DIN Standards Committee Plastics
DIN EN ISO 1043-1
Plastics - Symbols and abbreviated terms - Part 1: Basic polymers and their special characteristics (ISO 1043-1:2011); German version EN ISO 1043-1:2011
Kunststoffe - Kennbuchstaben und Kurzzeichen - Teil 1: Basis-Polymere und ihre besonderen Eigenschaften (ISO 1043-1:2011); Deutsche Fassung EN ISO 1043-1:2011
Overview
The standard DIN EN ISO 1043-1 contains uniform abbreviated terms for plastics used in plastics, symbols for components of these terms, and symbols for special characteristics of plastics. It includes only those abbreviated terms that have come into established use and its aim is both to prevent the occurrence of more than one abbreviated term for a given plastic and to prevent a given abbreviated term being interpreted in more than one way. The most significant modifications and supplementations with regard to the previous edition are the addition of the abbreviated terms HBV, PBSA, PBS, PCO, PES, PHA, PHB, PLA and PS-S as well as the incorporation of clause 7 "Symbol for plastics recyclate". In a new informative Annex C, "Abbreviated terms for plastics grouped by type" are given. The International Standard ISO 1043-1:2011 has been prepared by ISO/TC 61/SC 1 "Terminology" (secretariat: BSI, Great Britain). CEN/TC 249 "Plastics", the secretariat of which is held by NBN (Belgium), is responsible for the European Standard. On the national level, the committee responsible for the standard is Working Committee NA 054-01-01 AA "Terminologie" ("Terminology") at FNK.
