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Part 8: Depth of penetration of water |
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The European Standard EN 12390-8:2000 has the status of a |
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ICS 91.100.30 |
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 BS EN 12390-8:2000

National foreword
This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 12390-8:2000.
No existing British Standard is replaced.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee
B/517, Concrete, to Subcommittee B/517/1, Concrete production and testing, which
has the responsibility to:

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This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page,
pages 2 to 6, an inside back cover and a back cover.
The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document
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This British Standard, having Amendments issued since publication

been prepared under the
direction of the Sector Amd. No. Date Comments
Committee for Building and Civil
Engineering, was published under
the authority of the Standards
Committee and comes into effect
on 15 December 2000

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