oSIST prEN ISO 3146:2021

Plastics - Determination of melting behaviour (melting temperature or melting range) of semi-crystalline polymers by capillary tube and polarizing-microscope methods (ISO/DIS 3146:2021)

Kunststoffe - Bestimmung des Schmelzverhaltens (Schmelztemperatur oder Schmelzbereich) von teilkristallinen Polymeren im Kapillarrohr- und Polarisationsmikroskop-Verfahren (ISO/DIS 3146:2021)

Dieses Dokument legt zwei Verfahren zur Ermittlung des Schmelzverhaltens von teilkristallinen Polymeren fest.
Die nach den verschiedenen Verfahren bestimmten Schmelztemperaturen weichen aus den in der Einleitung erläuterten Gründen gewöhnlich um einige Kelvin ab.

Plastiques - Détermination du comportement à la fusion (température de fusion ou plage de températures de fusion) des polymères semi-cristallins par méthodes du tube capillaire et du microscope polarisant (ISO/DIS 3146:2021)

Polimerni materiali - Ugotavljanje temperature ali območja taljenja kristaliničnih polimerov s kapilarno cevko in polarizacijskim mikroskopom (ISO/DIS 3146:2021)

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 31-Mar-2021
• ICS: 83.080.01 - Plastics in general
• Technical Committee: IPMA - Polimer materials and products
• Current Stage: 5020 - Formal vote (FV) (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 24-Nov-2021
• Due Date: 12-Jan-2022
• Ref Project: FprEN ISO 3146 - Plastics - Determination of melting behaviour (melting temperature or melting range) of semi-crystalline polymers by capillary tube and polarizing-microscope methods (ISO/FDIS 3146:2021)

RELATIONS

• Revised: SIST EN ISO 3146:2000 - Plastics - Determination of melting behaviour (melting temperature or melting range) of semi-crystalline polymers by capillary tube and polarizing-microscope methods (ISO 3146:2000)
• Effective Date: 07-Oct-2020
• Revised: SIST EN ISO 3146:2000/AC:2005 - Plastics - Determination of melting behaviour (melting temperature or melting range) of semi-crystalline polymers by capillary tube and polarizing-microscope methods (ISO 3146:2000)
• Effective Date: 07-Oct-2020

Standards Content (sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN ISO 3146:2021
01-marec-2021

Polimerni materiali - Ugotavljanje temperature ali območja taljenja kristaliničnih

polimerov s kapilarno cevko in polarizacijskim mikroskopom (ISO/DIS 3146:2021)

Plastics - Determination of melting behaviour (melting temperature or melting range) of

semi-crystalline polymers by capillary tube and polarizing-microscope methods (ISO/DIS

3146:2021)
Kunststoffe - Bestimmung des Schmelzverhaltens (Schmelztemperatur oder
Schmelzbereich) von teilkristallinen Polymeren im Kapillarrohr- und
Polarisationsmikroskop-Verfahren (ISO/DIS 3146:2021)

Plastiques - Détermination du comportement à la fusion (température de fusion ou plage

de températures de fusion) des polymères semi-cristallins par méthodes du tube
capillaire et du microscope polarisant (ISO/DIS 3146:2021)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN ISO 3146
ICS:
83.080.01 Polimerni materiali na Plastics in general
splošno
oSIST prEN ISO 3146:2021 en,fr,de

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

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Plastics — Determination of melting behaviour (melting
temperature or melting range) of semi-crystalline polymers
by capillary tube and polarizing-microscope methods

Plastiques — Détermination du comportement à la fusion (température de fusion ou plage de

températures de fusion) des polymères semi-cristallins par méthodes du tube capillaire et du microscope

polarisant
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Contents Page

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

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

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

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

3 Terms and definitions ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

4 Method A — Capillary tube ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2

4.1 Principle ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2

4.2 Apparatus (see Figure 1) ................................................................................................................................................................ 2

4.3 Test samples .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2

4.3.1 General...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

4.3.2 Characteristics ................................................................................................................................................................... 3

4.3.3 Conditioning ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3

4.4 Procedure .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

4.4.1 Calibration ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4

4.4.2 Determination .................................................................................................................................................................... 5

4.5 Test report ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

5 Method B — Polarizing microscope.................................................................................................................................................. 6

5.1 Principle ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

5.2 Apparatus .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

5.3 Test samples .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

5.3.1 Powdered materials ...................................................................................................................................................... 6

5.3.2 Moulded or pelleted materials ............................................................................................................................. 6

5.3.3 Film or sheet materials ........................................................................................................................................... .... 7

5.3.4 Conditioning ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7

5.4 Procedure .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

5.4.1 Calibration ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7

5.4.2 Determination .................................................................................................................................................................... 7

5.5 Precision ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

5.6 Test report ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 9

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Foreword

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chemical properties, in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical

Committee CEN/TC 249, Plastics, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between

ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).

This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition (ISO 3146:2000), which has been technically

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

a) the specifications of the apparatus and measurement procedure have been revised;

b) the technical corrigendum 1 dated 2002 has been incorporated;

c) the table of calibration standards has been revised by adding further entries, synonyms and CAS

numbers of organic chemicals, correcting errors and modifying melting temperatures according to

added references.

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Introduction

The melting behaviour of a crystalline or semi-crystalline polymer is a structure-sensitive property.

In polymers, a sharp melting point, such as is observed for low molecular mass substances, usually does

not occur; instead a melting temperature range is observed on heating, from the first change of shape of

the solid particles to the transformation into a highly viscous or viscoelastic liquid, with accompanying

disappearance of the crystalline phase. The melting range depends upon a number of parameters, such

as molecular mass, molecular mass distribution, per cent crystallinity, and thermodynamic properties.

The melting range can also depend on experimental parameters such as previous thermal history of

the specimen, heating or cooling rate, etc. The lower or upper limit of the melting range, or its average

value, is sometimes conventionally referred to as the “melting temperature”.
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Plastics — Determination of melting behaviour (melting
temperature or melting range) of semi-crystalline polymers
by capillary tube and polarizing-microscope methods
1 Scope

This document specifies two methods for evaluating the melting behaviour of semi-crystalline

polymers.

Melting temperatures determined by the different methods usually differ by several kelvins for the

reasons explained in the introduction.
Method A: Capillary tube

This method is based on the changes in shape of the polymer. It is applicable to all semi-crystalline

polymers and their compounds.

NOTE 1 Method A can also be useful for the evaluation of the softening of non-crystalline solids.

Method B: Polarizing microscope

This method is based on changes in the optical properties of the polymer. It is applicable to polymers

containing a birefringent crystalline phase. It may not be suitable for plastics compounds containing

pigments and/or other additives which could interfere with the birefringence of the polymeric

crystalline zone.

NOTE 2 Another method applicable to semi-crystalline polymers is described in ISO 11357-3, Plastics —

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) — Part 3: Determination of temperature and enthalpy of melting and

cryst
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