1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13820:2003 Thermal insulating materials for building applications Determination of organic content The European Standard EN 13820:2003 has the status of a British Standard ICS 91.100.60 BS EN 13820:2003 This British Standard, was published under the authority of the Standards
2、Policy and Strategy Committee on 20 November 2003 BSI 20 November 2003 ISBN 0 580 42960 1 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13820:2003. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee B/540, Energy performance of mater
3、ials, components and buildings, to Subcommittee B/540/1, European Standards for thermal insulation, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement internatio
4、nal or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport t
5、o include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any
6、 enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 9 and a b
7、ack cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN13820 September2003 ICS91.100.60 Englishversion Thermalinsulatingmaterialsforbuilding
8、applications Determinationoforganiccontent Produitsisolantsthermiquesdestinsauxapplicationsdu btimentDterminationducontenuorganique WrmedmmstoffefrdasBauwesenBestimmungdes GehaltsanorganischenBestandteilen ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon7August2003. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELE
9、CInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeo
10、fficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,Fran
11、ce,Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUn ited Kingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2003CEN Allrig
12、htsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN13820:2003EEN13820:2003(E) 2 Contents page Foreword. 3 Introduction 4 1 Scope . 4 2 Normativereferences . 4 3 Termsanddefinitions. 4 4 Principle. 4 5 Apparatus 4 5.1 Balance, . 4 5.2 Temperaturecontrolledventila
13、tedoven, . 5 5.3 Temperaturecontrolledventilatedfurnace, . 5 5.4 Testspecimencontainer, . 5 5.5 Desiccator,. 5 6 Testspecimens . 5 6.1 Dimensionsoftestspecimens 5 6.2 Numberoftestspecimens . 5 6.3 Preparationoftestspecimens. 5 6.4 Conditioningoftestspecimens 5 7 Procedure 6 7.1 Testconditions . 6 7.
14、2 Testprocedure 6 8 Calculationandexpressionofresults. . 6 9 Accuracyofmeasurement. 7 10 Testreport . 7 AnnexA (informative) Exampleofasimplifiedmethodforthedeterminationoforganiccontent . 8 A.1 General. 8 A.2 Apparatus 8 A.3 Testspecimens . 9 A.4 Procedure 9 A.4.1 Testconditions . 9 A.4.2 Testproce
15、dure 9 A.4.3 Calculationandexpressionofresults. . 9EN13820:2003(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN13820:2003)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC88“Thermalinsulating materialsandproducts”,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyDIN. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicati
16、onofanidentical textorbyendorsement,atthelatestbyMarch2004,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnat thelatestbyMarch2004. ThisEuropeanStandardisoneofaseriesofstandardswhichspecifytestmethodsfordetermining dimensionsandpropertiesofthermalinsulatingmaterialsandproducts.Itsupportsaseriesofprod
17、uct standardsforthermalinsulatingmaterialsandproductswhichderivefromtheCouncilDirectiveof 21December1988 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member Statesrelatingtoconstructionproducts(Directive89/106/EEC)throughtheconsiderationoftheessential requirements.
18、ThisEuropeanStandardcontainsoneinformativeannex: AnnexA Exampleofasimplifiedmethodforthedeterminationoforganiccontent ThisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpreparedforproductsusedtoinsulatebuildings,buildingequipmentand industrialinstallation,butitmayalsobeappliedforproductsusedinotherareas. AccordingtotheCEN/
19、CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark, Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands, Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerla
20、ndandtheUnitedKingdom.EN13820:2003(E) 4 Introduction ThisEuropeanStandardgivesthereferencemethod.Othermethodsmaybeused,e.g.forqualitycontrol, providedacorrelationhasbeenestablishedwiththereferencemethod;annexAgivesanexampleofsucha method. 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiestheequipmentandprocedures
21、fordeterminingtheorganiccontentof thermalinsulatingmaterials. Themethodisaimedatdeterminingtheorganiccontentforproductswhichareinorganic,i.e.products containingalowpercentageoforganiccompounds,eitherunfacedproductsortheinsulatingmaterialofa facedproduct. NOTE1 Itcanbeusedtoverifythatathermalinsulati
22、ngproductcomplieswiththerequirementsinprEN135011Fire classificationofconstructionproductsandbuildingelementsPart1:Classificationusingtestdatafromreactiontofirete st tobeinEuroclassA1withouttesting. NOTE2 Thestandardisnotintendedforthedeterminationoforganiccontentinthepresenceofwaterofhydration and/o
23、rcombinedcarbonate,sulphateetc. NOTE3 Thestandardisnotintendedforthedeterminationoforganiccontentofadhesives,facingsand/orcoatings. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardcontainsnonormativereferences. 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermanddefinitionapplies
24、 Organiccontent, M oc totalquantityofcarboncompoundscontainedinamaterialorproduct.Theorganiccontentinaproductshall beexpressedasmasspercentage 4Principle Theorganiccontentisdeterminedasthelossofmassofapreviouslydriedtestspecimenheatedataspecific temperatureforaspecifictimeperiod. 5Apparatus 5.1Bala
25、nce, whichallowsthedeterminationofthemassofatestspecimento0,001g.EN13820:2003(E) 5 5.2 Temperaturecontrolledventilatedoven, capableofmaintainingatemperatureof(1055) Coratemperaturespecifiedintherelevantproduct standardoranyotherEuropeantechnicalspecification. 5.3 Temperaturecontrolledventilatedfurna
26、ce, capableofmaintainingatemperatureof(50020) Coratemperatureasspecifiedintherelevantproduct standardoranyotherEuropeantechnicalspecification. 5.4 Testspecimencontainer, whichshallbemadeofinertmaterialsandshallnotchangemassduringthetest,e.g.porcelaincrucibleor aluminiumtray,thathasbeenpreheatedatlea
27、stonceat500 Cfor2hbeforebeingused. 5.5Desiccator, capableofkeepingthetestspecimendryduringcoolingdown. NOTE Anytestequipmentwhichprovidesthesameresultwithatleastthesameaccuracymaybeused. 6 Testspecimens 6.1 Dimensionsoftestspecimens Thethicknessofthetestspecimensshallbetheoriginalproductthickness.In
28、thecaseoffacedand/orcoated products,allfacingsand/orcoatingsincludingadhesivesshallberemoved.Atestspecimenshallconsistofat least8separatepiecestakenfromdifferentpositionsevenlydistributedoverthetotalsurfaceofafullsize product.Thiscanbeaccomplishedbytheuseofacorkborerwithadiameterofe.g.21mmor25mm; re
29、movingmaterialthroughoutthefullproductthickness. Themassofeachtestspecimenshallbebetween10gand200g. 6.2 Numberoftestspecimens Thenumberoftestspecimensshallbeasspecifiedintherelevantproductstandard.Ifthenumberisnot specified,thenatleastfivetestspecimensshallbeused. NOTE Intheabsenceofaproductstandard
30、oranyotherEuropeantechnicalspecification,thenumberoftest specimensmaybeagreedbetweenparties. 6.3 Preparationoftestspecimens Thetestspecimensshallbecutsothattheydonotincludeproductedges. Eachtestspecimenshallbeplacedinaseparatetestspecimencontainerofknownmass. 6.4 Conditioningoftestspecimens Thetests
31、pecimensshallbedriedintheventilatedovenatthetemperatureof(1055)Coratemperature asspecifiedintherelevantproductstandardoranyotherEuropeantechnicalspecificationfornormally2h andcooleddowninthedesiccatorto(235) Cuntilconstantmassisobtained.EN13820:2003(E) 6 Theconstantmassshallbeconsideredasthatmassrec
32、ordedwhenthechangeinmassbetweentwo consecutiveweighings,atatimeintervalofatleast1h,islessthanamassfractionof0,05%.Oncethe conditioningtimehasbeenestablishedforaproductitisnotnecessarytorepeattheconsecutiveweighings. 7Procedure 7.1Test conditions Thetestspecimenshallbeplacedinapreviouslyweighedemptyc
33、ontainerwiththemass m 1 ,andshallbe driedandcooleddownasspecifiedin6.4beforethetestiscarriedout. 7.2 Testprocedure Removethecontainerwiththetestspecimeninsidefromthedesiccatorandweighitwithin1mintodetermine thecombinedmass, m 2 . Placethecontainerwiththetestspecimeninsideinthefurnaceatatemperatureof
34、50020) Coratthe temperaturespecifiedintherelevantproductstandardoranyotherEuropeantechnicalspecification. Removethecontainerwiththetestspecimeninsidefromthefurnacewhenitisconsideredthatallorganic compoundshaveburnedoff.Thiswillnormallytakeatleast2h. Placethecontainerwiththetestspecimeninsideinthede
35、siccatorandcooldownto(235) C. Weighthecontainerwiththetestspecimeninsidewithin1minafterremovalfromthedessicator. Returnthecontainerwiththetestspecimeninsidetothefurnaceatatemperatureof(50020) Coratthe temperaturespecifiedintherelevantproductstandardoranyotherEuropeantechnicalspecificationforat least
36、30min.Removethecontainerfromthefurnaceandplaceitinthedesiccatorandcooldownto (235) C. Repeattheproceduredescribedinthepreviousparagraphuntilconstantmass,asdefinedin6.4,isobtained. Recordthisas m 3 . Thecontainerwiththetestspecimeninsideshallbestoredinthedesiccatorbetweenweighings. Repeattheprocedure
37、fortheothertestspecimens. 8 Calculationandexpressionofresults Calculatetheorganiccontent, M oc ,inmasspercentage,foreachtestspecimenusingtheequation: where: m 1 isthemassofthetestspecimencontainer,inmilligrams; m 2 isthemassofthetestspecimencontainerwiththedriedtestspecimeninside,inmilligrams; m 3 i
38、sthemassofthetestspecimencontainerwiththedriedandheatedtestspecimeninside,inmilligrams. 100 x m m m m = M 1 2 3 2 ocEN13820:2003(E) 7 Theresultshallbethemeanvalueoftheindividualvalues.Itshallberoundedtothenearestmassfractionof 0,01%. 9 Accuracyofmeasurement NOTE Ithasnotbeenpossibletoincludeastateme
39、ntontheaccuracyofthemeasurementsinthiseditionofthe standard,butitisintendedtoincludesuchastatementwhenthestandardisnextrevised. 10 Testreport Thetestreportshallincludethefollowinginformation: a) ReferencetothisEuropeanStandard; b)Product identification 1) productname,factory,manufacturerorsupplier;
40、2)production code number; 3) typeofproduct; 4)packaging; 5) theforminwhichtheproductarrivedatthelaboratory; 6) otherinformationasappropriate,e.g.nominalthickness,nominaldensity; c)Test procedure 1) pretesthistoryandsampling,e.g.whosampledandwhere; 2)conditioning; 3) ifanydeviationfromclauses6and7; 4
41、) dateoftesting; 5) numberoftestspecimens; 6) generalinformationrelatingtothetest,includingthedryingtimeandtemperature,thefurnace temperatureandtestingtimeinthefurnaceandifanycoatingsand/orfacingshavebeenremoved; 7) eventswhichmayhaveaffectedtheresults; NOTE Informationabouttheapparatusandidentityof
42、thetechnicianshouldbeavailableinthelaboratory,butitneed notberecordedinthereport. d)Results allindividualvaluesandthemeanvalueoftheorganiccontent.EN13820:2003(E) 8 Annex A (informative) Exampleofasimplifiedmethodforthedeterminationoforganiccontent A.1General Thegeneralstandardshallbemodifiedinaccord
43、ancewiththefollowingclauses,ifasimplifiedmethodshould beused,e.g.forfactoryproductioncontrol. A.2Apparatus AnequipmentsetupasshownschematicallyinFigureA.1shouldbeused. Thebalance(4)shallallowforthedeterminationofthemassto0,01g. Key 1 Furnace 2 Weighingcontainerinsidefurnace 3 Weighingplateoutsidefurnaceconnectedtothebalance(roomtemperature) 4 Balance FigureA.1Exampleofequipmentforthedeterminationoforganiccontentinaccordancewith annexAEN13820:2003(E) 9 A.3 Testspecimen Noconditioningshouldbemad
