Name: PREN 118 : DRAFT 2013
Brand: CEN

PREN 118 : DRAFT 2013

Superseded

WOOD PRESERVATIVES - DETERMINATION OF PREVENTIVE ACTION AGAINST RETICULITERMES SPECIES (EUROPEAN TERMITES) (LABORATORY METHOD)

Superseded date

11-01-2013

Published date

07-11-2013

Publisher

Comite Europeen de Normalisation

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative reference
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Test materials
6 Sampling
7 Test specimens
8 Procedure
9 Expression of results
10 Test report
Annex A (informative) - Example of a test report
Annex B (informative) - Example of a method of culturing
termites
Annex C (informative) - Environmental, health and safety
precautions within chemical/biological laboratory
Bibliography

Defines a method for the determination of the preventive action of a wood preservative against the Reticulitermes species of European termites when the preservative is applied as a surface treatment to wood.

Committee	TC 38
DocumentType	Draft
PublisherName	Comite Europeen de Normalisation
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	EN 118:2013

Standards	Relationship
13/30277083 DC : 0	Identical
03/307372 DC : DRAFT MAY 2003	Identical

EN 84:1997	Wood preservatives - Accelerated ageing of treated wood prior to biological testing - Leaching procedure
EN 212:2003	Wood preservatives - General guidance on sampling and preparation for analysis of wood preservatives and treated timber
EN 73:2014	Wood preservatives - Accelerated ageing of treated wood prior to biological testing - Evaporative ageing procedure
ISO 3696:1987	Water for analytical laboratory use — Specification and test methods
EN ISO 3696:1995	Water for analytical laboratory use - Specification and test methods (ISO 3696:1987)
EN 1001-1:2005	Durability of wood and wood-based products - Terminology - Part 1: List of equivalent terms