ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16869 Second edition 2008-06-01 Plastics Assessment of the effectiveness of fungistatic compounds in plastics formulations Plastiques- Evaluation de I'efficacite des composés fongistatiques dans les formulations de plastiques Reference number ISO 16869:2008(E) @ ISO 2008 by IHS under lic Not for Resale ISO16869:2008(E) PDF disclaimer 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 accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems 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 that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ ISO2008 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, 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 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ Iso 2008 - All rights reserved ed without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 16869:2008(E) Contents Page Foreword. Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions. 4 Principle.... 5 Apparatus and materials .. 5.1 Apparatus ... 5.2 Culture media and reagents 5.3 Organisms and cultivation.... 6 Test specimens.... 6.1 Shape and dimensions.. 6.2 Number of specimens .. 7 Preparation of specimens. 7.1 7.2 Labelling and storage. 5 8 Procedure ... 6 8.1 Test temperature. 8.2 Filling the Petri dishes. 8.3 Arrangement of test specimens .... 8.4 Inoculation of the test specimens.. 8.4.1 Preparation of the spore suspension . 8.4.2 Inoculation of the nutrient-salt overlay agar.. 8.4.3 Overlay of specimen.... 8.4.4 Incubation.... 8.4.5 Viability control.... 9 Assessment of fungal growth 10 Expression of results .. 11 Precision and bias... 8 12 Test report. 8 Bibliography CopyrghtInternationalOrganizaionsadardizaoghtsreserved ii Not for Resale