Materials Tested by KP

ASTM is a worldwide organization that started in the 19th century with headquarters now in West Conshohocken, Penna. (suburb of Philadelphia), USA. It is recognized as a world authority on standards for testing all types of materials that includes plastics. Their annual books of ASTM Standards contain more than seven thousand standards published in sixty-six volumes that include different materials and products. There are four volumes specifically on plastics 08.01-Plastics I 08.02-Plastics II 08.03-Plastics III, and 08.04-Plastic Pipe and Building Products. Other volumes include information on plastics and reinforced plastics (KPs). The complete ASTM index is listed under different categories for the different products, types of tests (by environment, chemical resistance, etc.), statistical analyses of different test data, and so on. 

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