ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 7811-8 Second edition 2014-12-01 Identification cards - Recording technique - Part 8: Magnetic stripe - Coercivity of 51,7 kA/m (650 0e) Cartes d'identification - Technique d'enregistrement - Partie 8: Zone magnétique - Coercivité de 51,7 kA/m (650 Oe) Reference number IS0/IEC 7811-8:2014(E) TE( International Organization for Standardization dardization5956617 @IS0/IEC2014 ed without license from IHS IS0/IEC 7811-8:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @IS0/IEC2014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISOcopyrightoffice Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland Prganizationfor Standardization Not for Resale, 2015/3/15 10:25:33 networking permitted without license from IHS IS0/IEC 7811-8:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Conformance 3 Normative references ..1 4 Terms and definitions ..2 5 Physical characteristics of the identification card .3 5.1 Magnetic stripe area warpage. .3 5.2 Surface distortions.. .3 6 Physical characteristics of the magnetic stripe 4 6.1 Height and surface profile of the magnetic stripe area .4 6.2 Surface roughness.. .7 6.3 Adhesion of stripe to card 7 6.4 Wear of magnetic stripe from read/write head .7 6.5 Resistance to chemicals.. 7 7 Performance characteristics for the magnetic material .7 7.1 General 7.2 Testing and operating environment 7 7.3 Signal amplitude requirements for magnetic media 7 8 Encoding technique .9 9 Encoding specification, general 10 Error detection. 11 Location of encoded tracks ..9 Bibliography .10 iii lardization 5956617 thout license from IHS