349 Test Method for Nonvolatile Ultraviolet(UV)Ab-sorbing Extractables from Microwave Susceptors2F 1500 Test Method for Quantitating Non-UV-AbsorbingNonvolatile Extractables from Microwave Susceptors Uti-lizing Solvents as Food Simulants2F 1519 Test Method for Qualitative Analysis of VolatileExtractables in Microwave Susceptors Used to Heat FoodProducts23.Definitionsdual ovenableterms describing a food packaging containerused to prepare food in either a conventional oven or amicrowave oven.fluoroptic temperature measurementtemperature mea-surement based on the variation in total luminescence of afluoroptic phosphor which has been previously calibratedversus a known temperature standard.food simulanta well-characterized substance used in placeof food for investigative studies.functional barrierin food packaging,a material that effec-tively restricts passage of solids,liquids,semi-solids,vapors,or forms of energy such as ultraviolet light through itself,across its borders,or interface with another material orsubstance.load(water load)an amount of water used to moderate themicrowave radiation absorbed by a susceptor during simu-lated microwave heating tests.microwave extraction cella polytetrafluoroethylene cellused for evaluating microwave active materials.Refer toTest Method F 1349 for schematics of cell construction.microwave only food packagea container used to heatfoods only in a microwave oven.microwave susceptorpackaging material that,when placedin a microwave field,is designed to interact with the fieldand provide substantial heat to the package contents.nonvolatile extractablesthose chemical species which arereleased from microwave food packaging under simulateduse conditions and are detected using an applicable nonvola-tile extractables method.packagea container providing protection to a product duringdistribution,storage,retailing,and use.volatile extractablesthose chemical species which are re-leased in the vapor state from microwave food packagingunder simulated use conditions and are detected using anapplicable volatile extractables method.This standard is subject to revision at any time by the responsible technical committee and must be reviewed every five years andif not revised,either reapproved or withdrawn.Your comments are invited either for revision of this standard or for additional standardsand should be addressed to ASTM International Headquarters.Your comments will receive careful consideration at a meeting of theresponsible technical committee,which you may attend.If you feel that your comments have not received a fair hearing you shouldmake your views known to the ASTM Committee on Standards,at the address shown below.This standard is copyrighted by ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959,United States.Individual reprints(single or multiple copies)of this standard may be obtained by contacting ASTM at the aboveaddress or at 610-832-9585(phone),610-832-9555(fax),or serviceastm.org(e-mail);or through the ASTM website(www.astm.org).1This terminology is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F02 on FlexibleBarrier Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F02.30 on TestMethods.Current edition approved Oct.10,1998.Published March 1999.Originallypublished as F 1479 93.Last previous edition F 1479 94.2Annual Book of ASTM Standards,Vol 15.09.1Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959,United States.