BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN13121-1:2003GRPtanksandvesselsforuseaboveground—Part1:Rawmaterials—SpecificationconditionsandacceptanceconditionsTheEuropeanStandardEN13121-1:2003hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS23.020.10 LicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,ThuOct2510:34:28GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN13121-1:2003ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon30May2003©BSI30May2003ISBN0580419541NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN13121-1:2003.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteePRI/5,UKSteeringCommitteeforCEN/TC210,toSubcommitteePRI/5/1,Glassreinforcedtanksandvessels,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to21andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightdatedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,ThuOct2510:34:28GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN13121-1May2003ICS23.020.10EnglishversionGRPtanksandvesselsforuseaboveground-Part1:Rawmaterials-SpecificationconditionsandacceptanceconditionsRéservoirsetrécipientsenPRVpourapplicationshorssol-Partie1:Matièrespremières-Conditionsdespécificationsetconditionsd'utilisationOberirdischeGFK-Tanksund-Behälter-Teil1:Ausgangsmaterialien-Spezifikations-undAnnahmebedingungenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon17March2003.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2003CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN13121-1:2003ELicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,ThuOct2510:34:28GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEN13121-1:2003(E)2ContentspageForeword.....................................................................................................................................................................4Introduction................................................................................................................................................................51Scope..............................................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences...................................................................................................................................53Terms,definitions,symbolsandabbreviations.........................................................................................73.1Termsanddefinitions...................................................................................................................................73.2Symbolsandabbreviations.........................................................................................................................74Thermosettingresins....................................................................................................................................84.1General.............................................................................................................................