Standard

BS EN ISO 1158:2026

Plastics — Vinyl chloride homopolymers and copolymers — Determination of chlorine content

Current

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Published:

31 Mar 2026

1 Scope

This document specifies two methods for the determination of the chlorine content of homopolymers and copolymers of vinyl chloride, free from plasticizers or additives, namely:

method A (combustion in a bomb);
method B (combustion in a flask).

Product Details

Descriptors

Test equipment

Copolymers

Determination of content

Thermoplastic polymers

Chlorine

Vinyl chloride

Combustion test methods

Chemical analysis and testing

Plastics

Homopolymers

Test specimens

ICS Codes

83.080.20 Thermoplastic materials

Committee

PRI/82

International relationships

Identical to:

ISO 1158

EN ISO 1158

ISBN

978 0 539 29492 7

Publisher

BSI