European foreword

This document (EN 12390‑12:2020) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 104 “Concrete and related products”, the secretariat of which is held by SN.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by July 2020, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by July 2020.

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

The series EN 12390, Testing hardened concrete, includes the following parts:

— Part 1: Shape, dimensions and other requirements for specimens and moulds
— Part 2: Making and curing specimens for strength tests
— Part 3: Compressive strength of test specimens
— Part 4: Compressive strength – Specification for testing machines
— Part 5: Flexural strength of test specimens
— Part 6: Tensile splitting strength of test specimens
— Part 7: Density of hardened concrete
— Part 8: Depth of penetration of water under pressure
— Part 9: Freeze–thaw resistance with de-icing salts - Scaling (Technical Specification)
— Part 10: Determination of the carbonation resistance of concrete at atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide
— Part 11: Determination of the chloride resistance of concrete, unidirectional diffusion
— Part 13: Determination of the secant modulus of elasticity in compression
— Part 14: Semi-adiabatic method for the determination of heat released by concrete during its hardening process
— Part 15: Adiabatic method for the determination of heat released by concrete during its hardening process
— Part 16: Determination of the shrinkage of concrete
— Part 17: Determination of creep of concrete in compression
— Part 18: Determination of the chloride migration coefficient (in preparation)
— Part uu: Determination of resistivity 1
— Part zz: Determination of the carbonation rate of concrete under test conditions that accelerate carbonation ¹·

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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 12390-12:2020

Testing hardened concrete - Determination of the carbonation resistance of concrete. Accelerated carbonation method

Current, Under Review

Published:

30 Apr 2020