BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN1670:2007Buildinghardware—Corrosionresistance—RequirementsandtestmethodsTheEuropeanStandardEN1670:2007hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS91.190 LicensedCopy:AUBUser,na,FriSep2116:26:30GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSI©BSI2007ISBN9780580508080NationalforewordThisBritishStandardwaspublishedbyBSI.ItistheUKimplementationofEN1670:2007.ItsupersedesBSEN1670:1998whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteeB/538,Doors,windows,shutters,hardwareandcurtainwalling,toSubcommitteeB/538/4,Buildinghardware.Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandardcannotconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsLicensedCopy:AUBUser,na,FriSep2116:26:30GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIâtiment-Résistanceàlacorrosion-Exigencesetméthodesd'essaiSchlösserundBaubeschläge-Korrosionsbeständigkeit-AnforderungenundPrüfverfahrenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon12February2007.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCENManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCENManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2007CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN1670:2007:ELicensedCopy:AUBUser,na,FriSep2116:26:30GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSI(E)2ContentsPageForeword................................................................................................................................................3Introduction...........................................................................................................................................41Scope.........................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences..............................................................................................................53Termsanddefinitions..............................................................................................................64Classification............................................................................................................................65Requirements...........................................................................................................................65.1General......................................................................................................................................65.2Generaltestrequirements.......................................................................................................65.3Functionalacceptancecondition...........................................................................................75.4Appearanceacceptancecondition.........................................................................................75.4.1General......................................................................................................................................75.4.2Degreeofrust...........................................................................................................................75.4.3Degreeofblistering.................................................................................................................76Testconditions.........................................................................................................................76.1Generalconditions...................................................................................................................76.2Treatmentfollowingthecorrosiontest..