Introduction

This European Standard comprises terms peculiar to, or in general use in, the adhesive and adhesive processing industry.

The terms defined have been classified so that, as far as possible, related concepts (adhesives, functional adhesive components, chemical base products, adherents, adhesives properties, bonding, and bond properties) are grouped together. All definitions are numbered and an alphabetical index which includes all terms is provided at the end of this European Standard.

The numbering of the individual definitions is the same in all three versions (English, French and German) of this European Standard. Consequently this European Standard can be used as a dictionary, combined with one or both of the other versions as an aid for translation of terms into French or German, as a source of information about related concepts in the adhesive industry or to provide a term for a concept.

In order to find:

a) the definition of a term: look up the term in the alphabetical index at the end of this European Standard. The index will refer to the number in this European Standard. The definition, the term and any synonyms appear by the number;
b) information about related terms: look up the term in the alphabetical index to find its number in this European Standard. When the term has been located in this European Standard, the related concepts can be found in the same subdivision;
c) the translation of a term into the French or German language: look up the number of this term in this European Standard and locate the translation of the term and the definition under the same number in the standard of the foreign version.

BS EN 923:2015

Adhesives. Terms and definitions

Current

Published:

31 Jan 2016