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Council Directive 96/49/EC of 23 July 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail · European Union

2. The permanent elongation at fracture is measured by means of test pieces of circular section in which the gauge length l is equal to five times the diameter d (l= 5d); if test-pieces of rectangular section are used the gauge length shall be calculated by the formula:

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