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I.S. EN 263:2008

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SANITARY APPLIANCES - CROSSLINKED CAST ACRYLIC SHEETS FOR BATHS AND SHOWER TRAYS FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES

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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2008

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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Requirements
  3.1 General requirements
  3.2 Thickness
  3.3 Heavy metal content
  3.4 Colour
  3.5 Thermal stability
  3.6 Colour fastness
      3.6.1 Resistance to UV light
      3.6.2 Resistance to hot water
  3.7 Resistance to chemicals and stains
  3.8 Resistance to wet and dry cycling
4 Test methods
  4.1 Determination of tensile strength
  4.2 Determination of thermal stability
  4.3 Determination of colour fastness to hot water
  4.4 Determination of resistance to chemicals and stains
      4.4.1 Reagents
      4.4.2 Apparatus
      4.4.3 Procedure
      4.4.4 Results
  4.5 Determination of resistance to wet and dry cycling
      4.5.1 Test specimens
      4.5.2 Procedure
       4.5.3 Results
  4.6 Verification of crosslinking
  4.7 Determination of water absorption
      4.7.1 Principle
      4.7.2 Apparatus
      4.7.3 Test specimens
      4.7.4 General conditions
      4.7.5 Procedure
      4.7.6 Expression of results

Defines requirements and test methods for cross-linked cast acrylic sheets (called acrylic sheets hereafter) from which baths and shower trays for domestic purposes are manufactured.

DocumentType
Standard
Pages
12
PublisherName
National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
EN 263:2008 Identical
BS EN 263:2008 Identical
NS EN 263 : 2ED 2008 Identical
NEN EN 263 : 2008 Identical
NF EN 263 : 2008 Identical
NBN EN 263 : 2008 Identical
SN EN 263 : 2008 Identical
UNI EN 263 : 2008 Identical
UNE-EN 263:2008 Identical
DIN EN 263:2008-06 Identical

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ISO 527-2:2012 Plastics — Determination of tensile properties — Part 2: Test conditions for moulding and extrusion plastics
ISO 306:2013 Plastics — Thermoplastic materials — Determination of Vicat softening temperature (VST)
ISO 4892-2:2013 Plastics — Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources — Part 2: Xenon-arc lamps
EN 20105-A02 : 1994 TEXTILES - TESTS FOR COLOUR FASTNESS - PART A02: GREYSCALE FOR ASSESSING CHANGE IN COLOUR (ISO 105-A02:1993)
ISO 105-A02:1993 Textiles Tests for colour fastness Part A02: Grey scale for assessing change in colour
EN ISO 306:2013 Plastics - Thermoplastic materials - Determination of Vicat softening temperature (VST) (ISO 306:2013)
EN ISO 4892-2:2013 Plastics - Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources - Part 2: Xenon-arc lamps (ISO 4892-2:2013)

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