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This document (CEN/TS 12390‑9:2016) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 51 “Cement and building limes”, the secretariat of which is held by NBN.

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 CEN/TS 12390‑9:2006.

The following technical modifications have been made in this new edition:

— In Clause 2, the normative references have been updated;
— In Clauses 5, 6 and 7,(for all test methods), a prescription measuring the CO₂ content of the air in the storage room has been introduced;
— In Annex A, the alternative applications have been strictly specified;
— In Annex B, a technical specification has been introduced;
— In the Bibliography, the references have been updated.

EN 12390, Testing hardened concrete, is currently composed with 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 — Scaling — Complementary element [Technical Specification];
— Part 10: Determination of the relative carbonation resistance of concrete [Technical Specification];
— Part 11: Determination of the chloride resistance of concrete, unidirectional diffusion;
— Part 13: Determination of secant modulus of elasticity in compression.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: 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.

PD CEN/TS 12390-9:2016

Testing hardened concrete - Freeze-thaw resistance with de-icing salts. Scaling

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Dec 2016