DIN EN 990:2003-01

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Principle
4 Apparatus
5 Test specimens
     5.1 General
     5.2 Sealing of the end faces and conditioning of the
          test specimens
6 Corrosion tests
     6.1 Short-term test with alternate wetting with
     sodium chloride solution and drying in air
     (method 1)
          6.1.1 Exposure cycles
          6.1.2 Examination of steel surface and evaluation
                of results
     6.2 Short-term test with alternate wetting with water
          and drying in warm air (method 2)
          6.2.1 Exposure cycles
          6.2.2 Examination of steel surface and evaluation
                of results
     6.3 Short-term test with alternating temperature
          (method 3)
          6.3.1 Exposure cycles
          6.3.2 Examination of steel surface and evaluation
                of results
7 Test report

Provides the test methods for verification of the effectiveness of the corrosion protection of reinforcing steel embedded in components of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) or in components of lightweight aggregate concrete with open structure (LAC).