BS EN 16302:2013

This standard BS EN 16302:2013 Conservation of cultural heritage. Test methods. Measurement of water absorption by pipe method is classified in these ICS categories:

• 97.195 Items of art and handicrafts. Cultural property and heritage

This European Standard specifies a method to measure water absorption of porous inorganic materials used for and constituting cultural property by pipe method.

The method may be used on porous inorganic materials which are untreated or have been subjected to any treatment or ageing.

The method may be used both in the laboratory and in situ due to its non destructive nature.