BS EN ISO 16536:2019 BSl Standards Publication Thermal insulating products for building applications - Determination of long- term water absorption by diffusion bsi. BSENIS016536:2019 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN IS0 16536:2019.It is identicaltoIS016536:2019.ItsupersedesBSEN12088:2013,which is withdrawn. TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwas entrustedtoTechnical CommitteeB/540/8,MirrorcommitteeforIS0/TC163-Thermal Performanceand Energy use in the built Environment. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on requestto its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions ofa contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. @ The British Standards Institution 2019 Published byBSI Standards Limited 2019 ISBN9780580511608 ICS 91.100.60 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunityfrom legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the StandardsPolicyand StrategyCommitteeon31August2019. Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublication Date Text affected BSENISO16536:2019 EN IS0 16536 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM July 2019 ICS91.100.60 Supersedes EN 12088:2013 English Version Thermal insulating products for building applications - Determination of long-term water absorption by diffusion (IS0 16536:2019) Produits isolants thermiques destines aux applications Warmedammstoffe fuir das Bauwesen -Bestimmung du batiment - Détermination de I'absorption d'eau a der Wasseraufnahme durch Diffusion (ISO long terme par diffusion (Is0 16536:2019) 16536:2019) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 21 June 2019. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the officialversions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of 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 United Kingdom. cen EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITE EUROPEENDENORMALISATION EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels @2019CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref.No.EN ISO 16536:2019 E worldwide for CEN national Members.