Publication

PD CEN ISO/TR 16060:2014

Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials. Etchants for macroscopic and microscopic examination

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Published:

31 Aug 2014

1 Scope

This Technical Report gives a non-exhaustive list of etchants that can be used for the macroscopic and microscopic examination of welds in accordance with ISO 17639 for the following groups of materials:

— carbon steels and low-alloy steels;
— stainless steels;
— nickel and nickel alloys;
— titanium and titanium alloys;
— copper and copper alloys;
— aluminium and aluminium alloys.

Product Details

Descriptors

Low-alloy steels

Chromic acid

Hydrochloric acid

Hydrogen peroxide

Inorganic acids

Ferric inorganic compounds

Unalloyed steels

Nitrates

Oxalic acid

Aluminium

Sodium hydroxide

Magnesium inorganic compounds

Welded joints

Relative density

Fluorides

Titanium alloys

Cupric compounds

Welding

Peroxodisulfates

Nickel

Destructive testing

Visual inspection (testing)

Thiocyanates

Chlorides

Phosphoric acid

Copper alloys

Etch inspection

Cuprous compounds

Metals

Stainless steels

Copper

Aliphatic alcohols

Ammonium inorganic compounds

Microscopic analysis

Nickel alloys

Nitric acid

Aluminium alloys

Concentration (chemical)

Titanium

Picric acid

Acetic acid

ICS Codes

25.160.40 Welded joints and welds

Committee

WEE/2

International relationships

Identical to:

CEN ISO/TR 16060:2014

ISBN

978 0 580 85861 1

Publisher

BSI