NBN EN 196-8 : 2010

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Principle
4 Materials
  4.1 Acid mixture
  4.2 Zinc oxide (ZnO)
  4.3 Anhydrous cement
  4.4 Hydrated cement
5 Apparatus
  5.1 Calorimeter
6 Calorimeter calibration
  6.1 Principle
  6.2 Procedure
  6.3 Calculation of calibration characteristics
      6.3.1 Corrected temperature increase, Delta T[c]
      6.3.2 Thermal leakage coefficient, K
      6.3.3 Thermal capacity, C
7 Determination of heat of solution
  7.1 Heat of solution of anhydrous cement
      7.1.1 Procedure
      7.1.2 Calculation
      7.1.3 Expression of results
  7.2 Heat of solution of hydrated cement
      7.2.1 Procedure
      7.2.2 Correction for bound water
      7.2.3 Calculation
      7.2.4 Expression of results
8 Heat of hydration
  8.1 Calculation of results
  8.2 Reporting of results
  8.3 Precision
      8.3.1 Repeatability
      8.3.2 Reproducibility
Bibliography

Specifies a method of determining the heat of hydration of cements by means of solution calorimetry, also known as the solution method. The heat of hydration is expressed in joules per gram of cement.