Abstract

This specification covers a variety of petroleum-based and other compounds used for filling the air spaces in telecommunications wires and cables (both electrical and fiber optic) for the purpose of preventing water and other undesirable fluids from entering or migrating through the cable structure. The two basic types of filling compounds are specified: Type I which are general-purpose filling compounds that include all materials to be used for filling cables that are not required to function under electrical stress and Type II which are electrical-type filling compounds that include materials having prescribed electrical properties and used for filling wires and cables that are required to function fully or partially under electrical stress. Filling compound furnished shall inhibit the corrosion of any metallic wire and cable elements with which it comes in contact, while serving as a radial and longitudinal barrier to moisture transmission. Contact of the filling compound with any cable component shall not cause degradation of performance of the cable component. The filling compound shall display adhesive properties to provide adhesion between metallic sheath elements and the outer jacket materials of wire and cable. The following properties of filling compounds manufactured shall be determined: homogeneity, color and opacity, color stability, foreign materials, and other properties that includes volatility, thermal oxidative stability, and corrosion prevention.

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ASTM Standards

D6 Test Method for Loss on Heating of Oil and Asphaltic Compounds

D92 Test Method for Flash and Fire Points by Cleveland Open Cup Tester

D97 Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products

D127 Test Method for Drop Melting Point of Petroleum Wax, Including Petrolatum

D150 Test Methods for AC Loss Characteristics and Permittivity (Dielectric Constant) of Solid Electrical Insulation

D257 Test Methods for DC Resistance or Conductance of Insulating Materials

D445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)

D938 Test Method for Congealing Point of Petroleum Waxes, Including Petrolatum

D1500 Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale)

D2161 Practice for Conversion of Kinematic Viscosity to Saybolt Universal Viscosity or to Saybolt Furol Viscosity

D3895 Test Method for Oxidative-Induction Time of Polyolefins by Differential Scanning Calorimetry

D3954 Test Method for Dropping Point of Waxes

D4565 Test Methods for Physical and Environmental Performance Properties of Insulations and Jackets for Telecommunications Wire and Cable

D4568 Test Methods for Evaluating Compatibility Between Cable Filling and Flooding Compounds And Polyolefin Wire and Cable Materials

D4730 Specification for Flooding Compounds for Telecommunications Wire and Cable

D4732 Specification for Cool-Application Filling Compounds for Telecommunications Wire and Cable

D4872 Test Method for Dielectric Testing of Wire and Cable Filling Compounds

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 33.120.10 (Coaxial cables. Waveguides)

UNSPSC Code

UNSPSC Code 26121616(Telecommunications cable)

Referencing This Standard

DOI: 10.1520/D4731

Citation Format

ASTM D4731-13, Standard Specification for Hot-Application Filling Compounds for Telecommunications Wire and Cable, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2013, www.astm.org