Foreword

This document (EN 13139:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 154 “Aggregates”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2013, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by February 2015.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 13139:2002.

The main changes compared to the previous edition are:

• In line with EN 12620, EN 13043, and EN 13242 Annex A has been introduced in EN 13139 to indicate which type of materials could fall in the scope of this standard. The content of this annex is the same for each of those standards. However, using gray shading part of the materials mentioned in Annex A are excluded for being used as aggregate for mortars;
• The content of EN 12620, EN 13043, EN 13139 and EN 13242 have been brought in line with each other as much as possible. Parts that are not relevant for mortars are grey shaded;
• Editorial errors present in the previous standard have been removed;
• An explanation concerning the grading categories is now given in 3.7;
• The definition for "added filler" and others not present in the previous standard are introduced;
• The chapter concerning requirements for initial type testing and factory production control has been changed. These items are now mentioned in a separate standard (EN 16236).

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document. Requirements for other end uses of aggregates are specified in the following European Standards:

— EN 12620 , Aggregates for concrete;
— EN 13043 , Aggregates for bituminous mixtures and surface treatments for roads, airfields and other trafficked areas;
— EN 13055 , Lightweight aggregates for concrete, mortar, grout, bituminous mixtures, surface treatments and for unbound and bound applications;
— EN 13242 , Aggregates for unbound and hydraulically bound materials for use in civil engineering work and road construction;
— EN 13383‑1 , Armourstone — Part 1: Specification;
— EN 13450 , Aggregates for railway ballast.

Requirements for evaluation of conformity are specified in EN 16236, Evaluation of Conformity.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 13139:2013

Aggregates for mortar

Published:

31 May 2013

Withdrawn:

10 Jan 2014