Standard: BS EN ISO 10591 Sealant Adhesion

Sealants being certified to the above specification are applied to the materials they are intended to be used on, i.e. mortar, aluminium or glass and left to cure for just short of a month. Some are then subjected to a cycle of dry heat and submerged in room temperature. The sealants on their substrates are then submerged in water for 4 days, dried for a day and then tested.

The testing involves tearing the samples apart while recording the forces and amount the sealant stretches before breaking or pulling off the material it is applied to.

Related Standards

EN ISO 846:2019 Microbial Growth

DIN 30672 Specific Electrical Resistance

BS EN 15651 Parts 1-5 Sealant Testing

BS ISO 4787 Adhesives – Determination of tensile lap shear strength of rigid-to-rigid bonded assemblies.

ASTM C1583 Standard Test Method for Tensile Strength of Concrete Surfaces and the Bond Strength or Tensile Strength of Concrete Repair and Overlay Materials by Direct Tension (Pull-off Method)

BS EN ISO 9653 Adhesives – Test method for shear strength of rigid-to-rigid bonded assemblies by tensile loading.

ASTM G9 Water Penetration

BS EN ISO 16474-2 Lab Light Exposure

BS EN ISO 178 Flexural Strength

BS ISO 6505 Adhesion Corrosion

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