BS 5139:1991
Current
The latest, up-to-date edition.
Method of specifying general purpose polypropylene and propylene copolymer materials for moulding and extrusion
Hardcopy , PDF
English
02-28-1991
Important note : All end users must be registered with an Account prior to user licenses being assigned.
Committees responsible
Foreword
Method of specifying
1 Scope
2 Designation
3 Property requirements
4 Methods of test and preparation of test specimens
5 Antioxidants
Appendix
A Preparation of injection moulded test specimens
Tables
1 Codes for the intended application and method of
processing
2 Codes for additives and other supplementary
information
3 Designatory property: melt flow rate
4 Melt flow rate tolerances
5 Additional properties
6 Antioxidants
Figure
1 Examples of complete designations
Gives a method of specifying requirements for all propylene (mol/mol) of propylene and compositions thereof, in powder form, granules or pellets. Also covers compositions modified by colourants, additives and fillers.
| Committee |
PRI/82
|
| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 5139(1974) & 87/44855 DC. (07/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2012. (11/2012)
|
| DocumentType |
Standard
|
| Pages |
14
|
| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
|
| Status |
Current
|
| Supersedes |
This British Standard describes a method of specifying requirements for all propylene homopolymers, co-polymers of propylene containing at least 50 % (mol/mol) of propylene and compositions thereof, in the form of powder, granules or pellets including compositions modified by colourants, additives and fillers.
NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.
| BS 2782-7 Method 730A:1979 | Methods of testing plastics. Rheological properties Determination of reduced viscosity (viscosity number) and intrinsic viscosity of plastics in dilute solution |
| BS 2782-3:Methods 320A to 320F:1976 | Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Tensile strength, elongation and elastic modulus |
| ISO 293:2004 | Plastics — Compression moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials |
| BS 2782-4:Method 434D:1975 | Methods of testing plastics. Chemical properties Determination of antioxidants in polyolefin compounds by a spectrophotometric method |
| BS 4991:1974 | Specification for propylene copolymer pressure pipe |
| ISO 1873-2:2007 | Plastics Polypropylene (PP) moulding and extrusion materials Part 2: Preparation of test specimens and determination of properties |
| BS 2782-3 Method 359:1984 | Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of Charpy impact strength of rigid materials (Charpy impact flexural test) |
| BS 2782-2.240A&B(1982) : LATEST | METHODS OF TESTING PLASTICS - ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES - DETERMINATION OF LOSS TANGENT AND PERMITTIVITY AT POWER AND AUDIO FREQUENCIES |
| ISO 1873-1:1995 | Plastics Polypropylene (PP) moulding and extrusion materials Part 1: Designation system and basis for specifications |
| BS 2782-2.230A(1982) : 1982 | PHYSICAL TESTING OF RUBBER - DETERMINATION OF VOLUME RESISTIVITY |
| BS 2782-8.821A(1979) : 1979 AMD 13432 | METHODS OF TESTING PLASTICS - OTHER PROPERTIES - DETERMINATION OF THE GAS TRANSMISSION RATE OF FILMS AND THIN SHEETS UNDER ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE (MANOMETRIC METHOD) |
| BS 2782-3 Method 350:1984 | Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of Izod impact strength of rigid materials |
| BS 2782-3:Methods 340A and 340B:1978 | Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of shear strength of moulding material. Determination of shear strength of sheet material |
| 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 720A:1979 | Methods of testing plastics. Rheological properties Determination of melt flow rate of thermoplastics |
| BS 2782-2.220&221(1983) : LATEST | METHODS OF TESTING PLASTICS - ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES - DETERMINATION OF ELECTRICAL STRENGTH: RAPIDLY APPLIED VOLTAGE METHOD AND STEP-BY-STEP METHOD |
| BS 2782-3 Method 345A:1979 | Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of compressive properties by deformation at constant rate |
| ISO 306:2013 | Plastics — Thermoplastic materials — Determination of Vicat softening temperature (VST) |
| BS 2782-2.231A(1982) : LATEST | METHODS OF TESTING PLASTICS - ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES - DETERMINATION OF SURFACE RESISTIVITY |
| BS 2782-3 Method 335A:1978 | Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of flexural properties of rigid plastics |
| BS 4312(1968) : LATEST | FLANGED STEEL SCREW-DOWN STOP VALVES AND STOP AND CHECK VALVES FOR GENERAL PURPOSES |
| BS 2782-4:Method 453A:1978 | Methods of testing plastics. Chemical properties Determination of residual styrene monomer in polystyrene by gas chromatography |
| ISO 1133:2005 | Plastics Determination of the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and the melt volume-flow rate (MVR) of thermoplastics |
| BS 2782-3 Method 365C:1986 | Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of Rockwell hardness |
| BS 2782-8 Method 830A:1986 | Methods of testing plastics. Other properties Determination of the effects of liquid chemicals, including water |
| BS 2782-6 Methods 620A to 620D:1980 | Methods of testing plastics. Dimensional properties Determination of density of solid plastics excluding cellular plastics (immersion method). Determination of density of solid plastics excluding cellular plastics (pyknometer method). Determination of density of solid plastics excluding cellular plastics (sink-float method). Determination of density of solid plastics excluding cellular plastics (density gradient column method) |
| 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 |
Access your standards online with a subscription
Features
-
Simple online access to standards, technical information and regulations.
-
Critical updates of standards and customisable alerts and notifications.
-
Multi-user online standards collection: secure, flexible and cost effective.