BS EN 1390:2020

This standard BS EN 1390:2020 Wood preservatives. Determination of the eradicant action against Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus) larvae. Laboratory method is classified in these ICS categories:

• 71.100.50 Wood-protecting chemicals

This document specifies a method for the determination of the eradicant action of a surface application of a fast and a slow acting wood preservative product or a deferred acting wood preservative product on solid wood infested with larvae of Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus).

This method is applicable to:

• organic formulations, as supplied or as prepared in the laboratory by dilution of concentrates; or

• organic water-dispersible formulations, as supplied or as prepared in the laboratory by dilution of concentrates; or

• water-soluble products, for example, salts.