National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN ISO 868:2003. It is identical with ISO 868:2002. It supersedes BS EN ISO 868:1998 which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PRI/21, Plastics test methods, which has the responsibility to:

— aid enquirers to understand the text;
— present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
— monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

Cross-references

The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 25 April 2003

Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN ISO title page, the EN ISO foreword page, the ISO title page, pages ii to iv, pages 1 to 5, the Annex ZA page, an inside back cover and a back cover.

The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued.

Amendments issued since publication

Amd. No.	Date	Comments
14577 Corrigendum No. 1	11 July 2003	Replacing the EN ISO foreword page and incorporating the Annex ZA page

BS EN ISO 868:2003

Plastics and ebonite. Determination of indentation hardness by means of a durometer (Shore hardness)

Current

Published:

25 Apr 2003