ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 1043-2 Third edition 2011-11-15 Plastics Symbols and abbreviated terms - Part 2: Fillers and reinforcing materials Plastiques- Symboles ettermes abregés- Partie 2: Charges et matériaux de renforcement Reference number ISO 1043-2:2011(E) @ ISO 2011 IHS under Not for Resale ISO 1043-2:2011(E) @ISO:2011 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or isO's memberbody inthe 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 copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @IsO 2011-All rights reserved itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 1043-2:2011(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (IsO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent ISO 1043-2 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 61, Plastics, Subcommittee SC 1, Terminology This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (isO 1043-2:2000), which has been revised to include both modified and new symbols, in particular the following: "A” instead of "R" for aramid, in accordance with common use; “ME" for metal, to distinguish it from“M" for mineral; “EM" for endless-strand mat; "CM" for chopped-strand mat;“LF" for long fibres and“NF" for nanofibres. Iso 1043 consists of the following parts, under the general title Plastics - Symbols and abbreviated terms: Part 1: Basic polymers and their special characteristics Part 2: Fillers and reinforcing materials —Part3:Plasticizers Part 4: Flame retardants ii