Rheology Standards – DIN (selective)

DIN 1342

Viscosity: p.1. rheological terms, p.2. Newtonian fluids, p.3. non-Newtonian fluids, 2003.

DIN 13343

Linear viscoelastic materials, 1994.

DIN 16945

Testing reaction resins, hardeners and catalyzed resins, 1989.

DIN 51563

Testing mineral oils: Determination of the viscosity–temperature relation, 1976.

DIN 51810

Determination of the shear viscosity of lubricating greases using a rotational viscometer, with a cone-and-plate measuring system, 1999, draft 2005.

DIN 51818

Testing lubricants: The consistency classification of lubricating greases (NLGI grades), 1981/1988.

DIN 53019

Measurement of viscosity and flow curves using rotational viscometers; p.1: principles and measuring geometries, 2004 (draft); p.2: viscometer calibration and determination of measurement uncertainty, 2001.  DIN 53019-4-draft includes DIN 53018-76 and 53019-80; coaxial cylinders in general and the standard geometry, cone-and-plate, parallel plates.

DIN 53229

Testing coatings: Determination of viscosity at high shear rates using rotational viscometers, 1989.

DIN 53513

Determination of the viscoelastic properties of elastomers under forced oscillation at non-resonant frequencies, using tensile and linear-shear tests, 1990.

DIN 53535

Testing rubbers and elastomers: General requirements for dynamic test methods, using tensile, compression, torsional and linear-shear tests, 1982.

Rheology Standards – International Standards Organization (selective)

ISO 1133

Plastics: Determination of the melt flow rate (MFR) and the melt volume flow rate (MVR) of thermoplastics, 2005.

ISO 3219

Plastics, polymers/resins in the liquid state or as emulsions or dispersions:  Determination of viscosity using a rotational viscometer with a defined shear rate, 1993.

ISO 6388

Surface active agents: Determination of flow properties using a rotational viscometer, 1989.

ISO 6721

Plastics: Determination of dynamic mechanical properties, 1995/2001.

p.1: General principles (terms: shear, tensile, compression moduli, Poisson’s ratio, test modes);

p.10:     Complex shear viscosity using a parallel-plate oscillatory rheometer (polymer melts, also G*, G’, G’’), 1999

ISO 9000

Quality management systems, fundamentals and vocabulary, 2005.

ISO 9514

Paints and varnishes: Determination of the pot-life of multicomponent coating systems, 2005.

ISO 12115

Fibre-reinforced plastics (thermosetting moulding compounds and prepregs): determination of flowability, maturation and shelf life, 1998.

ISO 13503

Petroleum and natural gas industries (completion fluids and materials), p.1: Measurement of various properties of completion fluids, 2005.

ISO 14446

Binders for paints and varnishes: Determination of the viscosity of cellulose nitrate solutions and classifications of such solutions, 1999.

ISO 14678

Adhesives: Determination of resistance to flow (sagging, after application and during cure), 2005.

ISO 16862

Paints and varnishes: Evaluation of sag resistance, 2003.

ISO17025

General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.

ISO 20965

Plastics: Determination of the transient extensional viscosity of polymer melts; specimens stretched uniaxially under constant strain rate and constant temperature, strain rate range of 0.01 to 1 s-1, at Hencky  strains up to 4, temperatures up to 250oC, extensional viscosity range 10 kPa.s to 10 MPa.s, 2003.

Rheology Standards – American Society for Testing & Materials (selective)

ASTM-D883-08

Standard terminology relating to plastics.

ASTM-D1084-08

Standard test methods for viscosity of adhesives.

ASTM-D2196-05

Standard test methods for rheological properties of non-Newtonian materials by rotational (Brookfield type) viscometer.

ASTM-2556-93a

Standard test method for apparent viscosity of adhesives having shear-rate dependent flow properties.

ASTM-D3236-8(04)

Standard test method for apparent viscosity of hot melt adhesives and coating materials.

ASTM-D2857-9(07)

Standard practice for dilute solution viscosity of polymers.

ASTM-D2983-04a

Standard test method for low-temperature viscosity of lubricants measured by Brookfield viscometer.

ASTM-D3925-02

Standard practice for sampling liquid paints and related pigmented coatings.

ASTM-D4000-08

Standard classification system for specifying plastic materials.

ASTM-D4065-06

Standard practice for plastics: dynamic mechanical properties: determination and report of procedures.

ASTM-D4092-07

Standard terminology for plastics: dynamic mechanical properties.

ASTM-D4287-00

Standard test method for high-shear viscosity using a cone-plate viscometer.

ASTM-D4402-06

Standard test method for viscosity determination of asphalt at elevated temperatures using a rotational viscometer.

ASTM-D4440-07

Standard test method for plastics: dynamic mechanical properties: melt rheology.

ASTM-D4473-08

Standard test method for plastics: dynamic mechanical properties: cure behavior.

ASTM-D4483-05a

Standard practice for evaluating precision for test method standards in the rubber and carbon black manufacturing industries.

ASTM-D4684-07

Standard test method for determination of yield stress and apparent viscosity of engine oils at low temperature.

ASTM-D4889-04

Standard test methods for polyurethane raw materials: determination of viscosity of crude or modified isocyanates.

ASTM-D5010-08a

Standard guide for testing printing inks and related materials.

ASTM-D5018-8(04)

Standard test method for shear viscosity of coal-tar and petroleum pitches.

ASTM-D6022-06

Standard practice for calculation of permanent shear stability index.

ASTM-D6080-9(07)

Standard practice for defining the viscosity characteristics of hydraulic fluids.

ASTM-D6128-06

Standard test method for shear testing of bulk solids using the Jenike shear cell.

ASTM-D6601-0(08)

Standard test method for rubber properties—measurement of cure and after-cure dynamic properties using a rotorless shear rheometer.

ASTM-D6821-0(07)

Standard test method for low temperature viscosity of drive line lubricants in a constant shear stress viscometer.

ASTM-D6895-06

Standard test method for rotational viscosity of heavy duty diesel drain oils at 100oC.

ASTM-D7175-07

Standard test method for determining the rheological properties of asphalt binder using a dynamic shear rheometer.

ASTM-D7271-06

Standard test method for viscoelastic properties of paste ink vehicle using an oscillatory rheometer.

ASTM-D7395-07

Standard test method for cone/plate viscosity at a 500 s-1 shear rate.

ASTM-E6-08

Standard terminology relating to methods of mechanical testing.

ASTM-E177-06b

Standard practice for use of the terms precision and bias in ASTM test methods.