ASTM D4000-08
Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials

Standard No.

ASTM D4000-08

Release Date

2008

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

ASTM D4000-09

Latest

ASTM D4000-23

Scope

The purpose of this classification system is to provide a method of adequately identifying plastic materials in order to give industry a system that can be used universally for plastic materials. It further provides a means for specifying these materials by the use of a simple line call-out designation.

TABLE 2A Symbols for the Form or Structure of Fillers and Reinforcing Materials
Symbol	Form or Structure
C	Chips, cuttings
D	Fines, powder
E	Beads, spheres, balls
F	Fiber
G	Ground
H	Whisker
K	Knitted fabric
L	Layer
M	Mat (fabric, thick)
N	Non-woven (fabric, thin)
P	Paper
R	Roving
S	Flake
T	Cord
V	Veneer
W	Woven fabric
X	Not specified
Y	Yarn

This classification system was developed to permit the addition of property values for future plastics.

1.1 This standard provides a classification system for tabulating the properties of unfilled, filled, and reinforced plastic materials suitable for processing into parts.

Note 18212;The classification system may serve many of the needs of industries using plastic materials. The standard is subject to revision as the need requires; therefore, the latest revision should always be used.

1.2 The classification system and subsequent line callout (specification) is intended to be a means of identifying plastic materials used in the fabrication of end items or parts. It is not intended for the selection of materials. Material selection should be made by those having expertise in the plastics field after careful consideration of the design and the performance required of the part, the environment to which it will be exposed, the fabrication process to be employed, the inherent properties of the material not covered in this document, and the economic factors.

1.3 This classification system is based on the premise that plastic materials can be arranged into broad generic families using basic properties to arrange the materials into groups, classes, and grades. A system is thus established which, together with values describing additional requirements, permits as complete a description as desired of the selected material.

1.4 In all cases where the provisions of this classification system would conflict w......

ASTM D4000-08 history

• 2023 ASTM D4000-23 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2020 ASTM D4000-20 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2016 ASTM D4000-16 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2013 ASTM D4000-13 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2012 ASTM D4000-12 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2011 ASTM D4000-11 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2010 ASTM D4000-10a Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2010 ASTM D4000-10 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2009 ASTM D4000-09b Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2009 ASTM D4000-09a Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2009 ASTM D4000-09 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2008 ASTM D4000-08 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2007 ASTM D4000-07 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2004 ASTM D4000-04e1 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2004 ASTM D4000-04 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2003 ASTM D4000-03a Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2003 ASTM D4000-03 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2001 ASTM D4000-01ae1 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2001 ASTM D4000-01 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2000 ASTM D4000-00a Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
• 2000 ASTM D4000-00 Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials