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BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN1593:1999IncorporatingAmendmentNo.1Non-destructivetesting—Leaktesting—BubbleemissiontechniquesTheEuropeanStandardEN1593:1999,withtheincorporationofamendmentA1:2003hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS19.100 BSEN1593:1999ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsCommitteeandcomesintoeffecton15December1999©BSI1March2004ISBN0580351661NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN1593:1999,includingamendmentA1:2003.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeWEE/46,Non-destructivetesting,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to11andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateComments149671March2004ModificationtoForewordpageanddeletionofAnnexZAEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN1593September1999+A1December2003ICS19.100EnglishversionNon-destructivetesting–Leaktesting–Bubbleemissiontechniques(includesamendmentA1:2003)Essaisnondestructifs–Contrôled’étanchéité–Contrôleàlabulle(inclutl’amendementA!:2003)ZerstörungsfreiePrüfung–Dichtheitsprüfung–Blasenprüfverfahren(enthältÄnderungA!:2003)ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon16August1999,andamendmentA1wasapprovedbyCENon20November2003.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©1999CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN1593:1999+A1:2003EPage2EN1593:1999ContentsPageForeword31Scope42Normativereferences43Definitions44Personnelqualification45Principle46Generalrequirements57Interferences68Immersiontechnique69Liquidapplicationtechnique710Testreport8AnnexA(informative)Exampleofquantitativeevaluationofleakagerate10Page3EN1593:1999ForewordThisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC138Non-destructivetesting,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyAFNOR.ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextorbyendorsement,atthelatestbyMarch2000,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestbyMarch2000.ThisdocumenthasbeenpreparedunderamandategiventoCENbytheEuropeanCommissionandtheEuropeanFreeTradeAssociation.AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowingcountriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.ForewordtoamendmentA1ThisdocumentEN1593:1999/A1:2003hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC138Non-destructivetesting,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyAFNOR.ThisAmendmenttotheEuropeanStandardEN1593:1999shallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextorbyendorsement,atthelatestbyJune2004,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestbyJune2004.ThisdocumenthasbeenpreparedunderamandategiventoCENbytheEuropeanCommissionandtheEuropeanFreeTradeAssociation.AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowingcountriesareboundtoimplementthis