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  • BS 1493:1987

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    Method of specifying general purpose polystyrene (PS) moulding and extrusion materials

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  15-03-1996

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  27-02-1987

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Committees responsible
    Methods of specifying
    1 Scope
    2 Designation
    3 Property requirements for a specification
    4 Methods of test
    Appendix
    A Preparation of test specimens
    Tables
    1 Designatory properties
    2 Minimum properties required to be specified
    3 Additional properties required to be specified

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    Designation system based on updated test methods which have been almost all now aligned with ISO and IEC methods.

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    Committee PRI/82
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
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    IEC 60112:2003+AMD1:2009 CSV Method for the determination of the proof and the comparative tracking indices of solid insulating materials
    BS 2782-7 Method 730A:1979 Methods of testing plastics. Rheological properties Determination of reduced viscosity (viscosity number) and intrinsic viscosity of plastics in dilute solution
    ISO 1622-2:1995 Plastics Polystyrene (PS) moulding and extrusion materials Part 2: Preparation of test specimens and determination of properties
    ISO 1622-1:2012 Plastics Polystyrene (PS) moulding and extrusion materials Part 1: Designation system and basis for specifications
    BS 2782-3:Methods 320A to 320F:1976 Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Tensile strength, elongation and elastic modulus
    ISO 1628-1:2009 Plastics Determination of the viscosity of polymers in dilute solution using capillary viscometers Part 1: General principles
    ISO 3167:2014 Plastics Multipurpose test specimens
    IEC 60250:1969 Recommended methods for the determination of the permittivity and dielectric dissipation factor of electrical insulating materials at power, audio and radio frequencies including metre wavelengths
    ISO 2556:1974 Plastics Determination of the gas transmission rate of films and thin sheets under atmospheric pressure Manometric method
    BS 2782-3 Method 359:1984 Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of Charpy impact strength of rigid materials (Charpy impact flexural test)
    BS 2782-2.240A&B(1982) : LATEST METHODS OF TESTING PLASTICS - ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES - DETERMINATION OF LOSS TANGENT AND PERMITTIVITY AT POWER AND AUDIO FREQUENCIES
    ISO 75:1987 Plastics and ebonite Determination of temperature of deflection under load
    ISO 537:1989 Plastics Testing with the torsion pendulum
    BS 2782-9 Method 940B:1981 Methods of testing plastics. Sampling and test specimen preparation Preparation of test specimens of amorphous thermoplastic moulding material with a defined level of shrinkage in the form of rectangular plates by injection moulding
    BS 2782-2.230A(1982) : 1982 PHYSICAL TESTING OF RUBBER - DETERMINATION OF VOLUME RESISTIVITY
    BS 2782-8.821A(1979) : 1979 AMD 13432 METHODS OF TESTING PLASTICS - OTHER PROPERTIES - DETERMINATION OF THE GAS TRANSMISSION RATE OF FILMS AND THIN SHEETS UNDER ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE (MANOMETRIC METHOD)
    IEC 60243:1967 Recommended methods of test for electric strength of solid insulating materials at power frequencies
    BS 2782-3 Method 350:1984 Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of Izod impact strength of rigid materials
    BS 2782-9 Method 940A:1981 Methods of testing plastics. Sampling and test specimen preparation Preparation of test specimens of amorphous thermoplastic moulding material with a defined level of shrinkage in the form of parallelepipedic bars by compression moulding and injection moulding
    ISO 2039-2:1987 Plastics Determination of hardness Part 2: Rockwell hardness
    ISO 489:1999 Plastics Determination of refractive index
    ISO 1183:1987 Plastics Methods for determining the density and relative density of non-cellular plastics
    ISO 2528:2017 Sheet materials — Determination of water vapour transmission rate (WVTR) — Gravimetric (dish) method
    IEC 60093:1980 Methods of test for volume resistivity and surface resistivity of solid electrical insulating materials
    BS 2782-1 Methods 121A to 121C:1976 Methods of testing plastics. Thermal properties Determination of temperature of deflection under a bending stress of 1.8 MPa, of plastics and ebonite. Determination of temperature of deflection under a bending stress of 0.45 MPa, of plastics and ebonite. Determination of temperature of deflection under a bending stress, of rigid thermosetting resin bonded laminated sheet
    BS 2782-5:Method 531A:1992 Methods of testing plastics. Optical and colour properties, weathering Determination of refractive index of transparent plastics
    ISO 180:2000 Plastics Determination of Izod impact strength
    ISO 2561:2012 Plastics — Determination of residual styrene monomer in polystyrene (PS) and impact-resistant polystyrene (PS-I) by gas chromatography
    BS 2782-7 Method 720A:1979 Methods of testing plastics. Rheological properties Determination of melt flow rate of thermoplastics
    BS 2782-2.220&221(1983) : LATEST METHODS OF TESTING PLASTICS - ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES - DETERMINATION OF ELECTRICAL STRENGTH: RAPIDLY APPLIED VOLTAGE METHOD AND STEP-BY-STEP METHOD
    ISO 175:2010 Plastics Methods of test for the determination of the effects of immersion in liquid chemicals
    BS 2782-3 Method 345A:1979 Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of compressive properties by deformation at constant rate
    ISO 604:2002 Plastics — Determination of compressive properties
    BS 2782-8 Method 820A:1992 Methods of testing plastics. Other properties Determination of water vapour transmission rate (dish method)
    ISO 62:2008 Plastics Determination of water absorption
    ISO 2557-2:1986 Plastics Amorphous thermoplastics Preparation of test specimens with a specified reversion Part 2: Plates
    ISO 306:2013 Plastics — Thermoplastic materials — Determination of Vicat softening temperature (VST)
    BS 2782-2.231A(1982) : LATEST METHODS OF TESTING PLASTICS - ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES - DETERMINATION OF SURFACE RESISTIVITY
    ISO 2557-1:1989 Plastics Amorphous thermoplastics Preparation of test specimens with a specified maximum reversion Part 1: Bars
    BS 2782-3 Method 335A:1978 Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of flexural properties of rigid plastics
    ISO 179:1993 Plastics Determination of Charpy impact strength
    BS 2782-1 Methods 120A to 120E:1976 Methods of testing plastics. Thermal properties Determination of the Vicat softening temperature of thermoplastics
    BS 2782-9 Method 931A:1988 Methods of testing plastics. Sampling and test specimen preparation Preparation and use of multipurpose test specimens
    ISO 178:2010 Plastics Determination of flexural properties
    BS 2782-4:Method 453A:1978 Methods of testing plastics. Chemical properties Determination of residual styrene monomer in polystyrene by gas chromatography
    ISO 1133:2005 Plastics Determination of the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and the melt volume-flow rate (MVR) of thermoplastics
    ISO 4600:1992 Plastics Determination of environmental stress cracking (ESC) Ball or pin impression method
    BS 2782-3 Method 365C:1986 Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of Rockwell hardness
    BS 2782-8 Method 830A:1986 Methods of testing plastics. Other properties Determination of the effects of liquid chemicals, including water
    BS 2782-6 Methods 620A to 620D:1980 Methods of testing plastics. Dimensional properties Determination of density of solid plastics excluding cellular plastics (immersion method). Determination of density of solid plastics excluding cellular plastics (pyknometer method). Determination of density of solid plastics excluding cellular plastics (sink-float method). Determination of density of solid plastics excluding cellular plastics (density gradient column method)
    BS 2782-4.430A.D(1983) : 1983 METHODS OF TESTING PLASTICS - CHEMICAL PROPERTIES - DETERMINATION OF WATER AND BOILING WATER ABSORPTION AT 23 DEGREES C. DETERMINATION OF WATER AND BOILING WATER WITH ALLOWANCE OF WATER-SOLUBLE MATTER
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