BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN50290-2-28:2002Communicationcables—Part2-28:Commondesignrulesandconstruction—FillingcompoundsforfilledcablesTheEuropeanStandardEN50290-2-28:2002hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS33.120.10NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAWBSEN50290-2-28:2002ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheElectrotechnicalSectorPolicyandStrategyCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon15April2002©BSI15April2002ISBN0580394786NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN50290-2-28:2002.ItsupersedesBS7878-8:1997whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteeEPL/46,Cables,wiresandwaveguides,RFconnectorsandaccessoriesforcommunicationandsignalling,toSubcommitteeEPL/46/1,Communicationcables,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSIStandardsCatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Find”facilityoftheBSIStandardsElectronicCatalogue.ABritishStandarddoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.UsersofBritishStandardsareresponsiblefortheircorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleEuropeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to4,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightdatedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsEUROPEANSTANDARDEN50290-2-28NORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMJanuary2002CENELECEuropeanCommitteeforElectrotechnicalStandardizationComitéEuropéendeNormalisationElectrotechniqueEuropäischesKomiteefürElektrotechnischeNormungCentralSecretariat:ruedeStassart35,B-1050Brussels©2002CENELEC-AllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENELECmembers.Ref.No.EN50290-2-28:2002EICS33.120.10SupersedesHD624.8S1:1995+A1:1996EnglishversionCommunicationcablesPart2-28:Commondesignrulesandconstruction–FillingcompoundsforfilledcablesCâblesdecommunicationPartie2-28:Règlesdeconceptioncommunesetconstruction–MatièresderemplissagepourcâblesremplisKommunikationskabelTeil2-28:GemeinsameRegelnfürEntwicklungundKonstruktion-Petrolat-FüllmassefürgefüllteKabelThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENELECon2001-11-01.CENELECmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENELECmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENELECmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCentralSecretariathasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENELECmembersarethenationalelectrotechnicalcommitteesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EN50290-2-28:2002–2–ForewordThisEuropeanStandardwaspreparedbyajointworkinggroupoftheTechnicalCommitteesCENELECTC46X,Communicationcables,andCENELECTC86A,Opticalfibresandopticalfibrecables.ThetextofthedraftwassubmittedtotheUniqueAcceptanceProcedureandwasapprovedbyCENELECasEN50290-2-28on2001-11-01.ThisEuropeanStandardsupersedesHD624.8S1:1995+A1:1996.Thefollowingdateswerefixed:–latestdatebywhichtheENhastobeimplementedatnationallevelbypublicationofanidenticalnationalstandardorbyendorsement(dop)2002-08-01–latestdatebywhichthenationalstandardsconflictingwiththeENhavetobewithdrawn(dow)2004-08-01ThisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpreparedundertheEuropeanMandateM/212giventoCENELECbytheEuropeanCommissionandTheEuropeanFreeTradeAssociation._________–3–EN50290-2-28:20021ScopeThisPart2-28ofEN50290givesspecificrequirementsforfillingcompoundsforfilledcablesusedincommunicationcables.ItistobereadinconjunctionwithPart2-20ofEN50290.2NormativereferencesThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.Thesenormativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetextandthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.Fordatedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropeanStandardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthepublicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments).EN60811-5-1:1999Insulatingandsheathingmaterialsofelectricandopticalfibrecables-Commontestmethods--Part5:Me