ICS 83.

060
Elastomere und thermoplastische Elastomere Bestimmung der Hrte
(Hrte zwischen 10 IRHD und 100 IRHD) (ISO 48 : 1994 + Amd. 1 : 1999)
This standard incorporates International Standard
ISO 48 : 1994 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic Determination of hardness (hardness between
10 IRHD and 100 IRHD) (including Amendment 1 : 1999).
A comma is used as the decimal marker.
National foreword
This standard has been prepared by ISO/TC 45 Rubber and rubber products.
The responsible German body involved in its preparation was the Normenausschuss Materialprfung
(Materials Testing Standards Committee), Technical Committee Prfung der physikalischen Eigenschaften
von Kautschuk und Elastomeren.
DIN ISO 471 and DIN ISO 4661-1 are the standards corresponding to International Standards ISO 471 and
ISO 4661-1, respectively, referred to in clause 2 of the ISO Standard.
Amendments
DIN 53519-1 and DIN 53519-2, May 1972 editions, have been superseded by the specifications of
DIN ISO 48.
Previous editions
DIN 53519: 1965-01; DIN 53519-1: 1972-05; DIN 53519-2: 1972-05.
Ref. No. DIN ISO 48 : 2003-07
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Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic
Determination of hardness (hardness between 10 IRHD and 100 IRHD)
(ISO 48 : 1994 + Amd. 1 : 1999)
Supersedes DIN 53519-1
and DIN 53519-2,
May 1972 editions.
Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic
Determination of hardness (hardness between 10 IRHD and 100 IRHD)
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One measurement shall be made at a minimum of
three different points on the test piece separated
from each other by a minimum of 6 mm and the
median taken, i.e. the middle value when these are
arranged in increasing order.
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a) the known relationship
1
), for a perfectly elastic
isotropic material, between indentation D,
expressed in hundredths of a millimetre, and
Youngs modulus E, expressed in megapascals,
viz:

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where
F is the total indenting force, in newtons;
f is the contact force, in newtons;
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) Scott, J. R., Physical Testing of Rubbers, Maclaren and Sons, London, 1995.
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