Foreword

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ISO 19232-3 was prepared by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) in collaboration with ISO Technical Committee TC 135, Non-destructive testing, Subcommittee SC 5, Radiation methods, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 19232-3:2004), which has been technically revised. Changes include:

— deletion of “ferrous metals” in the scope;
— update of references and definitions;
— replacement of film by detector, which includes film and digital detectors;
— use of new reduced IQI values for inspection with the gamma sources ¹⁹²Ir and ⁷⁵Se, by agreement of contracting parties and deletion of footnotes in the Tables 1 to 12;
— correction of misprints in Tables 5, 6, and 8.

ISO 19232 consists of the following parts, under the general title Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs:

— Part 1: Determination of the image quality values using wire-type image quality indicators
— Part 2: Determination of the image quality value using step/hole-type image quality indicators
— Part 3: Image quality classes
— Part 4: Experimental evaluation of image quality values and image quality tables
— Part 5: Determination of the image unsharpness value using duplex wire-type image quality indicators

BS EN ISO 19232-3:2013

Non-destructive testing. Image quality of radiographs - Image quality classes

Published:

31 Jul 2013

Withdrawn:

10 Jul 2025