ASTM D5747/D5747M-21 - 1.3.2021
 
Significance and Use

5.1?This practice is intended to provide a list of standard procedures for test programs investigating the chemical resistance of a geomembrane with a liquid waste, leachate, or chemical. This practice should be used in the absence of other specifications required for the particular situation being addressed.

5.2?Chemical resistance, as used in this practice, is not a quantifiable term. This practice is intended to provide a basis of standardization for those wishing to compare or investigate the chemical resistance of a geomembrane. It should be recognized that chemical resistance is a user judgment evaluation and that this practice does not offer procedures for interpreting the results obtained from test procedures contained in this practice. As a practice, this does not produce a test result.

Note 1:?This practice is for the chemical resistance assessment of geomembranes and is written in parallel to similar standard practices for geotextiles, geonets, geogrids, geopipes, and geosynthetic clay liners. Each standard is to be considered individually for the geosynthetic under investigation and collectively for all geosynthetics exposed to the potentially harsh chemical environment under consideration.

 
1. Scope

1.1?This practice covers procedures for the testing of geomembranes for chemical resistance with liquid wastes, prepared chemical solutions, and leachates derived from solid wastes.

1.2?This practice covers procedures for testing semi-crystalline, amorphous, elastomeric, and fabric-reinforced geomembranes.

1.3?This practice is intended to be used in conjunction with Practice D5322 or D5496, or both. The scope of this practice is limited to testing and reporting procedures for unexposed and exposed geomembrane samples.

1.4?Evaluation and interpretation of test data are beyond the scope of this practice.

1.5?The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system are not necessarily exact equivalents; therefore, to ensure conformance with the standard, each system shall be used independently of the other, and values from the two systems shall not be combined.

1.6?This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. Specific precautionary statements are given in Section 7.

1.7?This 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.

 
2. Referenced Documents

D624-00(2020)

Standard Test Method for Tear Strength of Conventional Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers

D5397-20

Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Stress Crack Resistance of Polyolefin Geomembranes Using Notched Constant Tensile Load Test

D5323-19a(2023)

Standard Practice for Determination of 2 % Secant Modulus for Polyethylene Geomembranes (Includes all amendments and changes 5/22/2023).

D5322-23

Standard Practice for Laboratory Immersion Procedures for Evaluating the Chemical Resistance of Geosynthetics to Liquids

D5199-25

Standard Test Methods for Measuring the Nominal Thickness of Geosynthetics

D4833/D4833M-07(2020)

Standard Test Method for Index Puncture Resistance of Geomembranes and Related Products

D4545-86(1999)

Standard Practice for Determining the Integrity of Factory Seams Used in Joining Manufactured Flexible Sheet Geomembranes (Withdrawn 2008)

D4439-25a

Standard Terminology for Geosynthetics (Includes all amendments and changes 9/30/2025).

D883-26

Standard Terminology Relating to Plastics

D4437-08

Standard Practice for Non-destructive Testing (NDT) for Determining the Integrity of Seams Used in Joining Flexible Polymeric Sheet Geomembranes

D3895-19

Standard Test Method for Oxidative-Induction Time of Polyolefins by Differential Scanning Calorimetry

D3418-21

Standard Test Method for Transition Temperatures and Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystallization of Polymers by Differential Scanning Calorimetry

D3417-99

Standard Test Method for Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystallization of Polymers by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) (Withdrawn 2004)

FTMS 101C,

Method?2031 Test Method for Preservation, Packaging, and Package Materials: Test Procedures Available from IHS, 15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO 80112, http://www.global.ihs.com.

F1251-89(1995)

Standard Terminology Relating to Polymeric Biomaterials in Medical and Surgical Devices

EPA/600/2-88/052,

Lining of Waste Containment and Other Impoundment Facilities Available from National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5301 Shawnee Rd., Alexandria, VA 22312, http://www.ntis.gov, PB-89-129670.

NSF Standard?54,

Flexible Membrane Liners Available from NSF International, P.O. Box 130140, 789 N. Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0140, http://www.nsf.org.

E794-24

Standard Test Method for Melting And Crystallization Temperatures By Thermal Analysis

C717-25

Standard Terminology of Building Seals and Sealants

D412-16(2021)

Standard Test Methods for Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers—Tension

D413-98(2025)

Standard Test Methods for Rubber Property—Adhesion to Flexible Substrate

D5496-15(2020)

Standard Practice for In-Field Immersion Testing of Geosynthetics

D638-22

Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics

D751-19

Standard Test Methods for Coated Fabrics

D882-26

Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic Sheeting

E793-24

Standard Test Method for Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystallization by Differential Scanning Calorimetry

D907-15(2023)

Standard Terminology of Adhesives

D1004-21

Standard Test Method for Tear Resistance (Graves Tear) of Plastic Film and Sheeting

D1505-25

Standard Test Method for Density of Plastics by the Density-Gradient Technique

D2240-15(2021)

Standard Test Method for Rubber Property—Durometer Hardness