Designation:F373−13StandardTestMethodforEmbossedDepthofResilientFloorCoverings1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF373;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheDepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Twoimportantcharacteristicsinvolvedinthemanufac-tureofresilientflooringrelatetothesmoothnessofthewearsurfaceandthehardnessofthelayersunderthewearsurface.Thesurfacesmayvaryfromcompletelytexturedareastoportionsthatareflatbutseparatedbytexturedareas.Thistestmethodcoversflooringwiththeseinterruptedwearsurfaceswhicharenotsupportedbysoft,cushionedlayers.1.2Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2E691PracticeforConductinganInterlaboratoryStudytoDeterminethePrecisionofaTestMethodF141TerminologyRelatingtoResilientFloorCoverings3.Terminology3.1ForterminologyrelatingtoResilientFloorCoverings,seeTerminologyF141.4.Significance4.1Thistestmethodisdesignedtomeasuretheverticaldistancebetweenanytwolevelsonthefaceoftheflooring,thatis,betweenanytwoflatareas,betweenaflatareaandanypartofatexturedarea,orbetweentwotexturedareas.Thisverticaldistancemaybeofinterestinitselforitmaybeappliedtothequestionsof:(1)howmuchofthethicknessoftheflooringisavailablebeforethepatternisdestroyed;or(2)howdeepthedepressedareasmustbebeforevalleyprintinginkisnotwalkedoninnormaltraffic.5.Apparatus5.1Theapparatusshallconsistofacomparatorstand...
