IS 2530 : 2026

What this standard covers

This standard prescribes the methods of test for polyethylene mould- ing materials and polyethylene compounds.

Scope, quoted from IS 2530 : 1963 — the 1963 edition in the public archive, not the current IS 2530 : 2026. Read the full standard

The BIS registry lists the current edition as IS 2530 : 2026. The publicly archived copy quoted here is the 1963 edition, so wording and requirements may have changed since. Check the official BIS listing for what is in force.

Requirements and tests, as the standard names them

• 6.2 Preparation of Test Specimens
• 8.1 Test SpedmeBS
• 9.2 Test Spedmens

Sub-clause names whose printed names themselves say “Test” in IS 2530 : 1963 (the 1963 archived edition; BIS lists 2026 as current). Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.

How the standard is organised

• 5 SAMPLING
• 5 DETERMINATION OF DENSITY AND BULK FACTOR
• 7 DETERMINATION OF MELT FLOW INDEX
• 10 DETERMINATION OF CARBON BLACK CONTENT
• 12 DETERMINATION OF COLOUR BLFJIDING
• 13 DETERMINATION OF COLOUR FASTNESS TO WATER
• 15 DETERMINATION OF COLOUR FASTNESS TO DAYLIGHT
• 16 DETERMINATION OF CARBON BLACK DISPERSION IN POLYETHYLENE MATERIALS
• 17 DETERMINATION OF ANTIOXIDANTS

Test methods it refers to

• IS 2530

Edition history (per the BIS registry)

• IS 2530 : 2026 — current edition

Where this standard is used on NirmanDost

Listed by product makers

1 product in the NirmanDost catalogue names this standard on its spec sheet — PEFIT Gas MDPE Pipes. That is the maker’s own claim, copied as printed; we have not tested these products against the standard, and a spec sheet can cite the wrong code.