Designation:F1412−16AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardSpecificationforPolyolefinPipeandFittingsforCorrosiveWasteDrainageSystems1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1412;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thisspecificationcoversrequirementsfornon-pressurepolyolefinpipeandfittingsforcorrosivewastedrainagesystems.1.2PipeisproducedinSchedule40and80IPSsizes,andinDRIPSsizesfortwopolyolefins,polyethylene(PE)andpolypropylene(PP).1.3Theinterchangeabilityofpipeandfittingsmadebydifferentmanufacturersisnotaddressedinthisspecification.Transitionfittingsforjoiningpipeandfittingsofdifferentmanufacturersisprovidedforinthisspecification.1.4Pipeandfittingsarejoinedbytheheatfusionmethod(PracticeD2657forPPbuttandsaddlefusion,PracticeF2620forPEbutt,saddleandsocketfusionandPracticeF1290forpolyolefinelectrofusion)orbyusingmechanicaljointsrecom-mendedbythemanufacturer.1.5Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.1.6Thefollowingsafetyhazardscaveatpertainsonlytothetestmethod,Section8,ofthisspecification.Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappropriatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D543PracticesforEvaluatingtheResistanceofPlasticstoChemicalReagentsD570TestMethodforWaterAbsorptionofPlasticsD618PracticeforConditioningPlasticsforTestingD1600TerminologyforAbbreviatedTermsRelatingtoPlas-ticsD2122TestMethodforDeterminingDimensionsofTher-moplasticPipeandFittingsD2321PracticeforUndergroundInstallationofThermoplas-ticPipeforSewers...
