prEN ISO 16396-1

Plastics - Polyamide (PA) moulding and extrusion materials - Part 1: Designation system and basis for specifications (ISO/DIS 16396-1:2021)

Kunststoffe - Polyamid (PA)-Formmassen für das Spritzgießen und die Extrusion - Teil 1: Bezeichnungssystem, Produktkennzeichnung und Basis für Spezifikationen (ISO/DIS 16396-1:2021)

Dieser Teil von ISO 16396 legt ein Bezeichnungssystem für Polyamid (PA)-Formmassen fest, das als Grundlage für Spezifikationen angewendet werden kann.
Polyamid-Formmasse-Typen werden mit Hilfe eines Einteilungssystems voneinander unterschieden, das auf geeigneten Wertebereichen der kennzeichnenden Eigenschaften:
a) Viskositätszahl und
b) Zugelastizitätsmodul
c) Nukleierungsmittel
und Informationen über Zusammensetzung, Verwendungszweck und/oder Verarbeitungsverfahren, wichtige Eigenschaften, Additive, Farbmittel, Füll- und Verstärkungsstoffe beruht.
Das Bezeichnungssystem ist anwendbar auf alle Polyamid-Homopolymere, -Copolymere und -Mischungen.
Es gilt für gebrauchsfertige Formmassen, nicht modifiziert oder modifiziert mit Farbmitteln, Additiven, Füllstoffen, Verstärkungsstoffen, Polymermodifikatoren.
Dieser Teil von ISO 16396 ist nicht anwendbar auf die folgenden Werkstoffe:
a) monomere Guss-Polyamide von PA 6;
b) monomere Guss-Polyamide von PA 12.
Es sollte nicht unterstellt werden, dass Formmassen mit gleicher Bezeichnung auch das gleiche Leistungsverhalten aufweisen. Dieser Teil von ISO 16396 enthält keine technischen Daten, Leistungsangaben oder Daten zu Verarbeitungsbedingungen, die erforderlich sein können, um eine Formmasse zu spezifizieren. Wenn derartige zusätzliche Eigenschaften erforderlich sind, müssen sie, soweit möglich, nach den in ISO 16396-2 festgelegten Prüfverfahren bestimmt werden.
Um eine thermoplastische Formmasse für eine bestimmte Anwendung oder reproduzierbare Verarbeitung zu spezifizieren, müssen zusätzliche Anforderungen im Daten-Block 5 angeführt werden (siehe 3.1).

Plastiques - Matériaux à base de polyamide (PA) pour moulage et extrusion - Partie 1: Système de désignation et base de spécifications (ISO/DIS 16396-1:2021)

Polimerni materiali - Poliamidni (PA) materiali za oblikovanje in ekstrudiranje - 1. del: Sistem označevanja in podlage za specifikacije (ISO/DIS 16396-1:2021)

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 83.080.20 - Thermoplastic materials
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 249 - Plastics
• Current Stage: 4599 - Dispatch of FV draft to CMC - Finalization for Vote
• Due Date: 03-Jun-2022
• Completion Date: 03-Jun-2022
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN ISO 16396-1:2021 - Plastics - Polyamide (PA) moulding and extrusion materials - Part 1: Designation system and basis for specifications (ISO/DIS 16396-1:2021)

RELATIONS

• Revised: EN ISO 16396-1:2015 - Plastics - Polyamide (PA) moulding and extrusion materials - Part 1: Designation system, marking of products and basis for specifications (ISO 16396-1:2015)
• Effective Date: 28-Oct-2020

Standards Content (sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN ISO 16396-1:2021
01-september-2021

Polimerni materiali - Poliamidni (PA) materiali za oblikovanje in ekstrudiranje - 1.

del: Sistem označevanja in podlage za specifikacije (ISO/DIS 16396-1:2021)

Plastics - Polyamide (PA) moulding and extrusion materials - Part 1: Designation system

and basis for specifications (ISO/DIS 16396-1:2021)

Kunststoffe - Polyamid (PA)-Formmassen für das Spritzgießen und die Extrusion - Teil 1:

Bezeichnungssystem, Produktkennzeichnung und Basis für Spezifikationen (ISO/DIS
16396-1:2021)

Plastiques - Matériaux à base de polyamide (PA) pour moulage et extrusion - Partie 1:

Système de désignation et base de spécifications (ISO/DIS 16396-1:2021)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN ISO 16396-1
ICS:
83.080.20 Plastomeri Thermoplastic materials
oSIST prEN ISO 16396-1:2021 en,fr,de

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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Contents Page

Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................iv

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................v

1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

2 Normative references ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

3 Designation system ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 2

3.1 General ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

3.2 Data block 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

3.3 Data block 2 ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

3.4 Data block 3 ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

3.5 Data block 4 ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

3.5.1 General...................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

3.5.2 Viscosity number ............................................................................................................................................................. 7

3.5.3 Tensile modulus of elasticity ................................................................................................................................. 9

3.6 Data block 5 ............................................................................................................................................................................................10

4 Examples of designations .........................................................................................................................................................................10

4.1 Designations without specification ....................................................................................................................................10

4.2 Designation transformed into a specification ...........................................................................................................12

Annex A (normative) Definition and designation of polyamides ........................................................................................15

Bibliography .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................17

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Foreword

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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 61, Plastics, Subcommittee SC 9,

Thermoplastic materials.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 16396-1:2015), which has been

technically revised.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:

— Deleted “marking of products” in subtitle “Part 1: Designation system, marking of products and

basis for specifications”

— Changed abbreviation of “Injection moulding” back to “M” in the table in table 4

— Added “Multiple processing modes” in table 4
— Updated the ISO 1874-2 to ISO 16396-2
A list of all parts in the ISO 16396 series can be found on the ISO website.

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Introduction

ISO 1874-1:2010 is complex and does not fit with daily practice anymore. In practice, ISO 1043 and

ISO 11469 are, in combination, ‘improperly’ being used as a designation system for, e.g. marking. The

aim of this International Standard is to simplify the data block system and to connect more to ISO 1043

and ISO 11469, where the first two blocks are used for generic identification and marking of products.

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Plastics — Polyamide (PA) moulding and extrusion
materials —
Part 1:
Designation system and basis for specifications
1 Scope

This part of ISO 16396 establishes a system of designation for polyamide (PA) moulding and extrusion

materials, which can be used as the basis for specifications.

The types of polyamide plastics are differentiated from each other by a classification system based on

appropriate levels of the designatory properties
a) viscosity number and
b) tensile modulus of elasticity
c) nucleating additive

and on information about composition, intended application and/or method of processing, important

properties, additives, colorants, fillers, and reinforcing materials.

The designation system is applicable to all polyamide homopolymers, copolymers, and blends.

It applies to unmodified materials ready for normal use and materials modified, for example, by

colorants, additives, fillers, reinforcing materials, and polymer modifiers.
This part of ISO 16396 does not apply to the following materials:
a) monomer casting-type polyamides of PA 6;
b) monomer casting-type polyamides of PA 12.

It is not intended to imply that materials having the same designation give the same performance.

This part of ISO 16396 does not provide engineering data, performance data, or data on processing

conditions which can be required to specify a material. If such additional properties are required, they

will be determined in accordance with the test methods specified in ISO 16396-2, if suitable.

In order to designate a thermoplastic material to meet particular specifications, the requirements are

to be given in data block 5 (see 3.1).
2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For

undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

ISO 307, Plastics — Polyamides — Determination of viscosity number

ISO 1043-1:2011, Plastics — Symbols and abbreviated terms — Part 1: Basic polymers and their special

characteristics

ISO 16396-2, Plastics — Polyamide (PA) moulding and extrusion materials — Part 2: Preparation of test

specimens and determination of properties
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3 Designation system
3.1 General

The designation system for thermoplastics is based on the following standard pattern:

Designation
Description block Identity block
Thermoplastics Individual-item Block
International
Standard Block
Data block 1 Data block 2 Data block 3 Data block 4 Data block 5
(optional)
Figure 1 — Data block designation system

The designation consists of an optional description block, reading “Thermoplastics”, and an identity

block comprising the International Standard number and an individual-item block. For unambiguous

designation, the individual-item block is subdivided into five data blocks comprising the following

information.

Data block 1: Position 1: Identification of the plastic by its abbreviated term (PA), in accordance

with SO 1043-1 and information about the composition of the polymer.

Position 2: Information on the use of plasticizer (P) or impact modifier (I) (see 3.2).

Data block 2: Position 1: Fillers or reinforcements and their nominal content.
Position 2: Flame retardant information.
Position 3: Declaration of recyclate (R) (see 3.3).

Data block 3: Position 1: Intended application and/or method of processing. Positions 2 to 8:

Important properties, additives, and supplementary information (see 3.4).
Data block 4: Designatory properties (see 3.5).

Data block 5: For the purpose of specification, the fifth data block contains appropriate infor-

mation (see 3.6).

The first character of the individual-item block shall be a hyphen. The data blocks shall be separated

from each other by commas.

If a data block is not used, this shall be indicated by doubling the separation sign, i.e. by two commas („).

Terminal commas can be omitted.

Note 1 to entry Data blocks 1 and 2 together form the part marking symbol, connected with a hyphen, and

placed between the punctuation marks ‘>’ and ‘<’, where no spaces are used between the codes.

EXAMPLE
Designation
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Descrip- Identity block
tion block
Individual-item block
(optional)
Data Data Data Data Data
block 1 block 2 block 3 block 4 block 5
ISO
Additional
Ther- Stand- Application and pro-
Polymer Performance and origin Properties informa-
mo-plas- ard cessing
tion
tics
Flame
Addi- Recy- Process- Characteris-
Type Filler retard-
tive clate ing tics
ant
(GF+MD)
16396 PA 6 P FR(30) (R50) M A S14-060
>Part marking<
No No Yes Yes No No No

Designation: ISO 16396-PA 6-P,(GF+MD)25 FR(30) (R50),MA,S14-060,, Part marking: >PA

6-P-(GF+MD)25FR(30)(R50)<
3.2 Data block 1

In this data block, after the hyphen, the plastic is identified by its abbreviated term (PA) in accordance

with ISO 1043-1 and a symbol indicating the composition as specified in Table 1.

Polyamides containing a plasticizer can be designated by adding the letter P after the symbol, separated

from it by a hyphen (example: PA 610-P).

Polyamides containing an impact modifier can be designated by adding the letter I after the symbol,

separated from it by a hyphen (example: PA 6-I).

Examples of symbols indicating the chemical structure of copolyamide materials are given in Table 2.

Table 1 — Symbols indicating the chemical structure of polyamide materials in data block 1

Symbol Name and chemical structure
Aliphatic - One monomer
PA x Polyamide, where x represents the number carbon atoms in the monomer.
Examples:
PA 6: Polyamide 6, homopolymer based on ε-caprolactam.
PA 11: Polyamide 11, homopolymer based on 11-aminoundecanoic acid (see annex A).
Aliphatic – Two monomers – Diamine / dicarboxylic acid
PA xy Polyamide, where
- x represents the number carbon atoms in the diamine and

- y represents the number of carbon atoms in the dicarboxylic acid (see Annex A).

Examples:
PA 46; Polyamide 46, homopolymer based on tetramethylenediamine and adipic acid

PA 612; Polyamide 612, homopolymer based on hexamethylenediamine and dodecanedioic acid

Semi aromatic – Two monomers – (aromatic) Diamine /(aromatic) dicarboxylic acid
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Table 1 (continued)
Symbol Name and chemical structure
PA xy Polyamide, where

- x represents the number carbon atoms in the diamine or the abbreviation of the diamine and

- y represents the number of carbon atoms in the dicarboxylic acid or the abbreviation of the

dicarboxylic acid (see annex A).
Examples:

PA 4T, Polyamide 4T; homopolymer based on tetramethylenediamine and terephthalic acid.

PA MXD6, Polyamide MXD6; homopolymer based on m-xylylenediamine and adipic acid.

Table 2 — Examples of symbols indicating the chemical structure of copolyamide materials in

data block1
a b
Symbol Chemical structure

PA 66/610 Polyamide copolymers based on hexamethylenediamine, adipic acid and sebacic acid.

PA 6/12 Polyamide copolymers based on ε-caprolactam and laurolactam.

PA 6/66/PACM6 Polyamide ternary copolymers based on ε-caprolactam, hexamethylenediamine, adipic acid,

bis(ρ-aminocyclohexyl)methane and adipic acid.
PA 46/6

Polyamide copolymers based on tetramethylenediamine, adipic acid and ε-caprolactam.

PA 4T/6T

Polyamide copolymers based on tetramethylenediamine, hexamethylenediamine and tereph-

PA 6T/XT
thalic acid.
PA 6T/66

Polyamide copolymers based on hexamethylene diamine, an unspecified diamine and tere-

phthalic acid.
PA 6T/6I

PA 6T/6I/66 Polyamide copolymers based on hexamethylene diamine, terephthalic acid and adipic acid.

PA66/6I Polyamide copolymers based on hexamethylene diamine, terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid.

Polyamide copolymers based on hexamethylene diamine, terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid

PA NDT/INDT
and adipic acid.
PA 12/IPDI

Polyamide copolymers based on hexamethylene diamine, adipic acid, and isophthalic acid.

Polyamide copolymers based on 1,6 diamino-2,2,4-trimethylenehexane, 1,6 diamino-2,4,4-

trimethylenehexane and terephthalic acid.

Polyamide copolymers based on laurolactam, isophoronediamine, and isophthalic acid.

The following two designations include an indication of the mass content ratio (Annex A).

PA 66/6(90/10) Polyamide copolymers based on 90% (m/m) hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid and 10%

(m/m) ε-caprolactam.
PA 6/66 (80/20)

Polyamide copolymers based on 80% (m/m) ε-caprolactam and 20% (m/m) hexamethylene-

PA 66/6 (80/20)
diamine and adipic acid.

Polyamide copolymers based on 80% (m/m) hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid and 20%

(m/m) ε-caprolactam.

Semi-crystalline polyamides can also be called polyphthalamides (PPA) if the residues of terephthalic acid or

isophthalic acid or a combination of the two comprise at least 55 mole percentage of the dicarboxylic acid portion

of the repeating structural units of the polymer chain (ASTM D 5336).
Other monomer combinations are possible
Blends

Blends can be made from materials mentioned in both tables and/or other polymers (ISO 1043). For

polymer blends or alloys, use the abbreviated terms for the basic polymers with the main component

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in first place followed by the other components in descending order according to their mass fractions,

separated by a plus sign and no space before or after the plus sign.
EXAMPLE A blend of polyamide12 and polypropylene is designated: PA 12+PP.
3.3 Data block 2
In this data block, the type of filler and/or reinforcing material
...