Abstract

This specification covers two types of cool-application 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. Type I are general-purpose filling compounds including all materials to be used for filling cables that are not required to function under electrical stress (for example, all-dielectric fiber-optic cable), including filling compounds for fiber-optic loose buffer tubes. While, Type II are electrical-type filling compounds including materials having prescribed electrical properties and used for filling wires and cables that are required to function fully or partially under electrical stress (including hybrid fiber-optic cable). Though chemical composition is not specified, the filling compounds shall, however, be tested and conform accordingly to the following electrical, physical, and temperature characteristics, as agreed upon between producer and purchaser: dissipation factor; volume resistivity; corrosion inhibition; adhesion; flash point; high-temperature drip/oil separation (syneresis) in the raw material state; evaporation loss; water resistance; homogeneity; color and opacity; color stability; foreign materials; volatility; thermal oxidative stability; cone penetration; pour point; drop-melting point; viscosity; congealing point; drop point; cable drip-out temperature; and cold-bend low-temperature flexibility.

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ASTM Standards

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

D88 Test Method for Saybolt Viscosity

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

D217 Test Methods for Cone Penetration of Lubricating Grease

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)

D566 Test Method for Dropping Point of Lubricating Grease

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

D942 Test Method for Oxidation Stability of Lubricating Greases by the Oxygen Pressure Vessel Method

D972 Test Method for Evaporation Loss of Lubricating Greases and Oils

D1264 Test Method for Determining the Water Washout Characteristics of Lubricating Greases

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

D1742 Test Method for Oil Separation from Lubricating Grease During Storage

D1743 Test Method for Determining Corrosion Preventive Properties of Lubricating Greases

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

D4731 Specification for Hot-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/D4732

Citation Format

ASTM D4732-13, Standard Specification for Cool-Application Filling Compounds for Telecommunications Wire and Cable, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2013, www.astm.org