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BS EN 1753:1997

Superseded

Superseded

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Magnesium and magnesium alloys. Magnesium alloy ingots and castings

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

15-12-1997

Superseded date

04-10-2019

Superseded by

BS EN 1753:2019

£142.00
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Summarise this standard

1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Designation
    3.1 Material
    3.2 Temper designation
    3.3 Casting process designation
4 Requirements
    4.1 Chemical composition
    4.2 Mechanical properties of castings
    4.3 Frequency of testing
5 Sampling
6 Test pieces
    6.1 Design
    6.2 Test pieces obtained from separately cast samples
    6.3 Test pieces cut from castings
7 Test methods
    7.1 Tensile test
    7.2 Brinell hardness test
8 Retests
9 Rounding of numbers
Table 1 Chemical composition of magnesium alloy ingots
Table 2 Chemical composition of magnesium alloy castings
Table 3 Mechanical properties of sand cast magnesium
          alloys
Table 4 Mechanical properties of permanent mould cast
          magnesium alloys
Table 5 Mechanical properties of pressure die cast
          magnesium alloys
Annex A (informative) Bibliography
Annex B (informative) List of international, national and
        former national European designations corresponding
        to the European designations
Annex C (informative) Additional information regarding the
        manganese and iron contents

Defines the chemical composition of magnesium alloy ingots and castings. In addition it defines the mechanical properties of separately cast samples of these alloys and, subject to agreement, mechanical properties of magnesium alloy castings determined from samples cut from a casting.

Committee
NFE/35
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS 2970(1989) and 95/700787 DC. (08/2004)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
14
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
NEN EN 1753 : 1997 Identical
NS EN 1753 : 1ED 1997 Identical
NF EN 1753 : 1997 Identical
NBN EN 1753 : 1997 COR 1997 Identical
I.S. EN 1753:1998 Identical
EN 1753:1997 Equivalent
DIN EN 1753:1997-08 Equivalent
UNE-EN 1753:1998 Identical

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