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Summary of common test standards for automotive rubber materials

2021-03-31

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Automotive rubber materials are currently a larger type of material in the automotive industry, and they are also an important market for the rubber industry. At present, different industries have different standard requirements for the rubber used. The engineers of the Standard Group simply sorted out the commonly used rubber materials for vehicles. Summary of test standards. Hardness test: 　　 Shore hardness: ASTM D2240-05 Test method for rubber hardness by durometer GB/T 531-1999 Rubber pocket hardness tester indentation hardness test method ISO 7619-1:2004 Determination of indentation hardness of vulcanized or thermoplastic rubber Part 1: Hardness tester method (Shore hardness) 'DIN 53505-2000 Rubber test Shore A and D hardness test VDA 675 202' Other hardness: 'ASTM D1415-88 (04) Rubber properties International hardness test method GB/T 6031- 1998 Determination of the hardness of vulcanized rubber or thermoplastic rubber (10-100IRHD) 　　ISO 48:199 4 Determination of the hardness of vulcanized rubber or thermoplastic rubber (10-100IRHD)　　ISO 7619-2:2004 Determination of indentation hardness of vulcanized or thermoplastic rubber Part 2: IRHD Pocket gauge method JIS K6253:1997 Hardness test method for vulcanized rubber and thermoplastic rubber Tensile test: 'Tension at break (%): ASTM D412-98A (02) Tension of vulcanized rubber, thermoplastic rubber and thermoplastic synthetic rubber GB/T 528 -1998 Determination of tensile stress-strain properties of vulcanized rubber or thermoplastic rubber ISO 37:2005 Determination of tensile stress-strain properties of vulcanized rubber and thermoplastics DIN 53504-1994 Tensile test method for vulcanized rubber JIS K6251:2004 Tensile test method for vulcanized rubber JIS K6251 :2004 Tensile test method of vulcanized rubber BS 903-A2:1995 Physical test of rubber. Determination of tensile stress-strain characteristics. Tear strength test: 　　 ASTM D624-00E1 Standard test method for tearing strength of conventional vulcanized rubber and thermoplastic elastomer GB /T 529-1999 Determination of the tear strength of vulcanized rubber or thermoplastic rubber Part 1: Pants, angle and crescent test pieces ISO 34-1:2004 Determination of the tear strength of vulcanized rubber or thermoplastic rubber Part 1: Pants Shaped, angled and crescent-shaped test pieces DIN 53356-1982 Inspection of artificial leather and similar flat fabrics. Continuous tear test JIS K6252:2001 Calculation method for tear strength of vulcanized rubber and thermoplastic rubber D41 5149-1997 Peugeot standard rubber tear strength (Delft sample) 　　 D41 1095-1982 Peugeot standard rubber tear strength Mooney viscosity test: 　　 ASTM D1646-04 Rubber viscosity stress relaxation and vulcanization characteristics (Mooney viscometer) test method GB/T 1232.1-2000 unvulcanized rubber Glue is measured with a disc shear viscometer. Part 1: Determination of Mooney viscosity ISO 289-1:2005 Unvulcanized rubber is measured with a shear disc viscometer. Part 1: Determination of Mooney viscosity JIS K6300-1:2001 Physical properties of unvulcanized rubber. Part 1: Method of measuring viscosity and pre-vulcanization time with Mooney viscometer. Vulcanization characteristic test: 　　 ASTM D2084-2001 Test method for measuring rubber vulcanization properties with vibrating disc vulcanizer ASTM D5289-1995(2001) Rubber Performance Test method for measuring the vulcanization effect using a rheometer without a special element GB/T 16584-1996 Determination of the vulcanization characteristics of rubber with a rotorless vulcanizer GB/T 9869-1997 Determination of the vulcanization characteristics of rubber compounds (disc oscillation vulcanization method) ISO 3417:1991 Determination of rubber vulcanization characteristics with a pendulum disc vulcanometer DIN 53529-4-1991 Determination of rubber vulcanization characteristics with a vulcanometer with a rotor to determine the characteristic density/specific gravity of hinges: 　　 GB/T 533-1991 Determination of the density of vulcanized rubber HG/T 2728-1995 Determination of rubber density Direct reading method ISO 2781:1988 Determination of vulcanized rubber density Compression set: 　　 ASTM D395-03 Standard test method for rubber compression set characteristics GB/T 7759-1996 Vulcanized rubber, thermoplastic rubber at room temperature, Determination of compression set at high temperature and low temperature ISO 815:2000 Determination of compression set of vulcanized rubber and thermoplastic rubber at room temperature, high temperature and low temperature ASTM D1056-2000 Standard specification for ductile porous materials. Sponge or foam rubber JIS K6262:1997 Vulcanized rubber and thermoplastic Rubber compression set test method Resilience: 　　 ASTM D1054-02 Test method for rubber elasticity by rebound pendulum method GB/T 1681-1991 Determination of resilience of vulcanized rubber ISO 4662:1986 Determination of resilience of vulcanized rubber DIN 53512-2000 Vulcanized rubber Determination of resilience JIS K6255:1996 Test method for resilience of vulcanized rubber and thermoplastic rubber. Low temperature embrittlement temperature: 　　 ASTM D1329-02 Evaluation of natural rubber properties. Low temperature shrinkage test method of rubber (TR test method)　　 ASTM D746-04 impact method Test method for determining the brittle temperature of plastics and elastic materials ASTM D2137-05 Test method for brittle temperature of elastic materials GB/T 1682-1994 Determination of low temperature brittleness of vulcanized rubber Single specimen method GB/T 15256-1994 Low temperature of vulcanized rubber Determination of brittleness Multi-sample method GB/T 7758-2002 Determination of low-temperature characteristics of vulcanized rubber Temperature-retraction method (TR test) 　　ISO 2921:2005 Low-temperature characteristics of vulcanized rubber

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