Describes a test based on the progressive stiffening of rubber with time, caused by crystallization. It is limited to materials having an initial hardness at test temperature of 10 to 85 IRHD. The method is applicable to raw, unvulcanized (compounded), and vulcanized rubber. It is mainly of interest for rubber with a marked crystallization tendency at temperatures experienced in cold climates, such as, for instance, chloroprene and natural rubber. The method is not applicable to fast-crystallizing materials.
ISO 3387:1994 history
2020ISO 3387:2020 Rubber — Determination of crystallization effects by hardness measurements
2012ISO 3387:2012 Rubber - Determination of crystallization effects by hardness measurements
2000ISO 3387:1994/Cor 1:2000 Rubber - Determination of crystallization effects by hardness measurements; Technical Corrigendum 1
1994ISO 3387:1994 Rubber - Determination of crystallization effects by hardness measurements
1978ISO 3387:1978 Rubbers; Determination of crystallization effects by hardness measurements