ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16544 First edition 2012-05-15 Thermal insulating products for building applications Conditioning to moisture equilibrium under specified temperature and humidity conditions Produits isolants thermiques destinés aux applications du batiment - Conditionnement jusqu'a I'eéquilibre hygroscopique dans des conditions de température et d'humidite spécifiees Reference number ISO 16544:2012(E) ISO Copyright intematioal Organizatin for Standardizatin @ISO2012 HS under I Not for Resale ISO16544:2012(E) COPYRiGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO 2012 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 · CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2012 - All rights reserved No reproduction or networking permtted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 16544:2012(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions. 3.1 Terms and definitions. 3.2 Abbreviations 4 Principle. 5 Apparatus 6 Test specimens. 3 6.1 Dimensions of testspecimens. 6.2 Number of test specimens. 6.3 Preparation of test specimens. 6.4 Preconditioning of test specimens 6.5 Conditioning of test specimen in tropical countries 7 Procedure 7.1 General 7.2 Conditioning Step 1 7.3 Conditioning Step 2 7.4 Test conditions in tropical countries 5 8 Calculation and expression of results. 5 9 Accuracy. ..5 10 Test report, 5 Annex A (normative) Determination of limiting value of moisture content change and conditioning time factorbyexperiment.. .6 Annex B (informative) Computer calculations to determine the limiting value of moisture content change..... 8 Annex C (informative) Calculations of conditioning time to reach equilibrium using the Fourier number 10 Bibliography 13 ili ed without license from IHS Not for Resale