ASTM D1037 - 12 Standard Test Methods for Evaluating Properties of Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials

ASTM D1037 - 12

Standard Test Methods for Evaluating Properties of Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials

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Book of Standards Volume: 04.10

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Significance and Use

These test methods cover small-specimen tests for wood-base fiber and particle panel materials that are made to provide:

Data for comparing the mechanical and physical properties of various materials,

Data for determining the influence on the basic properties of such factors as raw material and processing variables, post-treatments of panels, and environmental influences, and

Data for manufacturing control, product research and development, and specification acceptance.

Not all the tests outlined in these test methods may be necessary to evaluate any particular panel for any specified use. In each instance, therefore, it will be necessary to determine which tests shall be made.

1. Scope

1.1 Part AGeneral Test Methods for Evaluating the Basic Properties of Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials. These test methods cover the determination of the properties of wood-base fiber and particle panel materials that are produced as mat-formed panels such as particleboard, medium-density fiberboard, hardboard, and oriented strand board.

	Section
Significance and Use	3
Apparatus	4
Test Specimens	5
Moisture Content and Conditioning Requirements	6
Accelerated Aging	7
Size, Physical Properties and Appearance of Panels	8
Static Bending	9
Tension Parallel to Surface	10
Tension Perpendicular to Surface	11
Compression Parallel to Surface	12
Fastener Holding Tests:
Lateral Nail Resistance	13
Nail Withdrawal	14
Nail-Head Pull-Through	15
Direct Screw Withdrawal	16
Hardness	17
Hardness Modulus	18
Shear in the Plane of the Panel	19
Glue-Line Shear (Block Type)	20
Falling Ball Impact	21
Abrasion Resistance by the U.S. Navy Wear Tester	22
Moisture Tests:
Water Absorption and Thickness Swelling	23
Linear Expansion with Change in Moisture Content	24
Cupping and Twisting	25
Interlaminar Shear	26
Edgewise Shear	27
Compression-Shear	28

1.2 Part BAcceptance and Specification Test Methods for Hardboard. The methods for Part B provide test procedures for measuring the following properties of hardboard:

	Section
Thickness	32
Modulus of Rupture	33
Tension Strength Parallel to Surface	34
Tension Strength Perpendicular to Surface	35
Water Absorption and Thickness Swelling	36
Moisture Content and Specific Gravity	37

1.3 There are accepted basic test procedures for various fundamental properties of materials that may be used without modification for evaluating certain properties of wood-based fiber and particle panel materials. These test methods are included elsewhere in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. The pertinent ones are listed in Table 1. A few of the test methods referenced are for construction where the wood-base materials often are used.

1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI equivalents are approximate in many cases. 1 in. = 25.4 mm, 1 lbf = 4.45 N.

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.

TABLE 1 Basic Test Procedures for Evaluating Properties of Wood Base-Fiber and Particle Panel Materials

ASTM Designation	Test Methods for
C177	Steady-State Heat-Flux Measurements and Thermal Transmission Properties by Means of the Guarded-Hot-Plate Apparatus^A
C209	Cellulosic Fiber Insulating Board^A
C236	Steady-State Thermal Performance of Building Assemblies by Means of the Guarded Hot Box^A
C384	Impedance and Absorption of Acoustical Materials by the Imped- ance Tube Method^A
C423	Sound Absorption and Sound Absorption Coefficients by the Re- verberation Room Method^A
D149	Dielectric Breakdown Voltage and Dielectric Strength of Solid Elec- trical Insulating Materials at Commercial Power Frequencies^B
D150	A-C Loss Characteristics and Permittivity (Dielectric Constant) of Solid Electrical Insulating Materials^B
D257	D-C Resistance or Conductance of Insulating Materials^B
D495	High-Voltage, Low-Current, Dry Arc Resistance of Solid Electrical Insulation^B
D1666	Conducting Machining Tests of Wood and Wood-Base Materials^C
D1761	Mechanical Fasteners in Wood^C
E72	Conducting Strength Tests of Panels for Building Construction^D
E84	Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials^D
E90	Laboratory Measurement of Airborne Sound Transmission Loss of Building Partitions^A
E96	Water Vapor Transmission of Materials^A
E97	Directional Reflectance Factor, 45-deg 0-deg, of Opaque Specimens by Broad-Band Filter Reflectometry^E
E119	Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials^D
E136	Behavior of Materials in a Vertical Tube Furnace at 750°C^D
E152	Fire Tests of Door Assemblies^D
E162	Surface Flammability of Materials Using a Radiant Heat Energy Source^D
E661	Performance of Wood and Wood-Based Floor and Roof Sheathing Under Concentrated Static and Impact Loads^D
E662	Specific Optical Density of Smoke Generated by Solid Materials^D
E906	Heat and Visible Smoke Release Rates for Materials and Prod- ucts^D

^A Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.06.

^B Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 10.01.

^C Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.10.

^D Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.07.

^E Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

C273 Test Method for Shear Properties of Sandwich Core Materials

D143 Test Methods for Small Clear Specimens of Timber

D905 Test Method for Strength Properties of Adhesive Bonds in Shear by Compression Loading

D1554 Terminology Relating to Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials

D2395 Test Methods for Specific Gravity of Wood and Wood-Based Materials

D2915 Practice for Sampling and Data-Analysis for Structural Wood and Wood-Based Products

D3043 Test Methods for Structural Panels in Flexure

D3501 Test Methods for Wood-Based Structural Panels in Compression

D4442 Test Methods for Direct Moisture Content Measurement of Wood and Wood-Base Materials

E4 Practices for Force Verification of Testing Machines

E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 79.040 (Wood, sawlogs and sawn timber)

UNSPSC Code

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DOI: 10.1520/D1037-12

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ASTM D1037-12, Standard Test Methods for Evaluating Properties of Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2012, www.astm.org