This British Standard specifies methods of sampling, preparation, physical testing and chemical analysis of mortars for bricklaying, A screeding, A plastering and rendering. The methods described are for the determination of parameters that have traditionally been used in the UK but which are neither defined, nor superseded, by BS EN 998-1, BS EN 998-2 or BS EN 1015 (all parts).
Methods of interpretation of chemical analysis results are also described.
The methods of test given in this standard are not intended to be applied to mortars containing A calcium aluminate A cement or mortars whose principle binder is hydraulic lime.
BS 4551:2005+A2:2013 Referenced Document
BS 410-1 Test sieves - Technical requirements and testing - Test sieves of metal wire cloth
BS 5404-1 Specification for Plastics laboratory ware — Part 1 : Beakers
BS 6100-9 Building and civil engineering - Vocabulary - Work with concrete and plaster*， 2007-08-31 Update
BS EN 1015-2 Methods of test for mortar for masonry — Part 2 : Bulk sampling of mortars and preparation of test mortars
BS EN ISO 3696 Water for analytical laboratory use — Specification and test methods
BS 4551:2005+A2:2013 history
0000 BS 4551:2005+A2:2013(2014)
2005BS 4551:2005+A2:2013 Mortar.Methods of test for mortar.Chemical analysis and physical testing
2005BS 4551:2005+A1:2010 Mortar - Methods of test for mortar - Chemical analysis and physical testing
2005BS 4551:2005 Mortar - Methods of test for mortar - Chemical analysis and physical testing
1998BS 4551-1:1998 Methods of testing mortars, screeds and plasters - Physical testing