EN 12703:2016

Adhesives for paper and board, packaging and disposable sanitary products - Determination of low temperature flexibility or cold crack temperature EN 12703:2016

Publication date:   Nov 15, 2016

Scope

This European Standard specifies a method to determine whether a film of adhesive of given dimensions will craze, crack or fracture at a specified temperature.
Alternatively, the temperature at which the film will craze, crack or fracture can be determined.
The method described can be used as a quality control test, or to compare the flexibility of adhesives at low temperatures.