Designation

This standard is issued under the ﬁxed designation D4332; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A superscript epsilon (ε) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.

1. Scope

1.1

This practice provides for standard and special conditioning and testing atmospheres that may be used to simulate particular ﬁeld conditions that a container, package, or packaging component may encounter during its life or testing cycle.

1.2

This practice describes procedures for conditioning these containers, packages, or packaging components so that they approach or reach equilibrium with the atmosphere to which they may be exposed. This standard is commonly used for conditioning when conducting transit simulation tests.

1.3

Practice D685 should be used as the relevant conditioning standard when quantiﬁcation of box compression strength at standard atmosphere conditions is required.

1.4

This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

1.5

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

2. Referenced Documents

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3. Terminology

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4. Significance and Use

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5. Atmospheric Conditions

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6. Apparatus

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7. Procedure

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8. Report

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9. Precision and Bias

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10. Keywords

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ASTM D4332 - 22

Standard Practice for Conditioning Containers, Packages, or Packaging Components for Testing

Current

Published:

1 May 2022