Designation:C272/C272M−16StandardTestMethodforWaterAbsorptionofCoreMaterialsforSandwichConstructions1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC272/C272M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationoftherelativeamountofwaterabsorptionbyvarioustypesofsandwichconstructioncorematerialswhenimmersedinwater,orwhensubjectedtoahighrelativehumidityenvironment.Permissiblecorematerialformsincludethosewithcontinuousbondingsurfaces(suchasbalsawoodandfoams)aswellasthosewithdiscontinuousbondingsurfaces(suchashoneycomb).1.2ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.2.1Withinthetexttheinch-poundunitsareshowninbrackets.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D883TerminologyRelatingtoPlasticsD1193SpecificationforReagentWaterD3878TerminologyforCompositeMaterialsE122PracticeforCalculatingSampleSizetoEstimate,WithSpecifiedPrecision,theAverageforaCharacteristicofaLotorProcessE177PracticeforUseoftheTermsPrecisionandBiasinASTMTestMethodsE456TerminologyRelatingtoQualityandStatistics3.Terminology3.1Definitions—TerminologyD3878definestermsrelatingtohigh-modulusfibersandtheircomposites,aswellastermsrelatingtosandwichconstructions.TerminologyD883definestermsrelatingtoplastics.TerminologyE456andPracticeE177def...
