Description / Abstract:
This SAE Recommended Practice applies to determining worst-case
fuel or test fluid surrogate, conditioning test specimens in
worst-case fuel(s)/surrogate(s) prior to testing, individual tests
for properties of polymeric materials exposed to oxygenate
fuel/surrogate mixtures with additives. The determination of
equilibrium, as well as typical calculations are also covered.
Purpose
Polymeric materials are used in applications that require
exposure to a variety of fluid environments. Tests to determine the
effects of such exposure on material properties are well
established. However, the determination of the effects on polymeric
materials exposed to fuels of variable blends with assorted
oxygenates poses new problems. This document seeks to address those
concerns by detailing changes to standard tests that make them
suitable for that purpose.