Standard

BS ISO 48-3:2018

Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic. Determination of hardness - Dead-load hardness using the very low rubber hardness (VLRH) scale

Current

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Published:

31 Aug 2018

1 Scope

This document specifies a dead-load method for the determination of the hardness of very soft vulcanized or thermoplastic rubbers using the very low rubber hardness (VLRH) scale.

The relation between the depth of penetration and the VLRH scale is linear.

Product Details

Descriptors

Plastics and rubber technology

Hardness measurement

Dead loading

Thermoplastic polymers

Rubber

Vulcanized rubber

Instrument scales

Test equipment

Hardness testing

ICS Codes

83.060 Rubber

Committee

PRI/22

International relationships

Identical to:

ISO 48-3:2018

ISBN

978 0 580 99961 1

Publisher

BSI