Designation:D4565−20StandardTestMethodsforPhysicalandEnvironmentalPerformancePropertiesofInsulationsandJacketsforTelecommunicationsWireandCable1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD4565;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thesetestmethodscoverproceduresforthephysicaltestingofthermoplasticinsulationsandjacketsusedontele-communicationswireandcableandthetestingofphysicalcharacteristicsandenvironmentalperformancepropertiesofcompletedproducts.Todeterminetheproceduretobeusedontheparticularinsulationorjacketoronthecompletedwireorcable,makereferencetothespecificationforthatproduct.1.2Thesetestmethodsappearinthefollowingsectionsofthisstandard:TestMethodSection(s)DimensionalMeasurementsofInsulations,Jackets,MiscellaneousCableComponents,andofCompletedCable4–9Cross-sectionalAreas9Diameters6Eccentricity8Thickness7PhysicalandEnvironmentalTestsofInsulationandJackets10–25AgingTest(JacketsOnly)24ColdBend(InsulationOnly)16EnvironmentalStressCrack(PolyolefinJacketsOnly)21HeatDistortion(JacketsOnly)22HeatShock(JacketsOnly)23InsulationAdhesion19InsulationandJacketShrinkback(OvenTest)14InsulationCompression20InsulationShrinkback(SolderTest)15MeltFlowRateChange—PolyolefinMaterials12OilImmersionTest(JacketsOnly)25OxygenInductionTime(PolyolefinInsulationOnly)17OxygenInductionTime(CableFillingCompoundOnly)18TensileandElongationTests13PhysicalandEnvironmentalTestsofInsulationsandJacketsofCompletedWireandCable26–42CableTorsionTest38CompoundFlowTest(FilledCoreWireandCableOnly)42CorrugationExtensibilityTest36CableImpactTest33JacketBondingTests29JacketNotchTest32JacketPeelorPull28JacketSlipStrengthTest30ProcedureSection(s)PressureTest(AirCoreWireandCableOnly)40SheathAdherenceTest31WaterPenetrationTest(FilledCoreWireandCableOnly)41WireandCableBendingTest...
