CEN/TR 10261:2013

Iron and steel - European standards for the determination of chemical composition

Publication date:   Jul 15, 2013

Scope

This Technical Report lists, under Clause 3, the European Standards, which are currently available for the determination of the chemical composition of steel and iron. In Clause 4, it provides details of the range of application and gives the principle of the method for each standard.
Items which are under preparation as European Standards or as CEN Technical Reports by ECISS/TC 102 are available on the webpage of CEN, through the link http://www.cen.eu/cen/Sectors/TechnicalCommitteesWorkshops/CENTechnicalCommittees/Pages/WP.aspx?param=733643&title=ECISS/TC%20102.
Annex A contains a list of other European Standards and CEN Technical Reports applicable for the determination of the chemical composition of steels and irons.
Annex B contains a list of withdrawn Euronorms, together with the corresponding replacement European Standards, if any.
Annex C gives graphical representations of the concentration ranges of the methods available in this Technical Report. Figure C.1 gives the concentration ranges of the referee methods, Figure C.2 gives the concentration ranges of the routine methods and Figure C.3 represents the fields of application of all the methods available.
Annex D provides a trilingual key of the abbreviations used in the Figures given in Annex C.