ISO - 306
Plastics — Thermoplastic materials — Determination of Vicat softening temperature (VST)
Organization: | ISO |
Publication Date: | 1 November 2022 |
Status: | active |
Page Count: | 22 |
ICS Code (Thermoplastic materials): | 83.080.20 |
scope:
This document specifies four methods for the determination of the Vicat softening temperature (VST) of thermoplastic materials:
- Method A50 using a force of 10 N and a heating rate of 50 °C/h;
- Method B50 using a force of 50 N and a heating rate of 50 °C/h;
- Method A120 using a force of 10 N and a heating rate of 120 °C/h;
- Method B120 using a force of 50 N and a heating rate of 120 °C/h.
The methods specified are applicable only to thermoplastics, for which they give a measure of the temperature at which the thermoplastics start to soften rapidly.