BS 3532:1990
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Method of specifying unsaturated polyester resin systems
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English
29-06-1990
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
0. Introduction
1. Scope
2. Definition
3. Properties
4. Methods of test
5. Sampling
6. Shelf-life limitations of the resin systems
7. Data to be supplied for a resin system
Appendices
A. Method for determining the cumulative loss of
styrene monomer
B. Method of determining refractive index
C. Method of preparation of resin castings
D. Resin system types for British Government Service
contracts
Tables
1. Limits for the nominal values of the minimum
property requirements for unsaturated polyester
resin systems
2. Optional properties of unsaturated polyester resin
systems
3. Limits for the nominal values of the optional
properties of polymerized resin system
4. Unsaturated polyester resin solutions: shelf-life
limitations
5. Resin system types to meet British Government
Service requirements
Figures
1. Optional draught shielding
Identifies requirements for four mandatory properties but allows optional additional requirements to specify the products according to their intended applications. Includes British Government service requirements.
| Committee |
PRI/42
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 86/44164 DC (07/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2012. (11/2012)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
14
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This British Standard describes a method of specifying unsaturated polyester resin systems used in the construction of reinforced laminates and mouldings.
Special resin system types for British Government Service contracts are given in appendix D.
NOTE. The titles of publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.
| BS 2782-3:Methods 320A to 320F:1976 | Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Tensile strength, elongation and elastic modulus |
| BS 2782-8:Method 835C:1980 | Methods of testing plastics. Other properties Determination of gelation time of polyester and epoxide resins using a gel timer |
| BS 2782-10 Method 1001:1977 | Glass reinforced plastics measurement of hardness by means of a barcol impressor |
| BS 2782-8:Method 835B:1980 | Methods of testing plastics. Other properties Determination of gelation time of polyester resins (manual method) |
| BS 3900-A12:1975 | Methods of test for paints. Tests on liquid paints (excluding chemical tests) Determination of density |
| 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 2782-7 Method 730B:1978 | Methods of testing plastics. Rheological properties Determination of the viscosity of polymers in the liquid, emulsified or dispersed state using a rotational viscometer working at a defined shear rate |
| BS 2782-4.451M(1991) : AMD 8642 | METHODS OF TESTING PLASTICS - CHEMICAL PROPERTIES - DETERMINATION OF NON-VOLATILE MATERIAL IN LIQUID PHENOLIC RESINS |
| BS 733-2:1987 | Pyknometers Methods for calibration and use of pyknometers |
| BS 5339:1976 | Method of measurement of colour in Hazen units (platinum-cobalt scale) of liquid chemical products |
| BS 2782-1 Method 141:1986 | Methods of testing plastics. Thermal properties Determination of flammability by oxygen index |
| 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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