BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 24336:2005 Laminate floor coverings - Determination of thickness swellingafter partial immersion in water ICS 97.150 BSi NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTL ABritish Standards BS ISO 24336:2005 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim IS0 24336:2005 and implements it as the UK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PRI/60, Resilient floor coverings, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the “Search" facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the ISO title page, pages ii and ii, a blank page, pages 1 to 5 and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication This British Standard was published under the authority Amd. No. Date Comments of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 12April 2005 C BSI 12 April 2005 ISBN 0 580 45769 9 BS ISO 24336:2005 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 24336 First edition 2005-03-01 Laminate floor coverings Determination of thickness swelling after partial immersion in water Revetements de sol stratifiés - Determination du gonflement en épaisseurapres immersion partielle dans I'eau Reference number ISO 24336:2005(E) BS ISO 24336:2005 = BS ISO 24336:2005 Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies non-governmental, in liaison with sO, also take part in the work. sO collaborates closely with the InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2 The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. blank BS ISO 24336:2005 Laminate floor coverings Determination of thickness swelling after partial immersion in water 1 Scope This International Standard specifies a test method for the determination of thickness swelling of laminate evaluate the behaviour of the laminate floor-covering element in contact with water. Possible pre-attached soft not included in the test and should therefore be removed before testing. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 13329:2000, Laminate floor coverings - Specifications, requirements and test methods 3 Principle The resulting thickness swelling is determined. 4 Sampling 4.1 Cutting the test specimens Cut four test specimens, measuring (150 ± 1) mm × (50 ± 1) mm out of a laminate floor-covering element. possible, at least 20