National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 3452‑2:2013. It supersedes BS EN ISO 3452‑2:2006 which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee WEE/46, Non-destructive testing.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November 2013.

Foreword

The text of ISO 3452‑2:2013 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 135 “Non-destructive testing” of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and has been taken over as EN ISO 3452‑2:2013 by Technical Committee CEN/TC 138 “Non-destructive testing” 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2014, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2014.

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

This document supersedes EN ISO 3452‑2:2006.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Foreword

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The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 135, Non-destructive testing, Subcommittee SC 2, and by Technical Committee CEN/TC 138, Non-destructive testing in collaboration.

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 3452‑2:2006), which has been technically revised.

ISO 3452 consists of the following parts, under the general title Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing:

Part 1: General principles
Part 2: Testing of penetrant materials
Part 3: Reference test blocks
Part 4: Equipment
Part 5: Penetrant testing at temperatures higher than 50 °C
Part 6: Penetrant testing at temperatures lower than 10 °C

The main changes with respects to the previous edition are listed below:

The normative references were updated;
Tables 1, 4, 8, 9 were corrected;
A new Clause 5.1 was inserted;
Clause 6.6 was revised;
The former Annex B was deleted;
Editorial changes were made.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 19 October 2013.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice

The text of ISO 3452‑2:2013 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 3452‑2:2013 without any modification.

1 Scope

This part of ISO 3452 specifies the technical requirements and test procedures for penetrant materials for their type testing and batch testing. This part of ISO 3452 covers the temperature range 10 °C to 50 °C. Additional tests in part 5 or part 6 of ISO 3452 may be required outside this range.

On-site control tests and methods are detailed in ISO 3452‑1.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Classification

4.1 Testing products

4.2 Sensitivity levels

5 Testing of penetrant materials

5.1 Personnel

5.2 Testing facilities

5.3 Reporting

5.4 Tests

6 Test methods and requirements

6.1 Appearance

6.2 Penetrant system sensitivity

6.3 Density

6.4 Viscosity

6.5 Flashpoint

6.6 Washability (Method A penetrants)

6.7 Fluorescent brightness

6.8 UV stability

6.9 Thermal stability of fluorescent brightness

6.10 Water tolerance

6.11 Corrosive properties

6.12 Content of sulfur and halogens (for products designated low in sulfur and halogens)

6.13 Residue on evaporation/solid content

6.14 Penetrant tolerance

6.15 Developer performance

6.16 Re-dispersability

6.17 Density of carrier liquid

6.18 Product performance (pressurized containers)

6.19 Particle size distribution

6.20 Water content

7 Packaging and labelling

Bibliography

BS EN ISO 3452-2:2013

Non-destructive testing. Penetrant testing - Testing of penetrant materials

Published:

30 Nov 2013

Withdrawn:

11 Jun 2021