EUROLAB laboratory provides testing and compliance services within the scope of EN 16056 standard. This European standard specifies a procedure for evaluating the passive behavior of stainless steels used in building products intended to come into contact with drinking water.
The passive state of stainless steels is the reason why no relevant amount of metal is released from these materials into drinking water. This test is used to verify whether the stainless steel in question is passive under conditions that may occur in drinking water.
When tested in a test rig as described in EN 15664-1, stainless steels show very low metal release rates and the resulting metal concentrations in water are in most cases below the detection limits of current analytical instruments. The reason for these small metal release rates is the formation of a passive layer on the surface of stainless steels.
Therefore, it was decided to test stainless steels for passive layer properties, not metal release. The material in question is tested in an electrochemical test.
EUROLAB assists manufacturers with EN 16056 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.
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