ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 15148 First edition 2002-12-01 Hygrothermal performance of building materials and products Determination of water absorption coefficient by partial immersion Performance hydrothermique des materiaux et produits pour le batiment - Determination du coefficient d'absorption d'eau par immersion partielle Reference number ISO 15148:2002(E) ISO @ ISO 2002 IHS unde Not for Resale ISO15148:2002(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event ?ISO2002 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56.CH-1211Geneva 20 Tel. + 4122 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2002 - All rights reserved itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 15148:2002(E) Foreword IsO(theInternationalOrganizationforStandardization)isaworldwidefederationofnationalstandardsbodies(iso liaisonwithIsO,alsotakepartinthework.IsOcollaboratescloselywiththeInternationalElectrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. InternationalStandardsaredraftedinaccordancewiththerulesgivenintheISO/lECDirectives,Part3 The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this International Standard may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO 15148 was prepared by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) in collaboration with Technical Committee ISO/TC 163, Thermal performance and energy use in the built-up environment, Subcommittee SC 1, Test and measurement methods, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between isO and CEN (Vienna Agreement). Throughout the text of this document, read "..this European Standard..." to mean "...this International Standard...". Annex ZA forms a normative part of this International Standard. Annex A is for information only. nafionai Organization for Standardizalionservec ii ISO 15148:2002(E) Contents page Foreword.. V Introduction Scope. 2 Normative references 2 3Terms anddefinitions. 4 Principle. 5 Apparatus 6 Test specimens. 7 Procedure 8Calculation and expression of results . .6 9Accuracy of measurement. 10 Test report.. Annex A (informative) Liquid transport phenomena in building materials. Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their relevant Europeanpublications.... .12 Bibliography .13 @ ISO 2002 - All rights reserved Copyright Intern ISO 15148:2002(E) Foreword This document EN ISO 15148:2002 has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 89 "Thermal Technical Committee ISO/TC 163 "Thermal insulation". by endorsement, at the latest by June 2003, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June2003 This standard is one of a series of standards which specify test methods for the thermal and moisture related properties of building materials and products. NOTE Normative references to In