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    The document outlines amendments made to IS 2508:2016 for polyethylene films and sheets. Key changes include adding relief shelter and disaster management to the scope, substituting the standard for permitted constituents, revising film/sheet types and properties based on thickness and width, and updating test method requirements and tables.

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    The document outlines amendments made to IS 2508:2016 for polyethylene films and sheets. Key changes include adding relief shelter and disaster management to the scope, substituting the standard for permitted constituents, revising film/sheet types and properties based on thickness and width, and updating test method requirements and tables.

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    The document outlines amendments made to IS 2508:2016 for polyethylene films and sheets. Key changes include adding relief shelter and disaster management to the scope, substituting the standard for permitted constituents, revising film/sheet types and properties based on thickness and width, and updating test method requirements and tables.

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    The document outlines amendments made to IS 2508:2016 for polyethylene films and sheets. Key changes include adding relief shelter and disaster management to the scope, substituting the standard for permitted constituents, revising film/sheet types and properties based on thickness and width, and updating test method requirements and tables.

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    AMENDMENT NO.

    2 AUGUST 2019
    TO
    IS 2508 : 2016 POLYETHYLENE FILMS AND SHEETS — SPECIFICATION
    (Third Revision)

    (Page 1, clause 1.1) — Insert the following at the end of clause:

    ‘and Relief shelter and Disaster Management.’

    (Page 1, clause 2) — Substitute ‘IS 16738 : 2018 Positive list of constituents for polypropylene,
    polyethylene and their copolymers for its safe use in contact with foodstuffs and pharmaceuticals’ for
    ‘IS 10141 : 2001 Positive list of constituents of polyethylene use in contact with foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and
    drinking water’.

    (Page 1, clause 3) — Substitute the following for the existing clause:

    Based on the thickness, width and density, the polyethylene film/ sheet shall be of the following types:

    a) Type I (LDPE/ LLDPE) — Nominal thickness from 100 to 450 µm and width from 4 to 15 m.
    b) Type II (HDPE) — Nominal thickness from 100 to 450 µm and width from 4 to 9 m.
    c) Type III (LDPE/LLDPE) — Nominal thickness from 500 to 1500 µm and width from 5 to 9 m.
    d) Type IV (HDPE) — Nominal thickness from 500 to 1500 µm and width from 5 to 9 m.’

    (Page 2, clause 4.1.2, line 3) — Substitute ‘0.10 to 1.2 g/10 min’ for ‘0.10 to 2.0 g/10 min’.

    (Page 2, clause 4.1.4, line 3) — Substitute ‘0.10 to 1.2 g/10 min’ for ‘0.10 to 1.0 g/10 min’.

    (Page 2, clause 4.2.4.1.1, line 2) — Insert ‘α’ before olefin.

    [Page 2, clause 4.2.4.1.4 (a)] — Substitute ‘1.0 to 2.0 g/cc’ for ‘1.5 to 2.0 g/ml’.

    [Page 2, clause 4.2.4.1.4 (e)] — Substitute ‘≥ 105’ for ‘Min – 115’.

    [Page 3, clause 5.2.2, value under ‘Tolerance, Percent’ (see also Amendment No. 1)] —

    - 10
    Substitute ‘ for ‘-10’.
    + 20’

    1
    Amendment No. 2 to IS 2508 : 2016

    [Page 4, Table 3 (see also Amendment No. 1)] — Substitute the following table for the existing:

    ‘Table 3 Requirements for Type III Polyethylene (PE) Film/ Sheet


    (Clause 8.1)

    Sl Characteristic Thickness of Film/ Sheet, µm Method of Test, Ref to


    No.

    500 750 1 000 1 500


    IS No. Annex
    (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
    i) Tensile properties1) , Min IS 13360 (Part 5/Sec 1) and
    Average IS 13360 (Part 5/Sec 3)
    Test conditions – Specimen type –
    5 and test speed 51 mm/min
    a) Break strength, N/mm 13 20 27 40
    b) Break elongation, 800 800 800 800
    percent
    ii) Tear resistance, Min 50 70 100 150 – B
    Average, N
    iii) Puncture resistance, Min 120 190 250 370 – C
    Average, N
    1)
    Machine direction (MD) and cross-machine direction (TD) average values should be on the basis of 5 test specimens each direction. Break
    elongation is calculated using a gauge length of 50 mm.

    [Page 5, Table 4 (see also Amendment No. 1)] — Substitute the following table for the existing:

    ‘Table 4 Requirements for Type IV Polyethylene (PE) Film/Sheet


    (Clause 9.1)
    Sl Characteristic Thickness of Film/ Sheet, µm Method of Test, Ref to
    No.

    500 750 1 000 1 500


    IS No. Annex
    (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
    i) Tensile properties1) , Min IS 13360 (Part 5/Sec 1) and
    Average IS 13360 (Part 5/Sec 3)

    Test conditions - Specimen –


    type 5 and test speed 51
    mm/min
    a) Yield strength, N/ mm 7 11 15 22
    b) Break strength, N/ mm 13 20 27 40 –
    c) Yield elongation, percent 12 12 12 12
    d) Break elongation, percent 700 700 700 700
    ii) Tear resistance, Min 62 93 125 187 – B
    Average, N
    iii) Puncture resistance, Min 160 240 320 480 – C
    Average, N
    1)
    Machine direction (MD) and cross-machine direction (TD) average values should be on the basis of 5 test specimens each direction. Yield
    elongation is calculated using a gauge length of 33 mm. Break elongation is calculated using a gauge length of 50 mm.

    (PCD 12)
    Publication Unit, BIS, New Delhi, India

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