D EUTSCHE NORM June 2001

Plastics Determination of Charpy impact properties

Part 1: Non-instrumented impact test {
(ISO 179-1 : 2000)
English version of DIN EN ISO 179-1 EN ISO 179-1

ICS 83.080.01 Supersedes DIN EN ISO 179,

March 1997 edition.
Kunststoffe Bestimmung der Charpy-Schlageigenschaften Teil 1:
Nicht instrumentierte Schlagzhigkeitsprfung (ISO 179-1 : 2000)

European Standard EN ISO 179-1 : 2000 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 179-1 as a European Standard.
The responsible German body involved in its preparation was the Normenausschuss Kunststoffe (Plastics
Standards Committee), Technical Committee Mechanische Eigenschaften und Probekrperherstellung.
The DIN Standards corresponding to the International Standards referred to in clause 2 of the EN are as
follows:
ISO Standard DIN Standard
ISO 291 DIN EN ISO 291
ISO 294-1 DIN EN ISO 294-1
ISO 294-3 DIN EN ISO 294-3
ISO 295 DIN EN ISO 295
ISO 2818 DIN EN ISO 2818
ISO 3167 DIN EN ISO 3167

Amendments
The following amendments have been made to DIN EN ISO 179, March 1997 edition.
a) The standard has been editorially revised and references to other standards have been updated.
b) Details of the pendulum impact testing machine are no longer specified; reference is made to
ISO 13802 instead (cf. subclause 5.1).
c) Table 4 specifying the presentation of results and Annex B Precision data have been included.

Previous editions
DIN 53453: 1943-11, 1952-02, 1954-07, 1958-05, 1965-10, 1975-05; DIN EN ISO 179: 1997-03.

Continued overleaf.
EN comprises 20 pages.

No part of this standard may be reproduced without the prior permission of Ref. No. DIN EN ISO 179-1 : 2001-06
DIN Deutsches Institut fr Normung e. V., Berlin. Beuth Verlag GmbH, 10772 Berlin, Germany, English price group 10 Sales No. 1110
has the exclusive right of sale for German Standards (DIN-Normen).
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National Annex NA
Standards referred to
(and not included in Normative references and Annex ZA)
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 294-3 Injection moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials Part 3: Small plates
(ISO 294-3 : 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)
 EN ISO 179-1

December 2000

ICS 83.080.01 Supersedes

EN ISO 179 : 1996.
Descriptors:

English version

Plastics Determination of Charpy impact properties

Part 1: Non-instrumented impact test
(ISO 179-1 : 2000)

Plastiques Dtermination des Kunststoffe Bestimmung der

caractristiques au choc Charpy Charpy-Schlageigenschaften
Partie 1: Essai de choc non Teil 1: Nicht instrumentierte Schlag-
instrument (ISO 179-1 : 2000) zhigkeitsprfung (ISO 179-1 : 2000)

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2000-12-03.

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, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
and the United Kingdom.

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Foreword
International Standard
ISO 179-1 : 2000 Plastics Determination of Charpy impact properties Part 1: Non-instrumented impact
test,
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 June 2001 at the latest.
In accordance with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard:
Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard ISO 179-1 : 2000 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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