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ASTM D4924-89(2017)

Historical Reaffirmation

Standard Classification for Petroleum Waxes for Use in Rubber Compounding

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1.1 This classification is intended to establish a classification system and test methods for petroleum waxes used in rubber compounding primarily as a static protective agent or material for unsaturated rubbers such as styrene-butadiene rubber, polyisoprene rubber, natural rubber, chloroprene rubber, acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, and polybutadiene rubber. These unsaturated rubbers are subject to ozone cracking. Under certain exposure conditions, waxes retard this cracking.

1.2 This classification is applicable to petroleum waxes used as process aids in rubber compounding. It is not applicable to nonpetroleum waxes such as carnuba wax, candelille wax, or ceresin wax, nor to synthetic hydrocarbon waxes such as polyethylene wax. These non-petroleum waxes display a different behavior on gas chromatographic analysis than do petroleum waxes.

1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.


4.1 Petroleum waxes in rubber compounds are commonly used to provide protection from degradation by ozone under static conditions, that is, when there is little or no flexing of the rubber products. The mode of action for this protection is (1) migration of the wax through the rubber to the surface of the product and (2) the formation of an ozone impervious film on the surface.

4.2 This standard classifies the petroleum waxes on the basis of molecular weight. In general, waxes of lower molecular weight (“paraffinic” or “crystalline”) migrate through the rubber more rapidly and form more brittle film than the higher molecular weight waxes (“microcrystalline”). Wax mixtures and blends are commonly used.

4.3 No direct inference of suitability for use in a particular rubber compound is made or implied by the classifications herein.

SDO ASTM: ASTM International
Document Number D4924
Publication Date Feb. 1, 2017
Language en - English
Page Count 2
Revision Level 89(2017)
Supercedes
Committee D11.20
Publish Date Document Id Type View
Nov. 1, 2021 D4924-21 Revision
Feb. 1, 2017 D4924-89R17 Reaffirmation
May 1, 2012 D4924-89R12 Reaffirmation
May 1, 2005 D4924-89R05 Reaffirmation
Nov. 10, 1999 D4924-89R99 Reaffirmation