Description / Abstract:
This SAE Recommended Practice provides a screening procedure for
evaluating the susceptibility of plastics to environmental stress
cracking by testing their resistance to pure solvents or their
mixtures. This method can be used to evaluate effect of complex
chemical mixtures with unknown or suspect components, which may be
encountered in the polymer's environment.
The list of chemicals in Appendix A is intended only to serve as
a guide and does not exclude any chemical that may represent the
environment the polymer is subjected to in a specific application.
As specific environment and exposure conditions are application
dependent and could vary significantly from one application to
another, the user of the document is recommended to choose the
appropriate solvents relevant to the actual application enviroment
and is not under any obligation to test the effect of all the
chemicals listed in Appendix A.
Rationale—SAE J2016 is based on ISO 11403-3,
Acquisition and presentation of comparable multipoint data—Part 3:
Environmental influences on properties. SAE J2016 is due for its
periodic review but the Plastics Committee is not aware that this
procedure is being utilized. Since it is equivalent in scope and
procedure to ISO 11403-3, it is, essentially, a redundant document.
Consequentially, the committee recommends that SAE J2016 be
withdrawn as an active standard.