🇵🇱 POLITECHNIKA ŁÓDZKA PL

PCA AB 499 • Łódź, Poland • 22 methods

ConstructionMaterials & polymers

POLITECHNIKA ŁÓDZKA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 499 (Łódź, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 22 test methods in the following areas: Construction, Materials & polymers. Test objects include: Calcium sulphate based screed binders, Cementitious tile adhesives, Cement, Dispersion adhesives for tiles. Most frequently used techniques: Pull-off method, Vicat method, Flow table method.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 499
  • Methods in scope: 22
  • Types of test objects: 8
  • Techniques used: 5
  • City: Łódź, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 499
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
ul. Żeromskiego 116, 90-924 Łódź, KATEDRA FIZYKI MATERIAŁÓW BUDOWLANYCH, I BUDOWNICTWA ZRÓWNOWAŻONEGO, LABORATORIUM BADAWCZE, MATERIAŁÓW BUDOWLANYCH I FIZYKI BUDOWLI
City
Łódź, Poland

What this laboratory tests (8)

Analytical techniques used (5)

Accreditation scope — test methods (22)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Cementitious tile adhesives Adhesion
initial after immersion in water after thermal ageing after freeze – thaw cycles Range (0,4 ÷ 8,0) kN
Pull-off method PN-EN 1348:2008 „N” | PN-EN 12004-2:2017-03
2 Cementitious tile adhesives Open time
Range (0,4 ÷ 8,0) kN
Pull-off method PN-EN 1346:2008 | PN-EN 12004-2:2017-03
3 Cementitious tile adhesives Slip
Range (0,0 ÷ 10,0) mm
PN-EN 1308:2008 | PN-EN 12004-2:2017-03
4 Cementitious tile adhesives Transverse deformation
Range (0,1 ÷ 20,0) mm
PN-EN 12002:2010 | PN-EN 12004-2:2017-03
5 Dispersion adhesives for tiles Shear strength
initial after immersion in water after thermal ageing at elevated temperature Range (0,2 ÷ 10,0) kN
PN-EN 1324:2008 „N” | PN-EN 12004-2:2017-03
6 Dispersion adhesives for tiles Open time
Range (0,4 ÷ 8,0) kN
Pull-off method PN-EN 1346:2008 | PN-EN 12004-2:2017-03
7 Dispersion adhesives for tiles Slip
Range (0,0 ÷ 10,0) mm
PN-EN 1308:2008 | PN-EN 12004-2:2017-03
8 Calcium sulphate based screed binders Flow diameter
Range (10 ÷ 29) cm
Flow table method PN-EN 13454-2:2019-02
9 Calcium sulphate based screed binders Setting time Vicat method PN-EN 13454-2:2019-02
10 Calcium sulphate based screed binders Compressive strength
Range (0,2 ÷ 150,0) kN
PN-EN 13454-2:2019-02
11 Calcium sulphate based screed binders Flexural strength
Range (0,2 ÷ 10,0) kN
PN-EN 13454-2:2019-02
12 Gypsum binders and gypsum plasters Setting time Vicat method PN-EN 13279-2:2014-02
13 Masonry mortars Compressive strength
Range (0,2 ÷ 150,0) kN
PN-EN 1015-11:2020-04
14 Masonry mortars Flexural strength
Range (0,2 ÷ 10,0) kN
PN-EN 1015-11:2020-04
15 Floor screeds - materials for their execution Compressive strength
Range (0,2 ÷ 150,0) kN
PN-EN 13892-2:2004
16 Floor screeds - materials for their execution Flexural strength
Range (0,2 ÷ 10,0) kN
PN-EN 13892-2:2004
17 Floor screeds - materials for their execution Adhesion
Range (0,4 ÷ 8,0) kN
Pull-off method PN-EN 13892-8:2004
18 Cement Setting time Vicat method PN-EN 196-3+A1:2016-12
19 Cement Compressive strength
Range (0,2 ÷ 150,0) kN
PN-EN 196-1:2016-07
20 Cement Flexural strength
Range (0,2 ÷ 10,0) kN
PN-EN 196-1:2016-07
21 Thermal insulation Thermal conductivity
Range (0,01 ÷ 0,20) W/(m·K)
Plate apparatus method with heat flow density sensors PN-ISO 8301:1998 | PN-EN 12667:2002
22 Thermal insulation Thermal conductivity
Range (0,01 ÷ 0,20) W/(m·K)
Guarded hot plate apparatus method PN-ISO 8302:1999

Reference standards (16)

PN-EN 1015-11:2020-04
PN-EN 12002:2010
PN-EN 12004-2:2017-03
PN-EN 12667:2002
PN-EN 1308:2008
PN-EN 1324:2008 „N”
PN-EN 13279-2:2014-02
PN-EN 13454-2:2019-02
PN-EN 1346:2008
PN-EN 1348:2008 „N”
PN-EN 13892-2:2004
PN-EN 13892-8:2004
PN-EN 196-1:2016-07
PN-EN 196-3+A1:2016-12
PN-ISO 8301:1998
PN-ISO 8302:1999