ISO 14309 Rubber, Vulcanized Rubber, Thermoplastic - Test for Volume or Surface Resistance

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of ISO 14309 testing. This standard specifies a method for determining the volume and surface resistance of vulcanized or thermoplastic rubbers. The method is applicable to materials whose resistance is between 10 1 Ω⋅m and 10 17 Ω⋅m.

Rubber materials are widely used in many industries, either as a base material or forming part of the product, due to their unique physical properties that can be tailored by combining them to suit the specific requirements of the product specification. Although rubbers are generally seen as insulating materials, they can be combined with a certain amount of carbon black or ionizable components to make them electrically conductive or energy-consuming. Therefore, the range of electrical resistance to be measured is very wide. However, high accuracy is difficult to achieve for measurements in the high resistance range due to a number of factors.

From the current flowing through the electrodes when a voltage is applied. The volume and surface resistances are calculated from the measured resistances, which include the contact resistance.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with ISO 14309 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.