Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions and symbols
4 Surveillance sampling procedure
5 Determination of the length and width and the deviation
from the specified length and width
6 Determination of the amount by which the edges
deviate from a straight edge
7 Determination of the rectangularity of slates
8 Determination of the thickness of individual slates
9 Determination of the deviation from flatness
10 Determination of the modulus of rupture, and characteristic
modulus of rupture
11 Water absorption test
12 Freeze-thaw test
13 Determination of the apparent calcium carbonate and
non carbonate carbon content by catalytic thermal
decomposition
14 Sulfur dioxide exposure tests
15 Thermal cycle test
16 Petrographic examination
Annex A (informative) - Petrographic interpretation
Annex B (informative) - Petrographic examination of origin
and identification of slate
Bibliography