ASTM D5512-96
Standard Practice for Exposing Plastics to a Simulated Compost Environment Using an Externally Heated Reactor

Standard No.

ASTM D5512-96

Release Date

1996

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Status

Withdraw 2002-01

Latest

ASTM D5512-96

Scope

1.1 This practice covers the exposure of plastics to a specific test environment. The test environment is an externally heated laboratory-scale reactor that simulates a composting system. Plastic exposure occurs in the presence of a media undergoing aerobic composting. The standard media simulates a municipal solid waste from which inert materials have been removed. This practice allows for the use of other media to represent particular waste streams. This practice provides exposed specimens for further testing and for comparison with controls. This test environment does not necessarily reproduce conditions that could occur in a particular full-scale composting process. 1.2 Changes in the material properties of the plastic and controls should be determined using appropriate ASTM test procedures. Changes could encompass physical and chemical changes such as disintegration and degradation. 1.3 This practice may be used for different purposes. Therefore, the interested parties must select: exposure conditions from those allowed by this practice; criteria for a valid exposure, that is, minimum or maximum change requirements for the compost and controls; and the magnitudes of material properties changes required for the plastic specimens. 1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only. 1.5 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. Specific hazard statements are given in Section 8. NOTE 1—There is no similar or equivalent ISO standard.

ASTM D5512-96 Referenced Document

• ASTM D1898 
• ASTM D1922 Standard Test Method for Propagation Tear Resistance of Plastic Film and Thin Sheeting by Pendulum Method*， 2023-05-15 Update
• ASTM D3593 Test Method for Molecular Weight Averages and Molecular Weight Distribution of Certain Polymers by Liquid Size-Exclusion Chromatography (Gel Permeation Chromatography GPC) Using Universal Calibration
• ASTM D3826 Standard Practice for Determining Degradation End Point in Degradable Polyethylene and Polypropylene Using a Tensile Test*， 1998-04-22 Update
• ASTM D618 Standard Practice for Conditioning Plastics for Testing*， 2021-07-15 Update
• ASTM D638 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics*， 1999-04-22 Update
• ASTM D882 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic Sheeting*， 1997-04-22 Update
• ASTM D883 Standard Terminology Relating to Plastics*， 2024-02-01 Update

ASTM D5512-96 history

• 1996 ASTM D5512-96 Standard Practice for Exposing Plastics to a Simulated Compost Environment Using an Externally Heated Reactor