ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 10640 First edition 2011-08-15 Plastics Methodology for assessing polymer photoageing by FTiR and UV/visible spectroscopy Plastiques-Methodologie d'evaluation du photovieillissement des polymerespar spectroscopie IRTF et UV/visible Reference number ISO 10640:2011(E) @ ISO 2011 HS unde Not for Resale ISO 10640:2011(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ISO2011 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either Iso at the address below or ISo's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2011 - All rights reserved itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 10640:2011(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction 1 Scope 2 Terms and definitions and abbreviated terms 3 Principle 4 Methodology .. 3 5 Determination of chemical variations in polymer materials by FTIR spectrometry.. 6 ..12 7 Test report. Annex A (informative) Comparison of test results for artificial accelerated photoageing, artificial accelerated weathering and natural outdoor weathering ... 14 Bibliography. 28 ii from IHS Not for Resi