Designation:D8065/D8065M−16StandardClassificationSystemandBasisforSpecificationforSpecifyingPlasticFilms1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD8065/D8065M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisstandardprovidesaclassificationsystemfortabu-latingthepropertiesofunfilled,single-layerplasticfilms.NOTE1—Theclassificationsystemservesmanyoftheneedsofindustriesusingplasticfilms.Thestandardissubjecttorevisionastheneedrequires;therefore,thelatestrevisionshouldalwaysbeused.NOTE2—FilmisdefinedinTerminologyD883asanoptionaltermforsheetinghavinganominalthicknessnogreaterthan0.25mm[0.010in.].1.2Theclassificationsystemandsubsequentlinecall-out(specification)isintendedtobeameansofidentifyingplasticfilmsusedforapplicationsincludingindustrial,packaging,construction,andagriculture.Itisnotintendedfortheselectionofmaterialstobeusedinfilms.Thisselectionshouldbemadebythosehavingexpertiseintheplasticsfieldaftercarefulconsiderationoftheend-userequirements,theenvironmenttowhichthefilmswillbeexposed,thefabricationprocesstobeemployed,theinherentpropertiesofthematerialnotcoveredinthisdocument,andtheeconomicfactors.1.3Thisclassificationsystemisbasedonthepremisethatplasticfilmscanbearrangedintobroadgenericfamiliesbasedonmaterialswithsimilarcompositionusingbasicfilmprop-erties.Asystemisthusestablishedwhich,togetherwithvaluesdescribingadditionalrequirements,permitsascompleteadescriptionasdesiredoftheselectedfilm.1.4InallcaseswheretheprovisionsofthisclassificationsystemwouldconflictwiththereferencedASTMspecificationforaparticularfilmproduct,thelattershalltakeprecedence.NOTE3—Itisstronglyrecommendedthatthisclassificationsystembeusedforallnewapplicationsandspecificationsandthatthespecificationoffilmsusingexistingstandardsbeexpeditiouslywithdrawnorconvertedtothis...
