SIST EN 14956:2006
(Main)Surfaces for sports areas - Determination of water content of unbound mineral surfaces for outdoor sports areas
- Abstract
This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of the water content of unbound mineral surfaces used for outdoor sports areas.
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 31-Jan-2006
- Technical Committee
- SPO - Sports
- Current Stage
- 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
- Start Date
- 01-Feb-2006
- Due Date
- 01-Feb-2006
- Completion Date
- 01-Feb-2006
SIST EN 14956:2006 is the Slovenian standard for determining the water content of unbound mineral surfaces used for outdoor sports areas. It specifies a weighing-and-drying test method for people who test, specify, or check these surfaces in practice.
What does SIST EN 14956:2006 specify?
SIST EN 14956:2006 specifies one laboratory method for measuring the water content of unbound mineral surfaces used for outdoor sports areas. The document is organized into clauses 1 to 8: Scope, Principle, Apparatus, Test specimen, Test conditions, Procedure, Expression of results, and Test report.
The scope is narrow and practical: it covers a single property - water content - for a defined type of sports surface material. That makes it useful when the question is how much moisture is present in the surface material at the time of testing, rather than how the whole sports area performs.
What are the key requirements of SIST EN 14956:2006?
SIST EN 14956:2006 bases the result on mass loss after drying. In practice, you weigh the specimen as received, dry it, weigh it again, and use the mass difference as the measure of water content.
Main technical points
Clause 2, Principle - The specimen is weighed before drying and again after drying. The difference in mass shows how much water was in the material, so the method turns moisture into a measurable weight change.
Clause 3, Apparatus - The test needs a conventional oven set to (105 ± 5) °C, a balance readable to 0,1 g, and a desiccator. These items matter because the result depends on controlled drying and on accurate weighing after cooling.
Clause 4, Test specimen - The specimen must have a mass of at least 1 000 g. A sample of that size helps the result better represent the material being tested.
Clause 5, Test conditions - The test is carried out at (23 ± 2) °C and (50 ± 10) % relative humidity. These conditions reduce variation while the specimen is handled and weighed.
Clause 6, Procedure - The specimen is first weighed as M_A, then dried for at least 24 h in the oven, cooled in the desiccator for at least 4 h, and weighed again. Further 4 h drying and cooling cycles are repeated until two successive masses differ by no more than 0,05 g; the final stable dry mass is recorded as M_D. In practice, this is how you know the specimen has reached constant mass.
Clause 7, Expression of results - Water content is calculated from the initial mass and the dry mass and expressed as a percentage. That gives one clear figure that can be compared between samples or recorded in test reports.
Clause 8, Test report - The report identifies the standard used, describes the specimen, and gives the water content as a percentage by mass to the nearest whole number. This is important for traceability and for communicating results in procurement, quality control, or site records.
What terms does SIST EN 14956:2006 define?
- Water content - The amount of water in the specimen, reported as a percentage by mass after calculation from the drying test.
- Unbound mineral surfaces - Mineral surfaces used for outdoor sports areas that are not bound together as a fixed mass.
- Test specimen - The sample prepared for the test, with a mass of at least 1 000 g.
- Desiccator - A vessel used to cool the dried specimen before weighing so it does not pick up moisture from the air.
- M_A - The mass of the specimen under prevailing conditions before drying.
- M_D - The final dry mass after repeated drying and weighing to constant mass.
Who uses SIST EN 14956:2006?
SIST EN 14956:2006 is used by testing laboratories, sports surface contractors, quality managers, and buyers who need a common method for checking moisture in outdoor sports surface materials. It is also relevant to sports facility owners or operators who need documented test results for acceptance, checking, or maintenance decisions.
What changed in SIST EN 14956:2006 from the previous edition?
SIST EN 14956:2006 is identical to EN 14956:2005.
What does the SIST EN 14956:2006 document contain?
SIST EN 14956:2006 contains a short test method built around weighing, oven drying, cooling in a desiccator, and reweighing to constant mass. It gives the required apparatus, specimen mass, test conditions, and the step-by-step procedure used to determine water content.
It also includes the calculation approach in words and the reporting items needed for a test record. The structure is suited to laboratory testing, quality verification, and documented reporting rather than field estimation.
Relations
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 22-Dec-2008
Frequently Asked Questions
SIST EN 14956:2006 is a standard published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Surfaces for sports areas - Determination of water content of unbound mineral surfaces for outdoor sports areas". This standard covers: This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of the water content of unbound mineral surfaces used for outdoor sports areas.
This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of the water content of unbound mineral surfaces used for outdoor sports areas.
SIST EN 14956:2006 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 97.220.10 - Sports facilities. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
SIST EN 14956:2006 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to SIST EN 12174:2022, SIST EN 12174:2006, SIST EN 12174:2014; is excused to SIST EN 14953:2006. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
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Standards Content (Sample)
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Surfaces for sports areas - Determination of water content of unbound mineral surfaces
for outdoor sports areas
Sportböden - Bestimmung des Wassergehalts von ungebundenen mineralischen
Belägen für Sportböden für den Außenbereich
Sols sportifs - Détermination de la teneur en eau des sols minéraux non liés pour les
terrains de sport de plein air
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 14956:2005
ICS:
97.220.10 Športni objekti Sports facilities
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 14956
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2005
ICS 97.220.10
English Version
Surfaces for sports areas - Determination of water content of
unbound mineral surfaces for outdoor sports areas
Sols sportifs - Détermination de la teneur en eau des sols Sportböden - Bestimmung des Wassergehalts von
minéraux non liés pour les terrains de sport de plein air ungebundenen mineralischen Belägen für Sportböden für
den Außenbereich
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Contents Page
Foreword .3
1 Scope .4
2 Principle.4
3 Apparatus .4
4 Test specimen .4
5 Test conditions .
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