National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 10545‑9:2013. It supersedes BS EN ISO 10545‑9:1996 which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee B/539, Ceramic tiles and other rigid tiling.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 July 2013.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 9 July 2013.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of 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 United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice

The text of ISO 10545‑9:2013 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 10545‑9:2013 without any modification.

Foreword

This document (EN ISO 10545‑9:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 189 “Ceramic tile” in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 67 “Ceramic tiles” the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by January 2014, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by January 2014.

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 ISO 10545‑9:1996.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations 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.

Foreword

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.

The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular the different approval criteria needed for the different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2. www.iso.org/directives

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or on the ISO list of patent declarations received. www.iso.org/patents

Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not constitute an endorsement.

The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 189, Ceramic tile.

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 10545‑9:2004), which has been technically revised.

ISO 10545 consists of the following parts, under the general title Ceramic tiles:

Part 1: Sampling and basis for acceptance
Part 2: Determination of dimensions and surface quality
Part 3: Determination of water absorption, apparent porosity, apparent relative density and bulk density
Part 4: Determination of modulus of rupture and breaking strength
Part 5: Determination of impact resistance by measurement of coefficient of restitution
Part 6: Determination of resistance to deep abrasion for unglazed tiles
Part 7: Determination of resistance to surface abrasion for glazed tiles
Part 8: Determination of linear thermal expansion
Part 9: Determination of resistance to thermal shock
Part 10: Determination of moisture expansion
Part 11: Determination of crazing resistance for glazed tiles
Part 12: Determination of frost resistance
Part 13: Determination of chemical resistance
Part 14: Determination of resistance to stains
Part 15: Determination of lead and cadmium given off by glazed tiles
Part 16: Determination of small colour differences

1 Scope

This part of ISO 10545 specifies a test method for determining the resistance to thermal shock of all ceramic tiles under normal conditions of use.

Depending on the water absorption of the tiles, different procedures (tests with or without immersion) are used unless there is an agreement to the contrary.

NOTE ISO 13006 provides property requirements for tiles and other useful information on these products.

2 Normative References

3 Principle

4 Apparatus

4.1

4.2

5 Test specimens

6 Procedure

6.1 Preliminary check of the test specimens

6.2 Test with immersion

6.3 Test without immersion

6.4 Temperature cycling

6.5 Examination

7 Test report

Bibliography

BS EN ISO 10545-9:2013

Ceramic tiles - Determination of resistance to thermal shock

Current

Published:

31 Jul 2013