D EUTSCHE NORM June 2003

Plastics
Determination of flexural properties {
(ISO 178 : 2001)
English version of DIN EN ISO 178 EN ISO 178

ICS 83.080.01 Supersedes

February 1997 edition.
Kunststoffe – Bestimmung der Biegeeigenschaften (ISO 178 : 2001)

European Standard EN ISO 178 : 2003 has the status of a DIN Standard.

A comma is used as the decimal marker.

National foreword
This standard has been published in accordance with a decision taken by CEN/TC 249 to adopt, without
alteration, International Standard ISO 178 as a European Standard.
The responsible German body involved in its preparation was the Normenausschuss Kunststoffe (Plastics
Standards Committee), Technical Committee Mechanische Eigenschaften und Probekörperherstellung.
The DIN Standards corresponding to the International Standards referred to in clause 2 of the EN are as
follows:
ISO Standard DIN Standard(s)
ISO 291 DIN EN ISO 291
ISO 293 DIN 16770-1 and DIN EN ISO 293 *)
ISO 294-1 DIN EN ISO 294-1
ISO 295 DIN EN ISO 295
ISO 2818 DIN EN ISO 2818
ISO 3167 DIN EN ISO 3167
ISO 10724-1 DIN EN ISO 10724-1

Amendments
This standard differs from the February 1997 edition in that it has been revised in form and substance.

Previous editions
DIN 53452: 1941-05, 1944-11, 1952-02, 1977-04; DIN 53453: 1943-11, 1952-02, 1954-07, 1958-05,
1965-10, 1975-05; DIN 53457: 1968-05, 1987-06, 1987-10; DIN EN ISO 178: 1997-02.

*) Currently at draft stage.

Continued overleaf.
EN comprises 17 pages.

© No part of this standard may be reproduced without the prior permission of DIN EN ISO 178 : 2003-06
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National Annex NA
Standards referred to
(and not included in Normative references, Bibliography and Annex ZA)
DIN 16770-1 Preparation of specimens of thermoplastic moulding materials by compression mould-
ing
DIN EN ISO 291 Plastics – Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing (ISO 291 : 1997)
DIN EN ISO 294-1 Plastics – Injection moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials – Part 1:
General principles, and moulding of multipurpose and bar test specimens
(ISO 294-1 : 1996)
DIN EN ISO 295 Plastics – Compression moulding of test specimens of thermosetting materials
(ISO 295 : 1991)
DIN EN ISO 2818 Plastics – Preparation of test specimens by machining (ISO 2818 : 1994)
DIN EN ISO 3167 Plastics – Multi-purpose test specimens (ISO 3167 : 1993)
DIN EN ISO 10724-1 Injection moulding of test specimens of thermosetting powder moulding compounds
(PMCs) – Part 1: General principles and moulding of multipurpose test specimens
(ISO 10724-1 : 1998)
 EN ISO 178

February 2003

ICS 83.080.01 Supersedes EN ISO 178 : 1996.

English version

Plastics
Determination of flexural properties
(ISO 178 : 2001)

Plastiques – Détermination des Kunststoffe – Bestimmung der

propriétés en flexion (ISO 178 : 2001) Biegeeigenschaften (ISO 178 : 2001)

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2002-12-12.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a
national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national stand-
ards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
The European Standards exist in three official versions (English, French, German).
A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a
CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has
the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

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Foreword
International Standard
ISO 178 : 2001 Plastics – Determination of flexural properties,
which was prepared by ISO/TC 61 ‘Plastics’ of the International Organization for Standardization, has been
adopted by Technical Committee CEN/TC 249 ‘Plastics’, the Secretariat of which is held by IBN, as a European
Standard.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, and conflicting national standards withdrawn, by August 2003 at the latest.
In accordance with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the follow-
ing countries are bound to implement this European Standard:
Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the
United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard ISO 178 : 2001 was approved by CEN as a European Standard without
any modification.
NOTE: Normative references to international publications are listed in Annex ZA (normative).

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