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Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout — Test methods — Part 1: Reference
concrete and reference mortar for testing
Zusatzmittel für Beton, Mörtel und Einpressmörtel — Prüfverfahren — Teil 1:
Referenzbeton und Referenzmörtel für Prüfungen
Adjuvants pour béton, mortier et coulis — Méthodes d'essais — Partie 1 : Béton et
mortier de référence pour essais
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 480-1:2014
ICS:
91.100.10 Cement. Mavec. Apno. Malta Cement. Gypsum. Lime.
Mortar
91.100.30 Beton in betonski izdelki Concrete and concrete
products
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 480-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
October 2014
ICS 91.100.10; 91.100.30 Supersedes EN 480-1:2006+A1:2011
English Version
Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout - Test methods - Part
1: Reference concrete and reference mortar for testing
Adjuvants pour béton, mortier et coulis - Méthodes d'essai - Zusatzmittel für Beton, Mörtel und Einpressmörtel -
Partie 1: Béton et mortier de référence pour essais Prüfverfahren - Teil 1: Referenzbeton und Referenzmörtel
für Prüfungen
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 14 September 2014.

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
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Kingdom.
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Contents Page
Foreword .3
1 Scope .5
2 Normative references .5
3 Constituent materials .5
3.1 Cement .5
3.2 Aggregate .6
3.2.1 Aggregate for reference concrete .6
3.2.2 Aggregate for reference mortar .6
3.3 Mixing water .6
4 Reference concrete .6
5 Reference mortar .7
6 Production of reference concrete .7
6.1 Mix proportion .7
6.2 Mixing and testing .7
7 Production of reference mortar .8
7.1 Mix proportions .8
7.2 Mixing and testing .8
8 Test report .9

Foreword
This document (EN 480-1:2014) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 104 “Concrete and
related products”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2015 and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the
latest by April 2015.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 480-1:2006+A1:2011.
The main changes with respect to the previous edition are listed below:
a) amendment of the cement range;
b) editorial revision according to CEN Internal Regulations.
This European Standard is part of the series EN 480 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout — Test
methods which comprises the following:
— Part 1: Reference concrete and reference mortar for testing
— Part 2: Determination of setting time
— Part 4: Determination of bleeding of concrete
— Part 5: Determination of capillary absorption
— Part 6: Infrared analysis
— Part 8: Determination of the conventional dry material content
— Part 10: Determination of water soluble chloride content
— Part 11: Determination of air void characteristics in hardened concrete
— Part 12: Determination of the alkali content of admixtures
— Part 13: Reference masonry mortar for testing mortar admixtures
— Part 14: Determination of the effect on corrosion susceptibility of reinforcing steel by potentiostatic
electro-chemical test
— Part 15: Reference concrete and method for testing viscosity modifying admixtures
This standard is applicable together with the standards of the series EN 934 Admixtures for concrete, mortar
and grout.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
1 Scope
This European Standard specifies the constituent materials, the composition and the mixing method to
produce reference concrete and reference mortar for testing the efficacy and the compatibility of admixtures in
accordance with the series EN 934.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 196-1, Methods of testing cement - Part 1: Determination of strength
EN 196-2, Method of testing cement - Part 2: Chemical analysis of cement
EN 196-6, Methods of testing cement - Part 6: Determination of fineness
EN 197-1, Cement - Part 1: Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for common cements
EN 413-2, Masonry cement - Part 2: Test methods
EN 934 (all parts), Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout
EN 1008, Mixing water for concrete - Specification for sampling, testing and assessing the suitability of water,
including water recovered from processes in the concrete industry, as mixing water for concrete
EN 12350-2, Testing fresh concrete - Part 2: Slump-test
EN 12350-5, Testing fresh concrete - Part 5: Flow table test
EN 12350-6, Testing fresh concrete - Part 6: Density
EN 12350-7, Testing
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