SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES (CONTENT FRAMEWORK)

Since 2008, the CEPROCIM testing laboratory has annually organized interlaboratory tests for ceramic tile adhesives, involving laboratories from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, the United Arab Emirates (Dubai), Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, and Hungary (countries listed in alphabetical order).

1.1 Annual schedule of interlaboratory tests for ceramic tile adhesives

Issuance of the invitation to participate	September
Distribution of samples	October
Performance of determinations	November
Deadline for submitting results	December
Preparation and transmission of the General Report to participants	March

¹⁾ Registration form for inter-laboratory testing of adhesives (more)

²⁾ Instructions and forms related to inter-laboratory testing of adhesives (more)

1.2 Determinations covered by the Inter-laboratory Testing of Ceramic Tile Adhesives

• initial adhesion;
• tensile adhesion after water immersion;
• tensile adhesion after heat aging;
• tensile adhesion after freeze-thaw cycles;
• open time after 20 minutes.