Designation:D5886−95(Reapproved2011)StandardGuideforSelectionofTestMethodstoDetermineRateofFluidPermeationThroughGeomembranesforSpecificApplications1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5886;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisguidecoversselectingoneormoreappropriatetestmethodstoassessthepermeabilityofallcandidategeomem-branesforaproposedspecificapplicationtovariousper-meants.Thewidelydifferentusesofgeomembranesasbarrierstothetransportandmigrationofdifferentgases,vapors,andliquidsunderdifferentserviceconditionsrequiredetermina-tionsofpermeabilitybytestmethodsthatrelatetoandsimulatetheservice.Geomembranesarenonporoushomogeneousma-terialsthatarepermeableinvaryingdegreestogases,vapors,andliquidsonamolecularscaleinathree-stepprocess(1)bydissolutioninorabsorptionbythegeomembraneontheupstreamside,(2)diffusionthroughthegeomembrane,and(3)desorptiononthedownstreamsideofthebarrier.1.2Therateoftransmissionofagivenchemicalspecies,whetherasasinglepermeantorinmixtures,isdrivenbyitschemicalpotentialorinpracticaltermsbyitsconcentrationgradientacrossthegeomembrane.Variousmethodstoassessthepermeabilityofgeomembranestosinglecomponentpermeants,suchasindividualgases,vapors,andliquidsarereferencedandbrieflydescribed.1.3Varioustestmethodsforthemeasurementofpermeationandtransmissionthroughgeomembranesofindividualspeciesincomplexmixturessuchaswasteliquidsarediscussed.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D471TestMethodforRubberProperty—EffectofLiquidsD814TestMethodforRubberProperty—VaporTransmis-sionofVolati...
