Designation:F1664−08(Reapproved2013)StandardSpecificationforPoly(VinylChloride)(PVC)andOtherConformingOrganicPolymer-CoatedSteelTensionWireUsedwithChain-LinkFence1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1664;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1ThisspecificationcoversPVCandotherconformingorganicpolymer-coatedsteeltensionwireforusewithchainlinkfence.PVCandotherorganicpolymercoatingshereinafterwillbedesignatedaspolymercoating.1.2Tensionwire,producedfromthreeclassesofwirecoatings,iscoveredasfollows:1.2.1Class1,consistingofapolymercoatingextrudedoverzinc-coatedoraluminum-coatedorzinc-5%aluminum-mischmetalalloy-coatedsteelwire;1.2.2Class2a,consistingofapolymercoatingextrudedandadheredtozinc-coatedoraluminum-coatedorzinc-5%aluminum-mischmetalalloy-coatedsteelwire;and1.2.3Class2b,consistingofapolymercoatingfusedandadheredtozinc-coatedoraluminum-coatedorzinc-5%aluminum-mischmetalalloy-coatedsteelwire.1.3Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinformationonly.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A90/A90MTestMethodforWeight[Mass]ofCoatingonIronandSteelArticleswithZincorZinc-AlloyCoatingsA370TestMethodsandDefinitionsforMechanicalTestingofSteelProductsA428/A428MTestMethodforWeight[Mass]ofCoatingonAluminum-CoatedIronorSteelArticlesD1499PracticeforFilteredOpen-FlameCarbon-ArcExpo-suresofPlasticsF552TerminologyRelatingtoChainLinkFencingF934SpecificationforColorsforPolymer-CoatedChainLinkFenceMaterialsG152PracticeforOperatingOpenFlameCarbonArcLightApparatusforExposureofNonmetallicMaterialsG153PracticeforOperatingEnclosedCarbonArcLightApparatusforExposureofNonmetallicMaterials3.Terminology3.1Definitions—Fordefinitionsoftermssuchasfabric(chain-linkfence),tensionwire,PVC,andpolymercoating,seeTe...