Designation:F3136−15StandardTestMethodforOxygenGasTransmissionRatethroughPlasticFilmandSheetingusingaDynamicAccumulationMethod1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF3136;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversaprocedurefordeterminationofthetransmissionrateofoxygengasthroughplasticsintheformoffilm,sheeting,laminates,coextrusions,coatedoruncoatedpapersorfabrics.1.2Thistestmethodisnottheonlymethodformeasure-mentoftheoxygentransmissionrate(OTR).ThereareothermethodsofOTRdeterminationthatuseotheroxygensensorsandprocedures.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.CommonlyusedmetricunitsusedtoreportOxygenTransmissionRateareincludedinTerminology,Procedure,PrecisionandBiassectionsandintheCalculationsectionoftheAppendix.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D3985TestMethodforOxygenGasTransmissionRateThroughPlasticFilmandSheetingUsingaCoulometricSensorE177PracticeforUseoftheTermsPrecisionandBiasinASTMTestMethodsE691PracticeforConductinganInterlaboratoryStudytoDeterminethePrecisionofaTestMethodF2622TestMethodforOxygenGasTransmissionRateThroughPlasticFilmandSheetingUsingVariousSensorsF2714TestMethodforOxygenHeadspaceAnalysisofPackagesUsingFluorescentDecay3.Terminology3.1Definitions:3.1.1OxygenTransmissionRate(OTR)—thequantityofoxygengaspassingthroughaunitareaoftheparallelsurfacesofaplasticfilmperunittimeundertheconditionsoftest.TheSIunitoftransmissionrateisthemol/(m2·s).Thetestcondi-tionsincludingtemperature,relativehumidityandoxygenpartialpressureonbothsidesofthefilmmustbe...
