DIN EN 1946-2:1999-04

The document provides specific technical criteria for the assessment of laboratories to undertake steady-state heat transfer property measurements by the guarded hot plate method. It complements the common criteria in DIN EN 1946-1. Guidance is given on the organization and contents of the equipment manual, the calibration and maintenance files and the measurement procedure document. It provides information on mandatory equipment performance specifications, equipment description and on calculations for the equipment design and on error analysis. It provides information on experimental procedures suitable for assessment of equipment accuracy.