EN ISO 16101:2004

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2005
Embalaža - Transportna embalaža za nevarno blago - Preskušanje združljivosti
plastike (ISO 16101:2004)
Packaging - Transport packaging for dangerous goods - Plastics compatibility testing
(ISO 16101:2004)
Verpackung - Verpackungen zur Beförderung gefährlicher Güter - Verträglicheitsprüfung
für Kunststoffverpackungen (ISO 16101:2004)
Emballages - Emballages pour le transport des marchandises dangereuses - Essais de
compatibilité des matieres plastiques (ISO 16101:2004)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 16101:2004
ICS:
13.300 Varstvo pred nevarnimi Protection against dangerous
izdelki goods
55.180.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
distribucijo blaga s prevozom freight distribution of goods
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 16101
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2004
ICS 13.300; 55.140
English version
Packaging - Transport packaging for dangerous goods - Plastics
compatibility testing (ISO 16101:2004)
Emballages - Emballages pour le transport des Verpackung - Verpackungen zur Beförderung gefährlicher
marchandises dangereuses - Essais de compatibilité des Güter - Verträglicheitsprüfung für Kunststoffverpackungen
matières plastiques (ISO 16101:2004) (ISO 16101:2004)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 27 February 2004.
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
standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.
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under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official
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Contents
page
Foreword.3
Introduction .4
1 Scope.5
2 Normative references.5
3 Terms and definitions .5
4 Test requirements.6
5 Selection and preparation of test packagings.7
6 Facilities for testing.9
7 Conditioning procedures.10
8 Permeability testing.12
Annex A (normative) Standard liquids and applicability to polyethylene types .13
Annex B (normative) Small scale laboratory tests to assess packaged substances against standard
liquids .16
Annex C (informative) Assimilation of packaged substance to standard liquids .34
Bibliography .71

Foreword
This document (EN ISO 16101:2004) has been prepared by CEN /TC 261, "Packaging", the secretariat of which is
held by AFNOR, in collaboration with ISO/TC 122 "Packaging".
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or
by endorsement, at the latest by March 2005, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by
March 2005.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European
Free Trade Association, and supports the objectives of the framework Directives on Transport of Dangerous Goods.
This European Standard has been submitted for reference into the RID and/or in the technical annexes of the ADR.
Therefore in this context the standards listed in the normative references and covering basic requirements of the
RID/ADR not addressed within the present standard are normative only when the standards themselves are
referred to in the RID and/or in the technical annexes of the ADR.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Introduction
This standard was developed to provide requirements and test procedures to meet the compatibility provisions for
plastics packagings to contain liquids as set out in:
The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR)
(covering most of Europe) [2] and
Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) (covering most of Europe,
parts of North Africa and the Middle East) [5].
This procedure is an alternative option to that set out in the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous
Goods [1].
Plastics packaging material can be attacked by the chemical contents of the package. Such effects are caused by
different mechanisms such as environmental stress cracking (ESC) chemical degradation and swelling.
The UN Recommendations and the associated modal regulations require that all packagings shall be assessed for
compatibility with the substances which they are to contain. The UN text makes special reference to plastics
packagings for liquids. The procedure therein contains details of testing for six months at ambient temperature with
the liquid to be carried. RID/ADR permits as an alternative the use of standard liquids to which this document refers.
The UN Recommendations are given legal entity not only to ADR and RID but also to:
The International Civil Aviation Organisations Technical Instructions for the SafeTransport of Dangerous
Goods by Air (ICAO Tis) (worldwide) [3] and
The International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) (worldwide) [4].
These two modal rules do not refer to the standard liquid tests but they may still be acceptable as the UN
provisions do not make the six month test a mandatory requirement.
The application of this standard will need to take account of the requirements of these international agreements
and the relevant national regulations [6] [7] for domestic transport of dangerous goods.
Although not stipulated in the UN Recommendations or the modal regulations, these tests may be applied, where
deemed appropriate, to inner packagings of combination packagings. However, for this purpose, the standard liquid
tests may not be applicable to all types of plastics materials, since the tests were originally created for high
molecular weight high density polyethylene (PE-HD-HMW).
WARNING — The use of this International Standard may involve hazardous materials and equipment. This
International Standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems associated with its use. It is
the responsibility of the user of this International Standard to establish appropriate safety and health
practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

1 Scope
This standard specifies the requirements and test methods for compatibility testing of polyethylene based plastics
packagings and composite packagings with plastic inners containing liquids. The testing involves storage with the
packaged substance, or with a standard liquid as defined in annex A. Annex B describes small scale laboratory
tests, which may be used to determine the assimilation of those products to be carried with the standard liquids.
NOTE This standard should be used in conjunction with one or more of the International Regulations set out in the
Bibliography
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references,
only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
EN ISO 291, Plastics - Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing
EN ISO 527-2, Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 2: Test conditions for moulding and extrusion
plastics (ISO 527-2:1993)
EN ISO 1133, Plastics - Determination of the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and the melt volume-flow rate (MVR) of
thermoplastics (ISO 1133:1997)
EN ISO 1183-1, Plastics - Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics – Part 1: Immersion method,
liquid pyknometer method and titration method (ISO 1183-1:2004)
EN ISO 1628-3, Plastics - Determination of the viscosity of polymers in dilute solution using capillary viscometers -
Part 3: Polyethylenes and polypropylenes (ISO 1628-3:2001)
EN ISO 1872-2, Plastics — Polyethylene (PE) moulding and extrusion materials — Part 2: Preparation of test
specimens and determination of properties (ISO 1872-2:1997)
EN ISO 2818, Plastics – Preparation of test specimens by machining (ISO 2818:1994)
EN ISO 11403-3 Plastics - Acquisition and presentation of comparable multipoint data - Part 3: Environmental
influences on properties (ISO 11403-3:1999)
EN ISO 11542-2:1998, Plastics - Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (PE-UHMW) moulding and extrusion
materials - Part 2: Preparation of test specimens and determination of properties (ISO 11542-2:1998)
EN ISO 16104:2003, Packaging – Transport packaging for dangerous goods – Test methods (ISO 16104:2002)
EN ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories (ISO/IEC
17025:1999)
ISO 16770, Plastics - Determination of environmental stress crack (ESC ) of polyethylene – Full-notch creep test
(FNCT)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this European Standard, the following terms and definitions apply.

3.1
competent authority
any national regulatory body or authority designated or otherwise recognised as such for any purpose in connection
with the regulations specified in the Bibliography
3.2
plastics packagings
drums, jerricans and composite packagings with inner plastics receptacle made from certain types of plastics
NOTE Certain types of polyethylene are listed in A.3.
3.3
packaged substance (chemical product)
dangerous liquid with which the packaging is to be filled for transport
NOTE Packagings used for solid packaged substances, which can become liquid at temperatures encountered during
transport, should also meet the requirements of packagings for liquids.
3.4
standard liquids
defined liquids that are representative in their effect for a specific kind of interaction between a packaged substance
and the plastics packaging
NOTE A full description of the standard liquids can be found in A.2.
4 Test requirements
4.1 General
Plastics packagings selected in accordance with clause 5 shall be conditioned with the packaged substance or a
standard liquid with which it is to be assimilated. Annex C contains a list of substances assigned to standard liquids
For other chemicals not listed in annex C, small scale laboratory tests (see annex B) shall be used to prove
assimilation with standard liquids. The standard liquid chosen shall be at least as aggressive as the substance to
be transported. Where the packaged substance to be filled cannot be assimilated with one of the standard liquids,
the packaged substance itself shall be used and its specification recorded. In the event that the effect is more
aggressive than that of the standard liquids, the six month procedure shall be followed, as given in 7.2, or
alternatively, and with the exception of nitric acid > 55%, the accelerated procedure, as given in 7.3.
NOTE When the standard liquid is water, proof of chemical compatibility is not required.
4.2 Conditioning
Plastics packagings shall be conditioned in accordance with clause 7 of this standard.
4.3 Post-conditioning inspection
At the end of the conditioning period the packagings shall be inspected for leakage. Where no leakage is apparent
testing in accordance with clause 7 of EN ISO 16104:2003 shall
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