1 Scope
This Technical Specification identifies the required and optional properties of wood-plastics composite (WPC)materials. It is intended to be used as a basis for the specifications of WPC materials.
2 Normative references
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.
EN 117, Wood preservatives — Determination of toxic values against Reticulitermes species (European termites) (laboratory method)
EN 317, Particleboards and fibreboards — Determination of swelling in thickness after immersion in water
EN 1534, Wood and parquet flooring — Determination of resistance to indentation (Brinell) — Test method
ENV 12038, Durability of wood and wood-based products — Wood-based panels — Method of test for determining the resistance against wood-destroying basidiomycetes
CEN/TS 15083-2, Durability of wood and wood-based products — Determination of the natural durability of solid wood against wood-destroying fungi, test methods — Part 2: Soft rotting micro-fungi prEN 15458, Paints and varnishes — Laboratory method for testing the efficacy of film preservatives in a coating against algae
CEN/TS 15534-1:2007, Wood-plastics composites (WPC) — Part 1: Test methods for characterisation of WPC materials and products
EN ISO 75-1, Plastics — Determination of temperature of deflection under load — Part 1: General test method(ISO 75-1:2004)
EN ISO 75-2, Plastics — Determination of temperature of deflection under load — Part 2: Plastics, ebonite and long-fibre-reinforced composites (ISO 75-2:2004)
EN ISO 178, Plastics — Determination of flexural properties (ISO 178:2001)
EN ISO 179-1, Plastics — Determination of Charpy impact properties — Part 1: Non-instrumented impact test(ISO 179-1:2000)
EN ISO 527-1, Plastics — Determination of tensile properties — Part 1: General principles (ISO 527-1:1993 including Corr 1:1994)
EN ISO 527-2, Plastics — Determination of tensile properties — Part 2: Test conditions for moulding and extrusion plastics (ISO 527-2:1993 including Corr 1:1994)
EN ISO 899-2, Plastics — Determination of creep behaviour — Part 2: Flexural creep by three-point loading (ISO 899-2:2003)
EN ISO 1183-1, Plastics — Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics — Part 1: Immersion method, liquid pyknometer method and titration method (ISO 1183-1:2004)
EN ISO 1183-3, Plastics — Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics — Part 3: Gas pyknometer method (ISO 1183-3:1999)
CEN/TS 15534-2:2007
EN ISO 4589-2, Plastics — Determination of burning behaviour by oxygen index — Part 2: Ambienttemperature test (ISO 4589-2:1996)
ISO 11359-2, Plastics — Thermomechanical analysis (TMA) — Part 2: Determination of coefficient of linear thermal expansion and glass transition temperature
ISO 16869, Plastics — Assessment of the effectiveness of fungistatic compounds in plastics formulations
ISO 16979:2003, Wood based panels — Determination of moisture content
