NF EN ISO 306

NF EN ISO 306

December 2004
Standard Cancelled

Plastics - Thermoplastic materials - Determination of Vicat softening temperature (VST)

ISO 306:2004 specifies four methods for the determination of the Vicat softening temperature (VST) of thermoplastic materials: Method A50 using a force of 10 N and a heating rate of 50 °C/hMethod B50 using a force of 50 N and a heating rate of 50 °C/hMethod A120 using a force of 10 N and a heating rate of 120 °C/hMethod B120 using a force of 50 N and a heating rate of 120 °C/h. The methods specified are applicable only to thermoplastics, for which they give a measure of the temperature at which the thermoplastics start to soften rapidly.

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National standards and national normative documents

Publication date

December 2004

Number of pages

20 p.

Reference

NF EN ISO 306

ICS Codes

83.080.20   Thermoplastic materials

Classification index

T51-021

Print number

1 - 18/08/2008

International kinship

European kinship

EN ISO 306:2004
Sumary
Plastics - Thermoplastic materials - Determination of Vicat softening temperature (VST)

ISO 306:2004 specifies four methods for the determination of the Vicat softening temperature (VST) of thermoplastic materials:

  1. Method A50 using a force of 10 N and a heating rate of 50 °C/h
  2. Method B50 using a force of 50 N and a heating rate of 50 °C/h
  3. Method A120 using a force of 10 N and a heating rate of 120 °C/h
  4. Method B120 using a force of 50 N and a heating rate of 120 °C/h.

The methods specified are applicable only to thermoplastics, for which they give a measure of the temperature at which the thermoplastics start to soften rapidly.

Replaced standards (1)
NF EN ISO 306
March 1997
Standard Cancelled
Plastics. Thermoplastic materials. Determination of Vicat softening temperature (VST).

Standard replaced by (1)
NF EN ISO 306
January 2014
Standard Cancelled
Plastics - Thermoplastic materials - Determination of Vicat softening temperature (VST)

<p>ISO 306:2013 specifies four methods for the determination of the Vicat softening temperature (VST) of thermoplastic materials:</p> <ul> <li>method A50 using a force of 10 N and a heating rate of 50 K/h;</li> <li>method B50 using a force of 50 N and a heating rate of 50 K/h;</li> <li>method A120 using a force of 10 N and a heating rate of 120 K/h;</li> <li>method B120 using a force of 50 N and a heating rate of 120 K/h.</li> </ul> <p>The methods specified are applicable only to thermoplastics, for which they give a measure of the temperature at which the thermoplastics start to soften rapidly.</p>

Table of contents
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  • 1 Domaine d'application
    1
  • 2 Références normatives
    1
  • 3 Principe
    1
  • 4 Appareillage
    2
  • 5 Éprouvettes
    5
  • 6 Conditionnement
    6
  • 7 Mode opératoire
    6
  • 8 Fidélité
    6
  • 9 Rapport d'essai
    7
  • Annexe A (informative) Comparaison des résultats de VST mesurés avec un bain chauffant et une unité de chauffage par contact
    8
  • Annexe B (informative) Répétabilité
    10
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