EUROPEANSTANDARD ENISO17639 NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM August 2013 ICS 25.160.40 Supersedes EN 1321:1996
English Version Destructive tests on welds inmetallic materials-Macroscopic andmicroscopicexaminationofwelds(ISO17639:2003) Essais destructifs des soudures sur materiaux metallques - metalschen Werkstoffen - Makroskopische und assemblages soudes (ISO 17639:2003) Examens macroscopique et microscopique des mikroskopische Untersuchungen von SchweiBnahten (ISO
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Foreword The text of ISO 17639:2003 has been prepared by Technical Committe ISO/TC 44 Welding and allied 17639:2013 by Technical Committee CEN/TC 121 *Welding* the secretariat of which is held by DIN. ThisEuropean Standard shallbe given the status of a national standardeither by publication ofanidentical text or by endorsement, at the latest by February 2014, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by February 2014.
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN 1321:1996. According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Endorsement notice The text of ISO 17639:2003 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 17639:2013 without any modification.
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Foreword. iv 1Scope..1 2Normative references ...1 3Terms and definitions.1 4Abbreviations2 5Principle2 6Purpose of the test..2 7Removal of test specimens.2 8Test procedure4 8.1General..4 8.2Test specimen preparation...4 8.3Surface finish4 8.4Etching methods.4 8.5Etchants.5 8.6Safety measures..5 9Examination..5 10Designation...5 11Test report..8 Annex A (informative) Example of a test report6
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Destructivetestsonweldsinmetallicmaterials-Macroscopic andmicroscopicexaminationofwelds
1Scope
objectives for macroscopic and microscopic examination.
2Normativereferences
references, only the edition cited applies. For un...