Friday, September 27, 2013

New Plastics Standards for the 2nd Quarter 2013

Document Center Inc. is pleased to announce that the following New Standards on Plastics in General are now available:


  • ASTM D696, 2008 Edition with an Editorial Change, Standard Test Method for Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion of Plastics Between -30°C and 30°C with a Vitreous Silica Dilatometer
  • ASTM D1600, 2013 Edition, Standard Terminology for Abbreviated Terms Relating to Plastics
  • ASTM D2583, 2013a Edition, Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Rigid Plastics by Means of a Barcol Impressor
  • ASTM D4000, 2013 Edition, Standard Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materials
  • ASTM D4092, 2007 Edition reaffirmed in 2013, Standard Terminology for Plastics: Dynamic Mechanical Properties
  • ASTM D5272, 2008 Edition reapproved in 2013, Standard Practice for Outdoor Exposure Testing of Photodegradable Plastics
  • BS EN ISO 472, 2013 Edition, Plastics. Vocabulary
  • BS EN ISO 4892-2, 2013 Edition, Plastics. Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources. Xenon-arc lamps
  • BS EN ISO 5659-1, withdrawn and Replaced by BS EN 5659-2
  • BS EN ISO 5659-2, 2012 Edition with Corrigendum 1, Plastics. Smoke generation. Determination of optical density by a single-chamber test
  • BS EN ISO 11357-3, Corrigendum 1 for 2011 Edition, Plastics. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Determination of temperature and enthalpy of melting and crystallization
  • BS EN ISO 11357-4, Corrigendum 1 for 2006 Edition, Plastics. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Determination of specific heat capacity
  • BS EN ISO 11357-6, Corrigendum 1 for 2009 Edition, Plastics. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Determination of oxidation induction time (isothermal OIT) and oxidation induction temperature (dynamic OIT)
  • BS EN ISO 11357-7, Corrigendum 1 for 2002 Edition, Plastics. Differential scanning calorimetry . Determination of crystallization kinetics
  • ISO 75-1, 3rd Edition, Plastics - Determination of temperature of deflection under load - Part 1: General test method
  • ISO 178, Amendment 1 for the 5th Edition, Amendment 1, Plastics - Determination of flexural properties
  • ISO 180, Amendment 2 for the 3rd Edition, Amendment 2: Precision data
  • ISO 11357-2, 2nd Edition, Plastics - Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) - Part 2: Determination of glass transition temperature and glass transition step height
  • ISO 11357-5, 2nd Edition, Plastics - Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) - Part 5: Determination of characteristic reaction-curve temperatures and times, enthalpy of reaction and degree of conversion
  • ISO 16929, 2nd Edition, Plastics - Determination of the degree of disintegration of plastic materials under defined composting conditions in a pilot-scale test



For similar standards, please see our page Document Center List of Standards on Plastics in General.

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