GB/T 9278-2008Temperatures and humidity for conditioning and testing of paint specimens (English PDF)

Foreword

This Standard identically adopts ISO 3270.1984 "Paints and varnishes and their raw

materials - Temperatures and humidities for conditioning and testing" (English version).

For ease of use, this standard makes the following editorial changes to ISO 3270.1984.

a) Change the standard's name;

b) Delete the foreword of ISO 3270.1984.

This Standard replaces GB 9278-1988 "Temperatures and humidities for conditioning

and testing of paint specimens".

The main changes of this Standard compared with GB 9278-1988 are as follows.

- The standard attribute is changed from mandatory national standard to

recommendary national standard;

- The text content has been rewritten in accordance with the text structure that is

equivalent to international standards.

This Standard was proposed by China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association.

This Standard shall be under the jurisdiction of National Technical Committee on Paints

and Pigments of Standardization Administration of China.

The drafting organizations of this Standard. Sinochem builds Changzhou Coatings

Chemical Research Institute.

Main drafters of this Standard. Huang Ning.

This Standard was first issued in April 1988.This is the first revision.

Temperatures and humidity for conditioning and testing of

paint specimens

1 Scope

This Standard specifies the temperature and relative humidity conditions commonly

used in conditioning and testing of paints, varnishes and their raw materials.

This Standard applies to liquid or powdered paints and varnishes, as well as their wet

or dry films and their raw materials.

2 Normative references

The following documents contain the provisions which, through reference in this

Standard, become the provisions of this Standard. For dated references, their

subsequent amendments (excluding corrigendum) or revisions do not apply to this

Standard. However, the parties who enter into agreement based on this Standard are

encouraged to investigate whether the latest versions of these documents are applicable.

For undated reference documents, the latest versions apply to this Standard.

ISO 558 Conditioning and testing - Standard atmospheres - Definitions

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions as well as the

terms and definitions defined in ISO 558 apply.