ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 10545-3 Second edition 2018-02 Ceramic tiles - Part 3: Determination of water absorption, apparent porosity, apparent relative density and bulk density Carreaux et dalles ceramiques - Partie 3: Deétermination de I'absorption d'eau, de la porosite ouverte, de la densité relative apparente et de la masse volumique globale Reference number ISO 10545-3:2018(E) osi @IS02018 IS0 10545-3:2018(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ IS0 2018 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either IsO at the address below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office CP 401 : Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone: +41 22 749 01 11 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Email: copyright@iso.org Website: www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ IS0 2018 - All rights reserved IS0 10545-3:2018(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Principle ..1 5 Apparatus ..1 6 Test specimens. ..2 6.1 Sampling. .2 6.2 Sample cutting .3 6.2.1 General. 3 6.2.2 Tiles less than or equal to 400 cm2 3 6.2.3 Tiles greater than 400 cm2 and less than or equal to 3 600 cm2, where x and y >20 cm 6.2.4 Tiles greater than 400 cm2 and less than or equal to 3 600 cm2, where only y is ≤20 cm. ..5 6.2.5 Tiles greater than 3 600 cm2 5 7 Procedure. .6 7.1 Sample preparation 7.2 Impregnation with water 1 7.3 Suspended weight ..7 8 Expression of results ..7 8.1 Water absorption .7 8.2 Apparent porosity .8 8.3 Apparent relative density ..8 8.4 Buik density .8 9 Test report. .8 @ IS0 2018 - All rights reserved ii