EN 60811-4-2:2004

Insulating and sheathing materials of electric and optical cables - Common test methods - Part 4-2: Methods specific to polyethylene and polypropylene compounds - Tensile strength and elongation at break after conditioning at elevated temperature - Wrapping test after conditioning at elevated temperature - Wrapping test after thermal ageing in air - Measurement of mass increase - Long-term stability test - Test method for copper-catalyzed oxidative degradation

Specifies the test methods for testing polymeric insulating and sheathing materials of electric and optical fibre cables for power distribution and communications, including cables used on ships and in offshore applications. These test methods apply specifically to polyolefin insulation and sheath. The principal changes with respect to the previous edition are listed below: a) A measurement of tensile strength is included in Clause 8. b) Clause 10 is now the only method in EN 60811 for wrapping test after thermal ageing in air. c) Two ageing conditions are now specified for the long-term stability test in Annex A.

Isolier- und Mantelwerkstoffe für Kabel und isolierte Leitungen - Allgemeine Prüfverfahren - Teil 4-2: Besondere Prüfverfahren für Polyethylen- und Polypropylen-Mischungen - Zugfestigkeit und Reißdehnung nach Vorbehandlung bei erhöhter Temperatur - Wickelprüfung nach Vorbehandlung bei erhöhter Temperatur - Wickelprüfung nach thermischer Alterung in Luft - Messung der Masseaufnahme - Langzeit(Lebensdauer)-Prüfung - Prüfverfahren der Sauerstoffalterung unter Kupfereinfluss

Matériaux d'isolation et de gainage des câbles électriques et optiques - Méthodes d'essai communes - Partie 4-2: Méthodes spécifiques pour les mélanges polyéthylène et polypropylène - Résistance à la traction et allongement à la rupture après conditionnement à température élevée - Essai d'enroulement après conditionnement à température élevée - Essai d'enroulement après vieillissement thermique dans l'air - Mesure de l'augmentation de masse - Essai de stabilité à long terme - Méthode d'essai pour l'oxydation catalytique par le cuivre

Spécifie les méthodes d'essai à employer pour l'essai des matériaux polymères d'isolation et de gainage des câbles électriques et des câbles à fibres optiques pour la distribution d'énergie et de télécommunication, y compris les câbles utilisés à bord des navires, et pour les applications offshore. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente: a) Une mesure de la résistance à la traction est incluse dans l'Article 8. b) L'article 10 est maintenant la seule méthode de la EN 60811 pour l'essai d'enroulement après vieillissement thermique dans l'air. c) Deux conditions de vieillissement sont maintenant spécifiées pour l'essai de stabilité à long terme dans l'Annexe A.

Materiali za izoliranje in oplaščenje električnih in optičnih kablov – Splošne preskusne metode – 4-2. del: Posebne metode za polietilenske in polipropilenske mase – Natezna trdnost in raztezek pri pretrganju po kondicioniranju pri povišanih temperaturah – Preskus ovijanja po kondicioniranju pri povišanih temparaturah po staranju v zraku – Meritev povečanja mase – Preskus dolgotranje stabilnosti – Preskusna metoda za oksidativno razgradnjo, katalizirano z bakrom (IEC 60811-4-2:2004)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 10-Aug-2004
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Jun-2007
• ICS: 29.035.20 - Plastics and rubber insulating materials
• ICS: 29.060.20 - Cables
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 20 - Electric cables
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 20 - IEC_TC_20
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 20 - IEC_TC_20
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 17-Apr-2015
• Completion Date: 17-Apr-2015
• Directive: 2006/95/EC - Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (codified version)
• Directive: 73/23/EEC - Electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60811-4-2:2005 - Insulating and sheathing materials of electric and optical cables - Common test methods -- Part 4-2: Methods specific to polyethylene and polypropylene compounds - Tensile strength and elongation at break after conditioning at elevated temperature - Wrapping test after conditioning at elevated temperature - Wrapping test after thermal ageing in air - Measurement of mass increase - Long-term stability test - Test method for copper-catalyzed oxidative degradation

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60811-4-2:1999 - Insulating and sheathing materials of electric and optical fibre cables - Common test methods - Part 4: Methods specific to polyethylene and polypropylene compounds - Section 2: Tensile strength and elongation at break after pre-conditioning - Wrapping test after thermal ageing in air - Measurement of mass increase - Long-term stability test - Test method for copper-catalysed oxidative degradation
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 60811-513:2012 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 513: Mechanical tests - Methods specific to polyethylene and polypropylene compounds - Wrapping test after conditioning
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 60811-408:2012 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 408: Miscellaneous tests - Long-term stability test of polyethylene and polypropylene compounds
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 60811-410:2012 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 410: Miscellaneous tests - Test method for copper-catalyzed oxidative degradation of polyolefin insulated conductors
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 60811-510:2012 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 510: Mechanical tests - Methods specific to polyethylene and polypropylene compounds - Wrapping test after thermal ageing in air
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 60811-407:2012 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 407: Miscellaneous tests - Measurement of mass increase of polyethylene and polypropylene compounds
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 60811-512:2012 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 512: Mechanical tests - Methods specific to polyethylene and polypropylene compounds - Tensile strength and elongation at break after conditioning at elevated temperature
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 60811-100:2012 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 100: General
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI SIST EN 60811-4-2:2005

STANDARD
april 2005
Materiali za izoliranje in oplaščenje električnih in optičnih kablov – Splošne
preskusne metode – 4-2. del: Posebne metode za polietilenske in
polipropilenske mase – Natezna trdnost in raztezek pri pretrganju po
kondicioniranju pri povišanih temperaturah – Preskus ovijanja po
kondicioniranju pri povišanih temparaturah po staranju v zraku – Meritev
povečanja mase – Preskus dolgotranje stabilnosti – Preskusna metoda za
oksidativno razgradnjo, katalizirano z bakrom (IEC 60811-4-2:2004)
Insulating and sheathing materials of electric and optical cables – Common test
methods – Part 4-2: Methods specific to polyethylene and polypropylene
compounds – Tensile strength and elongation at break after conditioning at
elevated temperature – Wrapping test after conditioning at elevated temparature –
Wrapping test after thermal ageing in air – Measurement of mass increase – Long-
term stability test – Test method for copper-catalyzed oxidative degradation
microscope (IEC 60811-4-2:2004)
ICS 29.035.20; 29.060.20 Referenčna številka
©  Standard je založil in izdal Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje ali kopiranje celote ali delov tega dokumenta ni dovoljeno

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60811-4-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM August 2004
ICS 29.035.20; 29.060.20 Supersedes EN 60811-4-2:1999

English version
Insulating and sheathing materials of electric and optical cables –
Common test methods
Part 4-2: Methods specific to polyethylene and polypropylene compounds -
Tensile strength and elongation at break after conditioning at elevated temperature -
Wrapping test after conditioning at elevated temperature - Wrapping test after thermal
ageing in air - Measurement of mass increase - Long-term stability test -
Test method for copper-catalyzed oxidative degradation
(IEC 60811-4-2:2004)
Matériaux d'isolation et de gainage des câbles Isolier- und Mantelwerkstoffe für Kabel und isolierte
électriques et optiques - Méthodes d'essai communes Leitungen - Allgemeine Prüfverfahren
Partie 4-2: Méthodes spécifiques pour les mélanges Teil 4-2: Besondere Prüfverfahren für Polyethylen- und
polyéthylène et polypropylène - Résistance à la traction Polypropylen-Mischungen - Zugfestigkeit und
et allongement à la rupture après conditionnement à Reißdehnung nach Vorbehandlung bei erhöhter
température élevée - Essai d'enroulement après Temperatur - Wickelprüfung nach Vorbehandlung bei
conditionnement à température élevée - Essai erhöhter Temperatur - Wickelprüfung nach thermischer
d'enroulement après vieillissement thermique dans l'air - Alterung in Luft - Messung der Masseaufnahme -
Mesure de l'augmentation de masse - Essai de stabilité Langzeit(Lebensdauer)-Prüfung - Prüfverfahren der
à long terme - Méthode d'essai pour l'oxydation Sauerstoffalterung unter Kupfereinfluss
catalytique par le cuivre (IEC 60811-4-2:2004)
(CEI 60811-4-2:2004)
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Ref. No. EN 60811-4-2:2004 E
Foreword
The text of document 20/686/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 60811-4-2, prepared by IEC TC 20, Electric
cables, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as
EN 60811-4-2 on 2004-07-01.
This European Standard supersedes EN 60811-4-2:1999.
The principal changes with respect to EN 60811-4-2:1999 are:
a) a measurement of tensile strength is included in Clause 8;
b) Clause 10 is now the only method in EN 60811 for the wrapping test after thermal ageing in air;
c) two ageing conditions are now specified for the long-term stability test in Annex A.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2005-04-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2007-07-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60811-4-2:2004 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standard indicated:
IEC 60811-5-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60811-5-1:1999 (modified).
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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.
NOTE Where an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60811-1-1 1993 Insulating and sheathing materials of EN 60811-1-1 1995
electric and optical cables - Common test
methods
Part 1-1: General application -
Measurement of thickness and overall
dimensions - Tests for determining the
mechanical properties
IEC 60811-1-3 1993 Insulating and sheathing materials of EN 60811-1-3 1995
electric and optical cables - Common test
methods
Part 1-3: General application - Methods
for determining the density - Water
absorption tests - Shrinkage test

ISO 188 1998 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - -
Accelerated ageing and heat resistance
tests
NORME CEI
INTERNATIONALE
IEC
60811-4-2
INTERNATIONAL
Deuxième édition
STANDARD
Second edition
2004-05
Matériaux d'isolation et de gainage des câbles
électriques et optiques – Méthodes d'essais
communes –
Partie 4-2:
Méthodes spécifiques pour les mélanges polyéthylène et
polypropylène – Résistance à la traction et allongement à la rupture
après conditionnement à température élevée – Essai d'enroulement
après conditionnement à température élevée – Essai d'enroulement
après vieillissement thermique dans l'air – Mesure de l'augmentation
de masse – Essai de stabilité à long terme – Méthode d'essai pour
l'oxydation catalytique par le cuivre

Insulating and sheathing materials of electric
and optical cables – Common test methods –
Part 4-2:
Methods specific to polyethylene and polypropylene compounds –
Tensile strength and elongation at break after conditioning at
elevated temperature – Wrapping test after conditioning at elevated
temperature – Wrapping test after thermal ageing in air –
Measurement of mass increase – Long-term stability test –
Test method for copper-catalyzed oxidative degradation
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60811-4-2  IEC:2004 – 3 –
CONTENTS
FOREWORD.5

1 General.9
1.1 Scope.9
1.2 Normative references.9
2 Terms and definitions .9
3 Test values.11
4 Applicability.11
5 Type tests and other tests.11
6 Pre-conditioning.11
7 Median value.11
8 Tensile strength and elongation at break after conditioning at elevated temperature .11
8.1 General.11
8.2 Conditioning procedure.11
8.3 Tensile strength and elongation tests after conditioning at elevated
temperature.13
8.4 Expression of results .13
9 Wrapping test after conditioning at elevated temperature .13
9.1 General.13
9.2 Conditioning procedure.13
9.3 Test procedure.13
9.4 Evaluation of results .13
10 Wrapping test after thermal ageing in air.13
10.1 General.15
10.2 Apparatus.15
10.3 Sampling.15
10.4 Ageing procedure.15
10.5 Test procedure.15
10.6 Evaluation of results .15
11 Mass increase of insulation.17
11.1 General.17
11.2 Sampling.17
11.3 Test procedure.17
11.4 Calculation.17

Annex A (normative) Long-term stability test.19
Annex B (normative) Test method for copper-catalyzed oxidative degradation of
polyolefin insulated conductors (Oxidation Induction Time (OIT) test) .25

Bibliography .33

Figure B.1 – Representative melting endotherm for Indium .31
Figure B.2 – Evaluation of OIT from recorded-time-based thermogram .31

60811-4-2  IEC:2004 – 5 –
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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INSULATING AND SHEATHING MATERIALS OF ELECTRIC
AND OPTICAL CABLES – COMMON TEST METHODS –

Part 4-2: Methods specific to polyethylene and
polypropylene compounds –
Tensile strength and elongation at break after conditioning at elevated
temperature – Wrapping test after conditioning at elevated temperature –
Wrapping test after thermal ageing in air –
Measurement of mass increase – Long-term stability test –
Test method for copper-catalyzed oxidative degradation

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