ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 7389 Third edition 2002-10-01 Building construction Jointing products Determination of elastic recovery of sealants Construction immobiliere-ProduitspourjointsDeterminationdela repriseélastiquedesmastics Reference number ISO 7389:2002(E) ISO @ISO 2002 ISO7389:2002(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 downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The ISO Central Secretariat 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 @ISO2002 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, 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.ch Printed in Switzerland ii @ ISO 2002 - All rights reserved ISO 7389:2002(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 established has the right to be represented on that committee.International organizations,governmental and non-governmental,in liaison with isO, also take part in the work. IsO collaborates closely with the 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 3. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this International Standard may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. International Standard ISO7389 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC59,Building construction Subcommittee SC 8, Jointing products. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (Is0 7389:1987), subclauses 5.1 and 5.7 and clause 8 of which have been technically revised. ili @ISO2002-All rights reserved INTERNATIONALSTANDARD ISO7389:2002(E) Building constructionJointingproductsDeterminationof elasticrecoveryofsealants 1 Scope This International Standard specifies a method for the determination of the elastic recovery of sealants after maintained extension. 2 Normative references The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this International Standard. For dated references, subsequent amendments to, or revisions of, any of these publications do not apply. However, parties to agreements based on this International Standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the normative documents indicated below. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies. Members of isO and IEC maintain registers of currently valid International Standards. Iso6927,BuildingconstructionJointingproducts—Sealants-Vocabulary IsO13640,BuildingconstructionJointingproducts—Specificationsfortestsubstrates 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this International Standard,