ASTM D 996 : 2023
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Standard Terminology of Packaging and Distribution Environments
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03-23-2023
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American Society for Testing and Materials
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1.1This terminology is a compilation of definitions of technical terms used in the packaging and distribution environments. Terms that are generally understood or adequately found in other readily available sources are not included.
1.2A definition is a single sentence with additional information included in discussions.
1.3Definitions that are identical to those published by another standards organization or ASTM committee are identified with the name of the organization or ASTM committee.
1.4The definitions in this terminology are grouped into related areas under principal concepts. The broad descriptor term for each group is followed in alphabetical order by narrower terms and related terms. Cross-references are included where the concept group is not obvious.
1.5Terminology related to flexible barrier packaging is found in Terminology F17.
1.6This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
| ASTM D 7386 : 2016 | Standard Practice for Performance Testing of Packages for Single Parcel Delivery Systems |
| ASTM D 1975 : 2021 | Standard Test Method for Environmental Stress Crack Resistance of Plastic Injection Molded Open Head Pails |
| ASTM D 3076 : 2018 | Standard Practice for Effective Crimping on Outside Crimped Valves of Aerosol Containers (Withdrawn 2023) |
| ASTM D 6123/D6123M : 1997 : R2020 | Standard Specification for Pressure-Sensitive Tape for Light-Duty Packaging and General Purpose Masking |
| ASTM D 3715/D3715M : 1998 : R2019 | Standard Practice for Quality Assurance of Pressure-Sensitive Tapes |
| ASTM D 4675 : 2014 : REV A : R2022 | Standard Guide for Selection and Use of Flat Strapping Materials<sup>1</sup> |
| ASTM D 3759/D3759M : 2005 : R2019 | Standard Test Method for Breaking Strength and Elongation of Pressure-Sensitive Tape |
| ASTM D 4041/D4041M : 2005 : R2017 | Standard Practice for Determining Spray Patterns of Mechanical Pump Dispensers |
| ASTM D 6653/D6653M : 2013 : R2021 | Standard Test Methods for Determining the Effects of High Altitude on Packaging Systems by Vacuum Method |
| ASTM D 5265 : 2009 : R2016 | Standard Test Method for Bridge Impact Testing |
| ASTM D 4727/D4727M : 2022 | Standard Specification for Corrugated and Solid Fiberboard Sheet Stock (Container Grade) and Cut Shapes |
| ASTM D 6804 : 2019 | Standard Guide for Hand Hole Design in Corrugated Boxes |
| ASTM D 5277 : 2022 | Standard Test Method for Performing Programmed Horizontal Impacts Using an Inclined Impact Tester |
| ASTM D 3482 : 2007 : REV A : R2023 | Standard Practice for Determining Electrolytic Corrosion of Copper by Adhesives |
| ASTM D 7478/D7478M : 2011 : R2017 | Standard Specification for Heavy Duty Sheathed Wood Crates |
| ASTM D 6199 : 2018 : REV A | Standard Practice for Quality of Wood Members of Containers and Pallets |
| ASTM D 4991 : 2007 : R2023 | Standard Test Method for Leakage Testing of Empty Rigid Containers by Vacuum Method |
| ASTM D 4169 : 2022 | Standard Practice for Performance Testing of Shipping Containers and Systems |
| ASTM D 7387 : 2020 | Standard Test Method for Vibration Testing of Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) Used for Shipping Liquid Hazardous Materials (Dangerous Goods) |
| ASTM D 5486/D5486M : 2006 : R2020 | Standard Specification for Pressure-Sensitive Tape for Packaging, Box Closure, and Sealing |
| ASTM D 3953 : 2015 : R2022 | Standard Specification for Strapping, Flat Steel and Seals |
| ASTM D 3813/D3813M : 1998 : R2020 | Standard Test Method for Curling, Twisting, and Tubing on Unwind of Pressure-Sensitive Tapes |
| ASTM D 1596 : 2014 : R2021 | Standard Test Method for Dynamic Shock Cushioning Characteristics of Packaging Material |
| ASTM D 5331 : 2003 : R2016 | Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Mechanical Handling of Unitized Loads Secured with Stretch Wrap Films |
| ASTM D 951 : 2017 | Standard Test Method for Water Resistance of Shipping Containers by Spray Method |
| ASTM D 642 : 2020 | Standard Test Method for Determining Compressive Resistance of Shipping Containers, Components, and Unit Loads |
| ASTM D 3611 : 2006 : R2019 | Standard Practice for Accelerated Aging of Pressure-Sensitive Tapes |
| ASTM D 7860 : 2014 : R2022 | Standard Test Methods for Measurement of Torque Retention for Child Resistant and Non-Child Resistant Packages with Continuous Thread Closures Using Automated Torque Testing Equipment |
| ASTM D 2063/D2063M : 2010 : R2018 | Standard Test Methods for Measurement of Torque Retention for Packages with Continuous Thread Closures Using Non-Automated (Manual) Torque Testing Equipment |
| ASTM D 6179 : 2020 | Standard Test Methods for Rough Handling of Unitized Loads and Large Shipping Cases and Crates |
| ASTM D 3950 : 2017 | Standard Specification for Strapping, Nonmetallic (and Joining Methods) |
| ASTM D 5264 : 1998 : R2019 | Standard Practice for Abrasion Resistance of Printed Materials by the Sutherland Rub Tester |
| ASTM D 3811/D3811M : 2021 : REV A | Standard Test Method for Unwind Force of Pressure-Sensitive Tapes |
| ASTM D 3951 : 2018 | Standard Practice for Commercial Packaging |
| ASTM D 880 : 1992 : R2021 | Standard Test Method for Impact Testing for Shipping Containers and Systems |
| ASTM D 3652/D3652M : 2001 : R2020 | Standard Test Method for Thickness of Pressure-Sensitive Tapes |
| ASTM D 7932 : 2017 | Standard Specification for Printed, Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Labels for Use in Extreme Distribution Environments |
| ASTM D 4728 : 2017 : R2022 | Standard Test Method for Random Vibration Testing of Shipping Containers |
| ASTM D 6537 : 2000 : R2021 | Standard Practice for Instrumented Package Shock Testing For Determination of Package Performance |
| ASTM A 700 : 2014(R2019) | Standard Guide for Packaging, Marking, and Loading Methods for Steel Products for Shipment |
| ASTM D 8409 : 2021 | Standard Guide for Conducting Stacking Tests on UN Packagings Using Guided or Unguided Loads |
| ASTM D 4332 : 2022 | Standard Practice for Conditioning Containers, Packages, or Packaging Components for Testing |
| ASTM D 5748 : 1995 : R2019 | Standard Test Method for Protrusion Puncture Resistance of Stretch Wrap Film |
| ASTM D 5445 : 2021 | Standard Practice for Pictorial Markings for Handling of Goods |
| ASTM D 6255/D6255M : 2018 | Standard Specification for Steel or Aluminum Slotted Angle Crates |
| ASTM D 1974/D1974M : 2022 | Standard Practice for Methods of Closing, Sealing, and Reinforcing Fiberboard Boxes |
| ASTM D 4504 : 1994 : R2018 | Standard Specification for Molded Polyethylene Open-Head-Pails for Industrial Shipping of Nonhazardous Goods |
| ASTM F 2228 : 2013 : R2021 | Standard Test Method for Non-Destructive Detection of Leaks in Packaging Which Incorporates Porous Barrier Material by CO<inf>2</inf> Tracer Gas Method |
| ASTM F 2391 : 2022 | Standard Test Method for Measuring Package and Seal Integrity Using Helium as the Tracer Gas |
| ASTM D 5458 : 1995 : R2020 | Standard Test Method for Peel Cling of Stretch Wrap Film |
| ASTM D 5571 : 2022 | Standard Test Method for Environmental Stress Crack Resistance (ESCR) of Plastic Tight-head Drums Not Exceeding 60 Gal (227 L) in Rated Capacity |
| ASTM D4003:1998(R2019)e1 | Standard Test Methods for Programmable Horizontal Impact Test for Shipping Containers and Systems<br> |
| ASTM D 5414 : 1995 : R2020 | Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Horizontal Impact Performance of Load Unitizing Stretch Wrap Films |
| ASTM D 7298 : 2006 : R2017 | Standard Test Method for Measurement of Comparative Legibility by Means of Polarizing Filter Instrumentation |
| ASTM D 4577 : 2019 | Standard Test Method for Compression Resistance of a Container Under Constant Load |
| ASTM D 5276 : 2019 | Standard Test Method for Drop Test of Loaded Containers by Free Fall |
| ASTM D 5639/D5639M : 2020 | Standard Practice for Selection of Corrugated Fiberboard Materials and Box Construction Based on Performance Requirements |
| ASTM D 8410 : 2022 | Standard Specification for Evaluation of Cellulosic-Fiber-Based Packaging Materials and Products for Compostability in Municipal or Industrial Aerobic Composting Facilities |
| ASTM F 2825 : 2018 | Standard Practice for Climatic Stressing of Packaging Systems for Single Parcel Delivery |
| ASTM D 5330/D5330M : 2006 : R2020 | Standard Specification for Pressure-Sensitive Tape for Packaging, Filament-Reinforced |
| ASTM D 3833/D3833M : 1996 : R2019 | Standard Test Method for Water Vapor Transmission of Pressure-Sensitive Tapes |
| ASTM D 6788 : 2002 : R2023 | Standard Specification for Repositionable Pressure-Sensitive Flags |
| ASTM D 999 : 2008 : R2015 | Standard Test Methods for Vibration Testing of Shipping Containers |
| ASTM D 4279 : 1995 : R2022 | Standard Test Methods for Water Vapor Transmission of Shipping Containers—Constant and Cycle Methods |
| ASTM D 1968 : 2022 | Standard Terminology Relating to Paper and Paper Products |
| ASTM D 6254/D6254M : 2020 | Standard Specification for Wirebound Pallet-Type Wood Boxes |
| ASTM D 5112 : 2022 | Standard Test Method for Vibration (Horizontal Linear Motion) Test of Products |
| ASTM D 6252/D6252M : 1998 : R2019 | Standard Test Method for Peel Adhesion of Pressure-Sensitive Label Stocks at a 90° Angle |
| ASTM D 3889/D3889M : 1996 : R2020 | Standard Test Method for Adherence to Linerboard of Pressure-Sensitive Tape at Low Temperature |
| ASTM D 7030 : 2004 : R2022 | Standard Test Method for Short Term Creep Performance of Corrugated Fiberboard Containers Under Constant Load Using a Compression Test Machine |
| ASTM F 2338 : 2009 : R2020 | Standard Test Method for Nondestructive Detection of Leaks in Packages by Vacuum Decay Method |
| ASTM D 5663 : 2015 : R2020 | Standard Guide for Validating Recycled Content in Packaging Paper and Paperboard |
| ASTM D 5459 : 1995 : R2020 | Standard Test Method for Machine Direction Elastic Recovery and Permanent Deformation and Stress Retention of Stretch Wrap Film |
| ASTM F 3169 : 2016 | Standard Test Method for Leak Detection in Blister Packaging by Vacuum Deflection Method by Laser Measurement |
| ASTM D 5749 : 2017 | Standard Specification for Reinforced and Plain Gummed Tape for Sealing and Securing |
| ASTM D 6055 : 1996 : R2019 | Standard Test Methods for Mechanical Handling of Unitized Loads and Large Shipping Cases and Crates |
| ASTM D 3330/D3330M : 2004 : R2018 | Standard Test Method for Peel Adhesion of Pressure-Sensitive Tape |
| ASTM D 3103 : 2020 | Standard Test Method for Thermal Insulation Performance of Distribution Packages |
| ASTM F 2227 : 2013 : R2021 | Standard Test Method for Non-Destructive Detection of Leaks in Non-sealed and Empty Packaging Trays by CO<inf>2</inf> Tracer Gas Method |
| ASTM D 3332 : 1999 : R2016 | Standard Test Methods for Mechanical-Shock Fragility of Products, Using Shock Machines |
| ASTM D 6251/D6251M : 2019 | Standard Specification for Wood-Cleated Panelboard Shipping Boxes |
| ASTM D 8314 : 2020 | Standard Guide for Performance Testing of Applied Stretch Films and Stretch Wrapping |
| ASTM D 6880/D6880M : 2019 | Standard Specification for Wood Boxes |
| ASTM D 6573/D6573M : 2013 : R2020 | Standard Specification for General Purpose Wirebound Shipping Boxes |
| ASTM D 4919 : 2017 | Standard Guide for Testing of Hazardous Materials (Dangerous Goods) Packagings |
| ASTM D 5728 : 2012 : R2020 | Standard Practices for Securement of Cargo in Intermodal and Unimodal Surface Transport |
| ASTM D 5168 : 2022 | Standard Practice for Fabrication and Closure of Triple-Wall Corrugated Fiberboard Containers |
| ASTM D 3580 : 2022 | Standard Test Methods for Vibration (Vertical Linear Motion) Test of Products |
| ASTM D 6039/D6039M : 2018 | Standard Specification for Open and Covered Wood Crates |
| ASTM D 1185 : 1998 : REV A : R2017 | Standard Test Methods for Pallets and Related Structures Employed in Materials Handling and Shipping |
| ASTM D 5487 : 2016 : R2022 | Standard Test Method for Simulated Drop of Loaded Containers by Shock Machines |
| ASTM D 6344 : 2004 : R2017 | Standard Test Method for Concentrated Impacts to Transport Packages |
| ASTM D 5415 : 1995 : R2020 | Standard Test Method for Evaluating Load Containment Performance of Stretch Wrap Films by Vibration Testing |
| ASTM D 4649 : 2020 | Standard Guide for Use of Stretch Films and Wrapping Application |
| ASTM D 4168 : 1995 : R2021 | Standard Test Methods for Transmitted Shock Characteristics of Foam-in-Place Cushioning Materials |
| ASTM D 6198 : 2018 | Standard Guide for Transport Packaging Design |
| ASTM D 3816/D3816M : 1996 : R2020 | Standard Test Method for Water Penetration Rate of Pressure-Sensitive Tapes |
| ASTM D 6253 : 2016 | Standard Practice for Treatment and/or Marking of Wood Packaging Materials |
| ASTM D 6256/D6256M : 2016 | Standard Specification for Wood-Cleated Shipping Boxes with Skidded, Load-Bearing Bases |
| ASTM D 5416 : 1995 : R2020 | Standard Test Method for Evaluating Abrasion Resistance of Stretch Wrap Films by Vibration Testing |
| ASTM D 5375/D5375M : 1998 : R2019 | Standard Test Methods for Liner Removal at High Speeds from Pressure-Sensitive Label Stock |
| ASTM D 5570/D5570M : 2010 : R2022 | Standard Test Method for Water Resistance of Tape and Adhesives Used as Box Closure |
| ASTM D 5077 : 1990 : R2021 | Standard Terminology Relating to Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Packaging Materials |
| ASTM D 2860/D2860M : 2018 | Standard Test Method for Adhesion of Pressure-Sensitive Tape to Fiberboard at 90° Angle and Constant Stress |
| ASTM D 6295/D6295M : 1998 : R2019 | Standard Test Method for Dispensability of Light–Duty Pressure–Sensitive Film Tape (Withdrawn 2023) |
| ASTM D 5118/D5118M : 2022 | Standard Practice for Fabrication of Fiberboard Shipping Boxes |
| ASTM D 1596 : 2014 : R2021 | Standard Test Method for Dynamic Shock Cushioning Characteristics of Packaging Material |
| ASTM C 717 : 2019 | Standard Terminology of Building Seals and Sealants |
| ASTM D 907 : 2015 | Standard Terminology of Adhesives |
| ASTM E 176 : 2021 : REV A : EDT 1 | Standard Terminology of Fire Standards |
| ASTM D 1596 : 2014 : R2023 | Standard Test Method for Dynamic Shock Cushioning Characteristics of Packaging Material |
| ASTM E 176 : 2024 | Standard Terminology of Fire Standards |
| ASTM D 907 : 2015 : R2023 | Standard Terminology of Adhesives |
| ASTM C 717 : 2024 | Standard Terminology of Building Seals and Sealants |
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