ASTM E171-94(2002)
Historical Standard: ASTM E171-94(2002) Standard Specification for Standard Atmospheres for Conditioning and Testing Flexible Barrier Materials
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1. Scope
1.1 This specification defines the standard temperature and humidity for conditioning and testing of materials at nominally ambient conditions.
1.2 There are many other temperature and humidity conditions which may be appropriately used to test end use conditions such as freezer, refrigerated or abusive storage. These need to be individually established.
1.3 Temperature and humidity alone are not sufficient to completely define a storage condition. Many other factors may be relevant (such as time, light and atmospheric pressure) which are defined in this specification.
1.4 Only those materials which fall into the general area of flexible packaging materials are included. Many other materials which were included in earlier versions of this specification may also need a definition.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
ASTM Standards
D4332 Practice for Conditioning Containers, Packages, or Packaging Components for Testing
F17 Terminology Relating to Flexible Barrier Packaging
F2825 Practice for Climatic Stressing of Packaging Systems for Single Parcel Delivery
Keywords
flexible barrier materials; barrier materials; atmospheres
ICS Code
ICS Number Code 19.040 (Environmental testing)
DOI: 10.1520/E0171-94R02
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