Standards and Assessment of Construction Products: Case Study of Ceramic Tile Adhesives
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Ceramic Tile Adhesives and Their Importance in Construction Today
3. Assessment and Verification of the Constancy of the Performance of the CTAs
3.1. European Standard EN 12004
3.2. Testing of CTAs
3.3. Interlaboratory Tests of CTAs
4. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Fundamental Characteristics | ||
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Characteristics | Requirement | Test Method |
Normal setting adhesives (C1) | ||
Initial tensile adhesion strength | ≥0.5 N/mm2 | 8.2 of EN 1348 |
Tensile adhesion strength after water immersion | ≥0.5 N/mm2 | 8.3 of EN 1348 |
Tensile adhesion strength after heat aging | ≥0.5 N/mm2 | 8.4 of EN 1348 |
Tensile adhesion strength after freeze–thaw cycles | ≥0.5 N/mm2 | 8.5 of EN 1348 |
Open time: tensile adhesion strength | ≥0.5 N/mm2 | EN 1346 |
Fast setting adhesives (C1F) | ||
Early tensile adhesion strength | ≥0.5 N/mm2 | 8.2 of EN 1348 |
Open time: tensile adhesion strength | ≥0.5 N/mm2 | EN 1346 |
All other requirements as in Table 1a | ||
Optional characteristics | ||
Special characteristics | ||
Slip | ≤0.5 mm | EN 1308 |
Extended open time: tensile adhesion strength | ≥0.5 N/mm2 | EN 1346 |
Deformable adhesive: transverse deformation | ≥2.5 mm and <5 mm | EN 12002 |
Highly deformable adhesive: transverse deformation | ≥5 mm | EN 12002 |
Additional characteristics (C2) | ||
High initial tensile adhesion strength | ≥1.0 N/mm2 | 8.2 of EN 1348 |
High initial adhesion strength after water immersion | ≥1.0 N/mm2 | 8.3 of EN 1348 |
High tensile adhesion strength after heat aging | ≥1.0 N/mm2 | 8.4 of EN 1348 |
High tensile adhesion strength after freeze–thaw cycles | ≥1 N/mm2 | 8.5 of EN 1348 |
Optional Characteristics | ||
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Characteristics | Requirement | Test Method |
Fast setting adhesives (C2F) | ||
Early tensile adhesion strength | ≥1.0 N/mm2 | 8.3 of EN 12004-2:2017 |
Open time: tensile adhesion strength | ≥1.0 N/mm2 | 8.1 of EN 12004-2:2017 |
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Michalak, J. Standards and Assessment of Construction Products: Case Study of Ceramic Tile Adhesives. Standards 2022, 2, 184-193. https://doi.org/10.3390/standards2020013
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Chicago/Turabian StyleMichalak, Jacek. 2022. "Standards and Assessment of Construction Products: Case Study of Ceramic Tile Adhesives" Standards 2, no. 2: 184-193. https://doi.org/10.3390/standards2020013