ASTM

ASTM is a member-based organization that develops a wide range of voluntary standards. ASTM promulgates standard test methods, specifications, practices, classifications, and terminology in over 130 industrial segments.

American Society for Testing and Materials

• ASTM C794 – Standard Test Method for Adhesion-in-Peel of Elastomeric Joint Sealants
• ASTM D471 – Standard Test Method for Rubber Property-Effect of Liquids
• ASTM D522 – Standard Test Methods for Mandrel Bend Test of Attached Organic Coatings
• ASTM D562 – Standard Test Method for Consistency of Paints Measuring Krebs Unit (KU) Viscosity Using a Stormer-Type Viscometer
• ASTM D624 – Standard Test Method for Tear Strength of Conventional Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers
• ASTM D1644 – Standard Test Methods for Nonvolatile Content of Varnishes
• ASTM D1653 – Standard Test Methods for Water Vapor Transmission of Organic Coating Films
• ASTM D2240 – Standard Test Method for Rubber Property – Durometer Hardness
• ASTM D2370 – Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Organic Coatings
• ASTM D2697 – Standard Test Method for Volume Nonvolatile Matter in Clear or Pigmented Coatings
• ASTM D4798 – Standard Practice for Accelerated Weathering Test Conditions and Procedures for Bituminous Materials (Xenon-Arc Method)
• ASTM D6083 – Standard Specification for Liquid Applied Acrylic Coating Used in Roofing
• ASTM G21 – Standard Practice for Determining Resistance of Synthetic Polymeric Materials to Fungi

Two ASTM standards used in defining the performance of cool roofs are ASTM E 903-88, for testing solar absorptance, and ASTM E 408-71 (1990), for testing the solar emittance of materials.

ASTM D-6083 was developed as a specification for acrylic roof coatings employing previously developed standard test methods found in roofing and coatings disciplines.