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Plastics – Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources

Part 1: General guidance {
(ISO 4892-1 : 1999)
English version of DIN EN ISO 4892-1 EN ISO 4892-1

ICS 83.080.01

Kunststoffe – Künstliches Bestrahlen oder Bewittern in Geräten – Teil 1: Allgemeine Anleitung

(ISO 4892-1 : 1999)

European Standard EN ISO 4892-1 : 2000 has the status of a DIN Standard.

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National foreword
This standard has been published in accordance with a decision taken by CEN/TC 249 to adopt, without
alteration, International Standard ISO 4892-1 as a European Standard.
The responsible German body involved in its preparation was the Normenausschuss Kunststoffe (Plastics
Standards Committee), Technical Committee Verhalten gegen Umgebungseinflüsse.
The DIN Standards corresponding to the International Standards referred to in clause 2 of the EN are as
follows:
ISO Standard DIN Standard
ISO 291 DIN EN ISO 291
ISO 294-1 DIN EN ISO 294-1
ISO 294-2 DIN EN ISO 294-2
ISO 294-3 DIN EN ISO 294-3
ISO 295 DIN EN ISO 295
ISO 2818 DIN EN ISO 2818
ISO 3167 DIN EN ISO 3167
ISO 4892-2 DIN EN ISO 4892-2
ISO 4892-3 DIN EN ISO 4892-3

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National Annex NA
Standards referred to
(and not included in Normative references and Annex ZA)
DIN EN ISO 291 Plastics – Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing (ISO 291 : 1997)
DIN EN ISO 294-1 Plastics – Injection moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials – Part 1:
General principles, and moulding of multipurpose and bar test specimens
(ISO 294-1 : 1996)
DIN EN ISO 294-2 Injection moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials – Part 2: Small tensile bars
(ISO 294-2 : 1996)
DIN EN ISO 294-3 Injection moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials – Part 3: Small plates
(ISO 294-3 : 1996)
DIN EN ISO 295 Plastics – Compression moulding of test specimens of thermosetting materials
(ISO 295 : 1991)
DIN EN ISO 2818 Plastics – Preparation of test specimens by machining (ISO 2818 : 1994)
DIN EN ISO 3167 Plastics – Multi-purpose test specimens (ISO 3167 : 1993)
DIN EN ISO 4892-2 Plastics – Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources – Part 2: Xenon-arc sources
(ISO 4892-2 : 1994)
DIN EN ISO 4892-3 Plastics – Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources – Part 3: Fluorescent UV lamps
(ISO 4892-3 : 1994)
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September 2000

ICS 83.080.01
Descriptors:

English version

Plastics – Methods of exposure to laboratory

light sources
Part 1: General guidance
(ISO 4892-1 : 1999)

Plastiques – Méthodes d’exposition Kunststoffe – Künstliches Bestrahlen

à des sources lumineuses de oder Bewittern in Geräten – Teil 1:
laboratoire – Partie 1: Guide général Allgemeine Anleitung
(ISO 4892-1 : 1999) (ISO 4892-1 : 1999)

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2000-09-08.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a
national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national stand-
ards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any
CEN member.
The European Standards exist in three official versions (English, French, German).
A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a
CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has
the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
and the United Kingdom.

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Foreword
International Standard
ISO 4892-1 : 1999 Plastics – Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources – Part 1: General guidance,
which was prepared by ISO/TC 61 ‘Plastics’ of the International Organization for Standardization, has been
adopted by Technical Committee CEN/TC 249 ‘Plastics’, the Secretariat of which is held by IBN, as a European
Standard.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text
or by endorsement, and conflicting national standards withdrawn, by March 2001 at the latest.
In accordance with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard:
Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard ISO 4892-1 : 1999 was approved by CEN as a European Standard without
any modification.
NOTE: Normative references to international publications are listed in Annex ZA (normative).
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