1.1 This specification covers nylon materials suitable for injection molding and extrusion. Some of these compositions are also suitable for compression molding and application from solution.

1.2 The properties included in this specification are those required to identify the compositions covered. There may be other requirements necessary to identify particular characteristics important to specialized applications. These shall be agreed upon between the user and the supplier, by using the suffixes as given in Section 5.

1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.

1.4 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the test methods portion, Section 11, of this specification. 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. A specific hazards statement is given in 11.2. ^REFERENCE:

ASTM Standards:

D 149 Test Method for Dielectric Breakdown Voltage and Dielectric Strength of Solid Electrical Insulating Materials at Commercial Power Frequencies

D 150 Test Methods for A-C Loss Characteristics and Permittivity (Dielectric Constant) of Solid Electrical Insulating Materials

D 256 Test Methods for Impact Resistance of Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials

D 257 Test Methods for D-C Resistance or Conductance of Insulating Materials

D 618 Practice for Conditioning Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials for Testing

D 638 Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics

D 648 Test Method for Deflection Temperature of Plastics Under Flexural Load

D 789 Test Methods for Determination of Relative Viscosity, Meting Point, and Moisture Content of Polyamide (PA)

D 790 Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials

D 792 Test Methods for Density and Specific Gravity (Relative Density) and Density of Plastics by Displacement

D 883 Terminology Relating to Plastics

D 1600 Terminology for Abbreviated Terms Relating to Plastics

D 1897 Practice for Injection Molding Test Specimens of Thermoplastic Molding and Extrusion Materials

D 1898 Practice for Sampling of Plastics

D 2584 Test Method for Ignition Loss of Cured Reinforced Resins

D 3418 Test Method for Transition Temperatures of Polymers by Thermal Analysis

D 3892 Practice for Packaging/Packing of Plastics

D 4000 Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials

E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications

Military and Federal Specifications and Standards:

MIL-STD-105 Sampling Procedure and Tables for Inspection by Attributes

L-P-410 Plastic, Polyamide (Nylon) Rigid: Rods, Tubes, Flats, Molded and Cast Parts

VV-I-530 Insulating Oil, Electrical (for Transformers, Switches, and Circuit Breakers)

Underwriters Laboratories:

UL 94 Standards for Tests for Flammability for Parts in Devices and Appliances

ISO Standard:

ISO 307 Determination of Viscosity Number of Polyamides in Dilute Solutions