scope:

This European Standard specifies the properties of aggregates and filler aggregates obtained by processing natural, manufactured or recycled materials and mixtures of these aggregates for use in hydraulically bound and unbound materials for civil engineering works and road constructions.

It covers aggregates having an oven dried particle density greater than 2,00 Mg/m³. It also covers recycled coarse and all-in aggregates with particle densities greater than 1,50 Mg/m³ with appropriate caveats and recycled fine aggregate with appropriate caveats (see Annex A).

NOTE 1 Requirements for lightweight aggregates are specified in EN 13055.

Use of aggregates as soil is not covered by the present standard.

NOTE 2 Due to huge variation of geological and pedological conditions in Europe, precise definition of soil can be found in the documents related to the application in the place of use.

A list of the source materials that have been considered and indicating those which are within the scope of this standard is given in Annex A (normative).

Requirements for the Assessment and Verification of the Constancy of Performance (AVCP) of aggregates to this European Standard are given in prEN 16236.

Aggregates used in construction shall conform to all the requirements of the relevant European Standards for aggregates. These standards include comprehensive and specific requirements for natural aggregates, iron and steel making slag and recycled aggregates, dealing with, for example, the stability of certain basalts, the expansion of certain slags and the constituents of recycled aggregates.

NOTE 3 Requirements for unbound mixtures for road constructions are specified in EN 13285 and are not therefore covered in this standard. EN 13285 does however call up the general requirements of EN 13242 for the aggregates.