E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
Determine Conformance with Specifications
2.2 IEC/ISO Standards:
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IEC 60243-1 Electrical Strength of Insulating Materials—
Test Methods—Part 1: Tests at Power Frequencies
IEC 60250 Recommended Methods for the Determination of
the Permittivity and Dielectric Dissipation Factor of
Electrical Insulating Materials at Power, Audio and Radio
Frequencies Including Metre Wavelengths
ISO 75-1 Plastics—Determination of Temperature of De-
flection Under Load—Part 1: General Test Methods
ISO 75-2 Plastics—Determination of Temperature of De-
flection Under Load—Part 2: Plastic and Ebonite
ISO 179-1 Plastics—Determination of Charpy Impact
Strength—Part 1: Non-instrumented Impact Test
ISO 294-1 Plastics—Injection Moulding of Test Specimens
of Thermoplastic Materials—Part 1: General Principles,
Multipurpose-Test Specimens and Bars
ISO 307 Determination of Viscosity Number of Polyamides
In Dilute Solutions
ISO 527-1 Plastics—Determination of Tensile Properties—
Part 1: General Principles
ISO 527-2 Plastics—Determination of Tensile Properties—
Part 2: Testing Conditions
ISO 1183 Plastics—Methods for Determining the Density
and Relative Density of Non-Cellular Plastics
ISO 3451-4 Plastics—Determination of Ash—Part 4: Poly-
amides
ISO 11357-1 Plastics—Differential Scanning Calorimetry—
Part 1: General Principles
ISO 11357-3 Plastics—Differential Scanning Calorimetry—
Part 3: Determination of Temperature and Enthalpy of
Melting and Crystallization
ISO 15512 Plastics—Determination of Water Content
ISO 16396-1 Plastics—Polyamide (PA) moulding and extru-
sion materials—Part 1: Designation system, marking of
products and basis for specifications
ISO 16396-2 Plastics—Polyamide (PA) moulding and extru-
sion materials—Part 2: Preparation of test specimens and
determination of properties
ISO 20753 Plastics—Test Specimens
3. Terminology
3.1 The terminology used in this classification system is in
accordance with Terminologies D883 and D1600.
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.2.1 polyphthalamide, PPA, n—a polyamide in which resi-
dues of terephthalic acid or isophthalic acid or a combination
of the two comprise at least 55 molar percentage of the
dicarboxylic acid portion of the repeating structural units in the
polymer chain.
4. Classification
4.1 Polyamide materials are classified into groups in accor-
dance with their composition. These groups are subdivided into
classes and grades as shown in the Basic Property Table (Table
PA).
NOTE 3—An example of this classification system for unreinforced
polyamide is given as follows: The designation PA0123 indicates the
following:
PA = polyamide as found in Terminology D1600,
01 (group) = polyamide 66,
2 (class) = heat stabilized, and
3 (grade) = with a minimum viscosity number of 210 and the
requirements given in Table PA.
4.1.1 Grades of reinforced or filled versions, or both, of the
basic materials are identified by a single letter that indicates the
reinforcement or filler used and two digits, in multiples of 5,
that indicate the nominal quantity in percent by weight. Thus,
a letter designation G for glass reinforced and 35 for percent or
reinforcement, G35, specifies a material with a nominal glass
level of 35 %. The reinforcement letter designations and
associated tolerance levels are shown as follows:
Symbol Material
Tolerance
(Based on the Total
Mass)
C carbon- and graphite-fiber-
reinforced
±2 %
G glass-reinforced ±2 %
L lubricants (such as PTFE,
graphite,
silicone, and molybdenum
disulfide)
Depends upon material
and
process—to be specified.
M mineral-reinforced ±2 %
R combinations of reinforcements or
fillers, or both
±3 %
NOTE 4—An example of this classification system for reinforced
polyamide is given as follows: The designation PA012G35 indicates the
following:
PA = polyamide as found in Terminology D1600,
01 (group) = polyamide 66,
2 (class) = heat stabilized, and
G35 (grade) = nominal 35 % glass with the requirements given in
Table PA.
NOTE 5—This part of the classification system uses percent of rein-
forcements or additives, or both, in the callout of the modified basic
material. The types and percentages of reinforcements and additives are
sometimes shown on the supplier’s technical data sheet. If necessary,
additional control of these reinforcements and additives can be accom-
plished by use of the suffix part of the system (see Section 5).
NOTE 6—Materials containing reinforcements or fillers, or both, at
nominal levels not in multiples of 5 are included in the nearest PA grade
designation. For example, a material with a nominal glass fiber level of
33 % is included with Grade G35 as shown in Note 5.
NOTE 7—Ash content of filled or reinforced materials is determined
using Test Method ISO 3451-4.
4.2 Variations of polyamide materials that are not in Table
PA are classified in accordance with Tables PA and A or B.
Table PA is used to specify the group of polyamide and Table
A or B is used to specify property requirements.
4.2.1 Specific requirements for variations of polyamide
materials shall be shown by a six-character designator. The
designation will consist of the letter “A” or “B” and the five
digits comprising the cell numbers for the property require-
ments in the order as they appear in Tables A and B.
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