Designation:D6358−11StandardClassificationSystemandBasisforSpecificationforPoly(PhenyleneSulfide)(PPS)InjectionMoldingandExtrusionMaterialsUsingISOMethods1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6358;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thisclassificationsystemcoversunfilled,reinforcedandfilledmaterialssuitableforinjectionmoldingandextrusionusingISOmethods.Thesystemallowsfortheuseofpoly(phenylenesulfide)(PPS)plasticmaterialsthatarerecycled,reconstitutedrecycled-regrind,recoveredorreprocessed,orboth,providedthattherequirementsasstatedinthisspecifi-cationaremet.Itistheresponsibilityofthesupplierandthebuyerofrecycled,reconstituted,recycled-regrind,recoveredorreprocessed,orboth,poly(phenylenesulfide)plasticmaterialstoensurecompliance(seeGuideD7209).1.2Thepropertiesincludedinthisclassificationarethoserequiredtoidentifythecompositionscovered.Itispossiblethatotherrequirementsarenecessarytoidentifyparticularcharacteristicsimportanttospecializedapplications.TheuseofsuffixesasshowninSection5isonewayofspecifyingtheserequirements.1.3Thisclassificationsystemandsubsequentlinecallout(specification)areintendedtoprovideameansofcallingoutplasticmaterialsusedinthefabricationofenditemsorparts.Itisnotintendedfortheselectionofmaterials.Materialselectionneedstobemadebythosehavingexpertiseintheplasticfieldaftercarefulconsiderationofthedesignandtheperformancerequiredofthepart,theenvironmenttowhichitwillbeexposed,thefabricationprocesstobeemployed,thecostsinvolved,andtheinherentpropertiesofthematerialotherthanthosecoveredbythisclassification.1.4Thefollowingprecautionarycaveatpertainsonlytothetestmethodportion,Section11,ofthisclassificationsystem:Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheus...
