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UNE-EN ISO 3146:2022

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Plastics - Determination of melting behaviour (melting temperature or melting range) of semi-crystalline polymers by capillary tube and polarizing-microscope methods (ISO 3146:2022)

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Language(s)

Spanish, Castilian, English

Published date

30-11-2022

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This document specifies two methods for evaluating the melting behaviour of semi-crystalline polymers.

Melting temperatures determined by the different methods usually differ by several kelvins for the reasons explained in the introduction.

Method A: Capillary tube

This method is based on the changes in shape of the polymer. It is applicable to all semi-crystalline polymers and their compounds.

NOTE 1 Method A can also be useful for the evaluation of the softening of non-crystalline solids.

Method B: Polarizing microscope

This method is based on changes in the optical properties of the polymer. It is applicable to polymers containing a birefringent crystalline phase. It may not be suitable for plastics compounds containing

pigments and/or other additives which could interfere with the birefringence of the polymeric crystalline zone.

NOTE 2 Another method applicable to semi-crystalline polymers is described in ISO 11357-3, Plastics Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) Part 3: Determination of temperature and enthalpy of melting and

crystallization.

Committee
CTN 53/SC 6
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
18
PublisherName
Asociación Española de Normalización
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
EN ISO 3146:2022 Identical
ISO 3146:2022 Identical
BS EN ISO 3146:2022 Equivalent
DIN EN ISO 3146:2022-06 Equivalent
I.S. EN ISO 3146:2022 Equivalent

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