EN ISO 2440:2019

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 2440:2000
SIST EN ISO 2440:2000/A1:2014
SIST EN ISO 2440:2000/A2:2015
Prožni in penjeni polimerni materiali - Preskus s pospešenim staranjem (ISO
2440:2019)
Flexible and rigid cellular polymeric materials - Accelerated ageing tests (ISO 2440:2019)
Weich- und Hartschaumstoffe - Schnellalterungsprüfung (ISO 2440:2019)
Matériaux polymères alvéolaires souples et rigides - Essais de vieillissement accéléré
(ISO 2440:2019)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 2440:2019
ICS:
83.100 Penjeni polimeri Cellular materials
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 2440
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
November 2019
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 83.100 Supersedes EN ISO 2440:1999
English Version
Flexible and rigid cellular polymeric materials -
Accelerated ageing tests (ISO 2440:2019)
Matériaux polymères alvéolaires souples et rigides - Weich- und Hartschaumstoffe -
Essais de vieillissement accéléré (ISO 2440:2019) Schnellalterungsprüfung (ISO 2440:2019)
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 2440:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 45 "Rubber and
rubber products" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 249 “Plastics” the secretariat of
which is held by NBN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
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North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 2440:2019 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 2440:2019 without any modification.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 2440
Fourth edition
2019-10
Flexible and rigid cellular polymeric
materials — Accelerated ageing tests
Matériaux polymères alvéolaires souples et rigides — Essais de
vieillissement accéléré
Reference number
ISO 2440:2019(E)
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ISO 2440:2019(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Apparatus . 2
4.1 For dry heat ageing . 2
4.2 For humidity ageing . 2
4.3 For physical –property measurements . 2
5 Test pieces . 2
5.1 Number, size and shape . 2
5.2 Conditioning . 2
6 Procedure. 3
6.1 General . 3
6.2 Dry heat ageing . 3
6.2.1 Temperature . 3
6.2.2 Duration of ageing . 3
6.3 Humidity ageing . 3
6.3.1 Humidity . 3
6.3.2 Temperatures and duration of ageing . 3
6.4 Reconditioning . 4
7 Expression of results . 4
7.1 Calculation . 4
7.2 Format . 4
8 Test report . 4
ISO 2440:2019(E)
Foreword
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