ISO/TR TECHNICAL REPORT 16913 First edition 1999-11-15 Plastics pipes and fittings Definitions of types of test Tubes et raccords en matieres plastiques - Définitions des types d'essai Reference number ISO/TR 16913:1999(E) ISO @ ISO 1999 ISO/TR 16913:1999(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this area. Adobeis atrademarkof AdobeSystems Incorporated Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by isO member bodies. In the unlikely event ?ISO1999 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 22 734 10 79 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.ch Printed in Switzerland ii @ ISO 1999 - All rights reserved ISO/TR 16913:1999(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISsO technical the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. IsO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. In exceptional circumstances, when a technical committee has collected data of a different kind from that which is and does not have to be reviewed until the data it provides are considered to be no longer valid or useful. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of ISO/TR 16913 may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO/TR 16913 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 138, Plastics pipes, fittings and valves for the accessoriesTestmethodsandbasicspecifications. @ISO1999-All rightsreserved ii