BS EN 61196-3:1999
Current
The latest, up-to-date edition.
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English
15-01-1999
1 General
1.1 Scope and object
1.2 Normative references
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Installation considerations
1.4.1 Pulling strength
1.4.2 Temperature rating
1.4.3 Bending radius
2 Materials and cable construction
2.1 General
2.2 Cable construction
2.3 Inner conductor
2.3.1 Conductor material
2.3.2 Conductor construction
2.4 Dielectric
2.5 Outer conductor or sheath
2.6 Sheath
2.7 Colour of the sheath
2.8 Identification
2.8.1 Cable identification
2.8.2 Sheath marking
2.9 Delivery and storage
3 Characteristics and requirements
3.1 General
3.2 Engineering information
3.2.1 Connector
3.2.2 Mass
3.2.3 Bending radius
3.2.4 Capacitance
3.2.5 Voltage rating
3.3 Electrical integrity
3.3.1 Sheath spark test
3.3.2 Dielectric withstand voltage
3.3.3 Insulation resistance
3.4 Transmission characteristics
3.4.1 Characteristic impedance
3.4.2 Loop DCR
3.4.3 Outer conductor DCR
3.4.4 Attenuation
3.4.5 Attenuation after ageing
3.4.6 Velocity ratio
3.4.7 Surface transfer impedance
3.4.8 Screening attenuation
3.4.9 Return loss
3.5 Mechanical characteristics
3.5.1 Elongation after break of the inner conductor
3.5.2 Elongation after break of the insulation
3.5.3 Tensile strength and elongation after break
of the sheath
3.5.4 Tensile strength and elongation after break
of the sheath after ageing
3.5.5 Bending at low temperature of the cable
3.5.6 Bending radius at room temperature
3.5.7 Dielectric adhesion
3.6 Environmental characteristics
3.6.1 Cable test under fire conditions
3.6.2 Smoke opacity, toxicity, halogen gas emission
4 Quality assurance
5 Blank detail specification
5.1 Field of application
5.2 Identification of the detail specification
5.3 Pro forma blank detail specification
Figure 1 Maximum transfer frequency
Annex ZA Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
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