NEN EN 196-1 : 2016

Cooperating organizations
National foreword
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Principle
4 Laboratory and equipment
4.1 Laboratory
4.2 General requirements for the equipment
4.3 Test sieves
4.4 Mixer
4.5 Moulds
4.6 Jolting apparatus
4.7 Flexural strength testing machine
4.8 Compressive strength testing machine
4.9 Jig for compressive strength testing machine
5 Mortar constituents
5.1 Sand
5.2 Cement
5.3 Water
6 Preparation of mortar
6.1 Composition of the mortar
6.2 Batching of mortar
6.3 Mixing of mortar
7 Preparation of test specimens
7.1 Size of specimens
7.2 Moulding of test specimens
8 Curing of test specimens
8.1 Handling and storage before demoulding
8.2 Demoulding of specimens
8.3 Curing of specimens in water
8.4 Age of specimens for strength test
9 Testing the specimens
9.1 The testing procedures
9.2 Flexural strength
9.3 Compressive strength
10 Conformity testing of cement
10.1 General
10.2 Definition of test result
10.3 Calculation of test result
10.4 Reporting of results
10.5 Measures of the precision of the method
10.6 Reproducibility
11 Acceptance testing of sand and of alternative
      equipment
11.1 General
11.2 Definition of test result
11.3 Calculation of test result
11.4 Precision of the test method
11.5 Repeatability
11.6 CEN Standard sands
11.7 Acceptance testing of alternative compaction
      equipment
National annexes
NA (normative) CEN Standard sand
NB (normative) Alternative compaction procedure
NC (normative) Verification of the mass requirements
      for the jolting table
ND (informative) Recommendations for carrying out the
      test procedure in the UK
NE (informative) Committees responsible
NF (informative) Cross-references

Explains the method for the determination of the compressive and, optionally, the flexural strength of cement mortar.