Designation:F1665−08(Reapproved2013)StandardSpecificationforPoly(VinylChloride)(PVC)andOtherConformingOrganicPolymer-CoatedSteelBarbedWireUsedWithChain-LinkFence1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1665;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1ThisspecificationcoversPVCandotherconformingorganicpolymer-coatedsteelbarbedwireconsistingoftwopolymer-coatedstrands,withfour-pointbarbsofzinc-coatedsteeloraluminumalloywire.PVCandotherorganicpolymercoatingshereinafterwillbedesignatedaspolymercoating.1.2Barbedwirestrandwire,producedfromthreeclassesofwirecoatings,iscoveredasfollows:1.2.1Class1,consistingofapolymercoatingextrudedoverzinc-coatedoraluminum-coatedorzinc-5%aluminum-mischmetalalloy-coatedsteelwire;1.2.2Class2a,consistingofapolymercoatingextrudedandadheredtozinc-coatedoraluminum-coatedorzinc-5%aluminum-mischmetalalloy-coatedsteelwire;and1.2.3Class2b,consistingofapolymercoatingfusedandadheredtozinc-coatedoraluminum-coatedorzinc-5%aluminum-mischmetalalloy-coatedsteelwire.1.3Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinformationonly.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A90/A90MTestMethodforWeight[Mass]ofCoatingonIronandSteelArticleswithZincorZinc-AlloyCoatingsA370TestMethodsandDefinitionsforMechanicalTestingofSteelProductsA428/A428MTestMethodforWeight[Mass]ofCoatingonAluminum-CoatedIronorSteelArticlesA700PracticesforPackaging,Marking,andLoadingMeth-odsforSteelProductsforShipmentD1499PracticeforFilteredOpen-FlameCarbon-ArcExpo-suresofPlasticsF552TerminologyRelatingtoChainLinkFencingF934SpecificationforColorsforPolymer-CoatedChainLinkFenceMaterialsG152PracticeforOperatingOpenFlameCarbonArcLightApparatusforExposureofNonmetallicMaterialsG153PracticeforOperatingEnclosedCarbonArcLightAppara...