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AS 2492:2007
[Pending Revision]Specifies requirements for cross-linked polyethylene pipes for the conveyance of fluids under pressure.
Published: 31/07/2007
Pages: 23
Table of contents
Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Means for demonstrating compliance
1.3 Application
1.4 Referenced documents
1.5 Definitions
1.6 Marking
2 Materials
2.1 Base material
2.1.1 General
2.1.2 Carbon black
2.2 Technical file
2.3 Performance
2.4 Material classification
2.4.1 General
2.4.2 Predictive relationship
2.4.3 Additional requirements for PE-X 80
2.4.4 Provisional qualification
2.5 Reprocessable material
2.6 Stripes and jackets
2.6.1 General
2.6.2 Cohesive resistance
3 Pipes
3.1 Freedom from defects
3.1.1 General
3.1.2 Pipe ends
3.1.3 Cleanliness
3.2 Effect on fluid other than water and fuel gas
3.3 Effect on water
3.4 Colour
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 Yellow (gas)
3.4.3 Blue (drinking water)
3.4.4 Purple (recycled water)
3.5 Number and coverage of stripes (if any)
3.6 Opacity
3.7 Pressure classification
3.8 Dimensions
3.8.1 Diameter and wall thickness
3.8.2 Coiled pipe
3.8.3 Out of roundness
3.9 Mechanical properties
3.10 Physical properties
Appendix A
A1 Scope
A2 Relevance
A3 Definitions
A4 ‘Text deleted’
A5 Minimum sampling and testing frequency plan
A5.1 General
A5.2 Testing
A5.3 Retesting
A5.4 Rejection after test
Appendix B
Appendix C
Amendment control sheet
AS 2492:2007
Amendment No. 1 (2018)
Revised text
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Thermoplastics pipes for the conveyance of fluids - Determination of resistance to rapid crack propagation (RCP) - Full-scale test (FST)
[Current]
Thermoplastics materials for pipes and fittings for pressure applications - Classification, designation and design coefficient
[Current]
Pipes and fittings made of crosslinked polyethylene (PE-X) - Estimation of the degree of crosslinking by determination of the gel content
[Current]
Plastics piping and ducting systems - Determination of the long-term hydrostatic strength of thermoplastics materials in pipe form by extrapolation