European foreword

This document (EN 10202:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 459 “ECISS - European Committee for Iron and Steel Standardization”1, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 2022, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by August 2022.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 10202:2001.

In comparison with the previous edition, the following technical modifications have been made:

— normative references have been updated;
— revision of the definition of electrolytic chromium coated steel with the addition of the symbol ECCS-RC which allows the use of a trivalent process;
— rewording of Clause 5 with the split into mandatory information (5.1) and options (5.2);
— modification of Clause 6 with the rewording of 6.1 and the addition of 6.2 and 6.3 about annealing and finish respectively;
— Table 1 has been updated;
— major modifications of 6.4 about passivation;
— addition of a new subclause 6.6 on imperfections that includes 6.6.1 and 6.6.2 for coils and sheets respectively;
— major modifications of Clause 7 about coatings including changes of Table 2, Table 3 and Table 4;
— major modifications of Clause 8 about mechanical properties with the addition of stress-strain curves for batch and continuous annealed material, curve showing the plateau height for continuous annealed material and stress-strain curves for the determination of the yield strength of some continuous annealed grades;
— removal of the tensile strength values from Table 5 and transfer into informative Annex J;
— modification of 9.4.6 about test method for centre fullness;
— modifications of the ordering of Annexes;
— new Annex I about tensile testing conditions in case of dispute;
— deletion of the Annex giving the previous designations and of the Annex giving examples of steel types and chemical composition.

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BS EN 10202:2022

Cold reduced tinmill products. Electrolytic tinplate and electrolytic chromium/chromium oxide coated steel

Current

Published:

30 Apr 2022