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UNE-EN 113-2:2021

Current

Current

The latest, up-to-date edition.

Durability of wood and wood-based products - Test method against wood destroying basidiomycetes - Part 2: Assessment of inherent or enhanced durability

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

Spanish, Castilian, English

Published date

19-05-2021

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This document specifies a method of test for determining the natural durability of a timber against wooddestroyingbasidiomycetes cultured on a malt extract agar medium. The method is applicable to all timberspecies.Furthermore this method can be used to test modified or treated wood. The test method described in thispart 2 of EN 113 can be applied to specific wood species, commercial supplies of sawn timber, woodbasedmaterials, wood treated with preservatives and modified wood including heat-treated wood.However, this standard is not intended to determine the effectiveness of wood preservatives used toprevent decay.NOTE 1 Determining the efficacy of wood preservatives used to prevent decay is the scope of EN 113-1.NOTE 2 This method can be used in conjunction with an ageing procedure, for example EN 73 or EN 84.Annex A (informative) contains a guidance on sampling.Annex B (informative) contains some methods of sterilization.Annex C (informative) contains information on the test vessels.Annex D (informative) contains an example of a test report.Annex E (informative) contains information on the test fungi.Annex F (informative) contains the assessment of the results.

Committee
CTN 56
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
34
PublisherName
Asociación Española de Normalización
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
DIN EN 113-2:2021-02 Equivalent
EN 113-2:2020 Identical

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