EN ISO 5270:2022

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 5270:2012
Vlaknine - Laboratorijski listi - Ugotavljanje fizikalnih lastnosti (ISO 5270:2022)
Pulps - Laboratory sheets - Determination of physical properties (ISO 5270:2022)
Faserstoff - Laborblätter - Bestimmung der physikalischen Eigenschaften (ISO
5270:2022)
Pâtes - Feuilles de laboratoire - Détermination des propriétés physiques (ISO
5270:2022)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 5270:2022
ICS:
85.040 Vlaknine Pulps
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 5270
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2022
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 85.040 Supersedes EN ISO 5270:2012
English Version
Pulps - Laboratory sheets - Determination of physical
properties (ISO 5270:2022)
Pâtes - Feuilles de laboratoire - Détermination des Faserstoff - Laborblätter - Bestimmung der
propriétés physiques (ISO 5270:2022) physikalischen Eigenschaften (ISO 5270:2022)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 14 July 2022.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 5270:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 6 "Paper, board
and pulps" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 172 “Pulp, paper and board” the
secretariat of which is held by DIN.
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 2023, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by March 2023.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 5270:2012.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards
body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 5270:2022 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 5270:2022 without any modification.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 5270
Fourth edition
2022-08
Pulps — Laboratory sheets —
Determination of physical properties
Pâtes — Feuilles de laboratoire — Détermination des propriétés
physiques
Reference number
ISO 5270:2022(E)
ISO 5270:2022(E)
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ISO 5270:2022(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 Principle . 2
5 Apparatus . 2
6 Trimmed laboratory sheets .2
6.1 Selection of laboratory sheets . 2
6.2 Conditioning of laboratory sheets . 2
6.3 Optical properties . 3
6.4 Determination of grammage, bulking thickness and apparent bulk density . 3
6.5 Preparation of test pieces . 4
7 Procedures for physical properties (low-grammage sheets) . 5
7.1 General . 5
7.2 Tensile properties . 5
7.3 Tear index . 5
7.4 Burst index . 6
7.5 Air permeance . 6
7.6 Folding endurance . 6
8 Procedures for physical properties (high-grammage sheets) . 6
8.1 General . 6
8.2 Bending resistance index . 6
8.3 Flat crush resistance index after laboratory fluting . 7
8.4 Ring crush resistance index. 7
8.5 Short span compression index. 7
8.6 Z-directional tensile strength . 7
9 Test report . 7
Bibliography . 9
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ISO 5270:2022(E)
Foreword
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iso/foreword.html.
This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 6, Paper, board and pulps, in collaboration
with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 172, Pulp, paper
and board, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna
Agreement).
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition (ISO 5270:2012), which has been technically
revised.
The main changes are as follows:
— 6.2: rewriting of the subclause;
— 6.3: permission to perform optical tests on sheets formed using the Rapid-Köthen method if the
sheets are dried at room temperature;
— 6.4: introduction of a minimum area for grammage determination;
— 7.2 inclusion of the option to report strain at break following determination of tensile properties;
— 7.5: inclusion of the option to determine air permeance using the Oken method.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.
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ISO 5270:2022(E)
Introduction
This document provides the determination of physical properties of both low-grammage sheets and
high-grammage sheets, prepared according to ISO 5269-1, ISO 5269-2 or ISO 5269-3. The oven-dry
grammage of low-grammage sheets is (60 ± 2) g/m using the conventional sheet former, as described
in ISO 5269-1 and ISO 5269-3, or (75 ± 2) g/m using the Rapid-Köthen sheet former, as described in
ISO 5269-2 and ISO 5269-3. The oven-dry grammage of high-grammage sheets is 140 g/m , with a
tolerance of 3 % using the conventional and the Rapid Köthen sheet formers, except for the z-directional
tensile strength where the grammage is ≥90 g/m .
This document refers to the relevant International Standards for paper and board for the description and
calibration of the required equipment, and for the calculation and reporting of results. This document,
however, specifies the procedures for testing laboratory sheets where the amount of material is limited,
compared to testing of paper and board to which the relevant International Standards referred to are
applicable, and for that reason there can be a discrepancy in the procedures.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 5270:2022(E)
Pulps — Laboratory sheets — Determination of physical
properties
1 Scope
This document specifies the relevant International Standards used for the determination of physical
properties of laboratory sheets made of all types of pulps.
It is applicable to laboratory sheets prepared in accordance with ISO 5269-1, ISO 5269-2 or ISO 5269-3.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements 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.
ISO 187, Paper, board and pulps — Standard atmosphere for conditioning and testing and procedure for
monitoring the atmosphere and conditioning of samples
ISO 534, Paper and board — Determination of thickness, density and specific volume
ISO 536, Paper and board — Determination of grammage
ISO 1924-2, Paper and board — Determination of tensile properties — Part 2: Constant rate of elongation
method (20 mm/min)
ISO 1924-3, Paper and board — Determination of tensile properties — Part 3: Constant rate of elongation
method (100 mm/min)
ISO 1974, Paper — Determination of tearing resistance — Elmendorf method
ISO 2470-1, Paper, board and pulps — Measurement of diffuse blue reflectance factor — Part 1: Indoor
daylight conditions (ISO brightness)
ISO 2471, Paper and board — Determination of opacity (paper backing) — Diffuse reflectance method
ISO 2493-1, Paper and board — Determination of bending resistance — Part 1: Constant rate of deflection
ISO 2493-2, Paper and board — Determination of resistance to bending — Part 2: Taber-type tester
ISO 2758, Paper — Determination of bursting strength
ISO 5626, Paper — Determination of folding endurance
ISO 5636-3, Paper and board — Determination of air permeance (medium range) — Part 3: Bendtsen
method
ISO 5636-4, Paper and board — Determination of air permeance (medium range) — Part 4: Sheffield
method
ISO 5636-5, Paper and board — Determination of air permeance (medium range) — Part 5: Gurley method
ISO 5636-6, Paper and board — Determination of air permeance (medium range) — Part 6: Oken method
ISO 7263 (all parts), Corrugating medium — Determination of the flat crush resistance after laboratory
fluting
ISO 5270:2022(E)
ISO 9416, Paper — Determination of light scattering and absorption coefficients (using Kubelka-Munk
theory)
ISO 9895, Paper and board — Compressive strength — Short-span test
ISO 11475, Paper and board — Determination of CIE whiteness, D65/10 degrees (outdoor daylight)
ISO 11476, Paper and board — Determination of CIE whiteness, C/2° (indoor illumination conditions)
ISO 12192, Paper and board — Determination of compressive strength — Ring crush method
ISO 15754, Paper and board — Determination of z-directional tensile strength
3 Terms and definitions
No terms and definitions are listed in this document.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https:// www .electropedia .org/
4 Principle
Determination of physical properties of laboratory sheets using the procedure and equipment described
in the relevant International Standards given in Tables 1 an
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