Standards for ores and metals ensure quality, precision, and reliability in material testing, processing, and application. They provide guidelines for everything from hardness and tensile strength to plating and composition analysis, helping industries optimize performance, meet safety requirements, and maintain global consistency.

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Metallic coatings — Electroplated coatings of zinc and zinc alloys on iron or steel with supplementary Cr(VI)-free treatment

Metallic materials — Rockwell hardness test
Part 2: Verification and calibration of testing machines and indenters

Jewellery and precious metals — Determination of gold — Cupellation method (fire assay)

Metallic materials — Charpy pendulum impact test
Part 1: Test method

Steel for the reinforcement of concrete
Part 1: Plain bars

Metallic materials — Tensile testing
Part 1: Method of test at room temperature