# ISO 4600:1992 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 4600:1992, item title is Plastics — Determination of environmental stress cracking (ESC) — Ball or pin impression method; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 22088-4:2006; withdrawn / published date is 1992-08-20, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 4600:1992 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Plastics — Determination of environmental stress cracking (ESC) — Ball or pin impression method _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 22088-4:2006 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 1992-08-20 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 10534,IS,,ISO 4600:1992,Plastics — Determination of environmental stress cracking (ESC) — Ball or pin impression method,Plastiques — Détermination de la fissuration sous contrainte dans un environnement donné (ESC) — Méthode par enfoncement de billes ou de goupilles,1992-08-20,2,['83.080.01'],ISO/TC 61/SC 6,9599,[10533],[34875],"['en','fr']",7,"

The test is applicable to finished products and to test specimens, prepared by moulding and/or machining, and can be used for the assessment of both environmental stress cracking of a plastic product or material exposed to different environments, and for the determination of ESC of different plastics materials exposed to a specific environment. An ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).