IEC 60216-1:2013规定了用于推导耐热特性的一般老化条件和程序，并给出了使用本标准其他部分中详细说明和指南的指南。虽然最初开发用于电绝缘材料和此类材料的简单组合，但该程序被认为具有更广泛的适用性，并广泛用于评估不打算用作电绝缘的材料。在本标准的应用中，假设引起预定性能变化所需时间的对数与相应绝对温度的倒数之间存在实际线性关系（阿累尼乌斯关系）。对于本标准的有效应用，无过渡，尤其是无优先权- 在所研究的温度范围内，应发生有序转变。第六版取消并取代了2001年出版的第五版。它是一个编辑修订版，其中简化方法已被删除，现在已成为IEC 60216系列的第8部分:使用简化程序计算耐热性的说明。

IEC 60216-1:2013 specifies the general ageing conditions and procedures to be used for deriving thermal endurance characteristics and gives guidance in using the detailed instructions and guidelines in the other parts of the standard. Although originally developed for use with electrical insulating materials and simple combinations of such materials, the procedures are considered to be of more general applicability and are widely used in the assessment of materials not intended for use as electrical insulation. In the application of this standard, it is assumed that a practically linear relationship exists between the logarithm of the time required to cause the predetermined property change and the reciprocal of the corresponding absolute temperature (Arrhenius relationship). For the valid application of the standard, no transition, in particular no first-order transition should occur in the temperature range under study. This sixth edition cancels and replaces the fifth edition, published in 2001. It constitutes an editorial revision where the simplified method has been removed and now forms Part 8 of the IEC 60216 series: Instructions for calculating thermal endurance characteristics using simplified procedures.