June 1998

D EUTSCHE NORM

Fibre-reinforced plastic composites

Determination of flexural properties
(ISO 14125 : 1998)
English version of DIN EN ISO 14125
ICS 83.120

EN ISO 14125
Supersedes DIN EN 63,
November 1977 edition.

Descriptors: Plastics, fibre-reinforced plastic composites, flexural

properties, testing.
Faserverstrkte Kunststoffe Bestimmung der Biegeeigenschaften
(ISO 14125 : 1998)

European Standard EN ISO 14125 : 1998 has the status of a DIN Standard.
A comma is used as the decimal marker.

National foreword
This standard has been published in accordance with a decision taken by CEN/TC 249 to adopt, without
alteration, International Standard ISO 14125 as a European Standard.
The responsible German body involved in its preparation was the Normenausschu Kunststoffe (Plastics
Technology Standards Committee), Technical Committee Prepregs.
The DIN Standards corresponding to the International Standards referred to in clause 2 of the EN are as
follows:
ISO Standard
ISO 178
ISO 291
ISO 293
ISO 294-1
ISO 295
ISO 2818
ISO 3167

DIN Standard
DIN EN ISO 178
DIN EN ISO 291
DIN 16770-1
DIN EN ISO 294-1
DIN 53451
DIN EN ISO 2818
DIN EN ISO 3167

Amendments
DIN EN 63, November 1977 edition, has been superseded by the specifications of EN ISO 14125, which is
identical to ISO 14125.
Previous edition
DIN EN 63: 1977-11.

National Annex NA
Standards referred to
(and not included in Normative references)
DIN 16770-1
Preparation of specimens of thermoplastic moulding materials by compression moulding
DIN 53451
Preparation of specimens from thermosetting moulding materials
DIN EN ISO 178
Determination of the flexural properties of plastics (ISO 178 : 1993)
DIN EN ISO 291
Plastics Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing (ISO 291 : 1997)
DIN EN ISO 294-1 Plastics Injection moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials Part 1:
General principles, and moulding of multipurpose and bar test specimens
DIN EN ISO 2818
Plastics Preparation of test specimens by machining (ISO 2818 : 1994)
DIN EN ISO 3167
Plastics Multi-purpose test specimens (ISO 3167 : 1993)

EN comprises 20 pages.

No part of this standard may be reproduced without the prior permission of

DIN Deutsches Institut fr Normung e.V., Berlin.
Beuth Verlag GmbH, D-10772 Berlin, has the exclusive right of sale for German Standards (DIN-Normen).

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EN ISO 14125
March 1998

ICS 83.120
Descriptors: Plastics, fibre-reinforced plastic composites, flexural properties, testing.

English version

Fibre-reinforced plastic composites

Determination of flexural properties
(ISO 14125 : 1998)
Composites plastiques renforcs de
fibres Dtermination des proprits
de flexion (ISO 14125 : 1998)

Faserverstrkte Kunststoffe Bestimmung der Biegeeigenschaften

(ISO 14125 : 1998)

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1998-02-15.

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.
The European Standards exist in three official versions (English, French, German).
A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a
CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the
same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
and the United Kingdom.

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1998. CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means
reserved worldwide for CEN national members.

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Foreword
International Standard
ISO 14125 : 1998 Fibre-reinforced plastic composites Determination of flexural properties,
which was prepared by ISO/TC 61 Plastics of the International Organization for Standardization, has been
adopted by Technical Committee CEN/TC 249 Plastics, the Secretariat of which is held by IBN, as a European
Standard.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, and conflicting national standards withdrawn, by September 1998 at the latest.
In accordance with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard:
Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard ISO 14125 : 1998 was approved by CEN as a European Standard without
any modification.

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