SIST EN ISO 643:2024

Steels - Micrographic determination of the apparent grain size (ISO 643:2024)

This document specifies micrographic methods of determining apparent ferritic or austenitic grain size in steels. It describes the methods of revealing grain boundaries and of estimating the mean grain size of specimens with unimodal size distribution. Although grains are three-dimensional in shape, the metallographic sectioning plane can cut through a grain at any point from a grain corner, to the maximum diameter of the grain, thus producing a range of apparent grain sizes on the two-dimensional plane, even in a sample with a perfectly consistent grain size.

Stahl - Mikrophotographische Bestimmung der erkennbaren Korngröße (ISO 643:2024)

Dieses Dokument legt mikrophotographische Verfahren zur Bestimmung der erkennbaren Ferrit- oder Austenitkorngröße von Stählen fest. Es werden Verfahren zum Sichtbarmachen der Korngrenzen und zur Schätzung der mittleren Korngröße von Proben mit unimodaler Größenverteilung beschrieben. Obwohl die Körner dreidimensional sind, können sie durch eine metallographische Schnittebene an einem beliebigen Punkt am Rand eines Korns bis einschließlich durch seinen größten Durchmesser so durchschnitten werden, dass auch in einer Probe mit völlig konstanter Korngröße in der zweidimensionalen Ebene eine erkennbare Bandbreite von Korngrößen erzeugt wird.
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Aciers - Détermination micrographique de la grosseur de grain apparente (ISO 643:2024)

Le présent document spécifie des méthodes de détermination micrographique de la grosseur apparente du grain ferritique ou austénitique des aciers. Il décrit les méthodes de mise en évidence des joints de grains et d'estimation de la grosseur moyenne de grain d'un échantillon ayant une distribution granulométrique unimodale. Bien que les grains soient de forme tridimensionnelle, le plan de la préparation métallographique peut couper un grain en tout point, passant par un coin du grain ou au travers du diamètre maximal du grain ou entre les deux, produisant de ce fait une gamme de grosseurs de grain apparentes sur le plan bidimensionnel, même dans le cas d'un échantillon présentant une grosseur de grain parfaitement homogène.

Jekla - Mikrografsko določevanje navidezne velikosti kristalnih zrn (ISO 643:2024)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 29-Sep-2023
• Publication Date: 10-Oct-2024
• ICS: 77.040.99 - Other methods of testing of metals
• ICS: 77.080.20 - Steels
• Technical Committee: PKG - Testing of metallic materials
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 11-Sep-2024
• Due Date: 16-Nov-2024
• Completion Date: 11-Oct-2024
• Ref Project: EN ISO 643:2024 - Steels - Micrographic determination of the apparent grain size (ISO 643:2024)

Relations

• Replaces: SIST EN ISO 643:2020 - Steels - Micrographic determination of the apparent grain size (ISO 643:2019, Corrected version 2020-03)
• Effective Date: 23-Feb-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2024
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 643:2020
Jekla - Mikrografsko določevanje navidezne velikosti kristalnih zrn (ISO 643:2024)
Steels - Micrographic determination of the apparent grain size (ISO 643:2024)
Stahl - Mikrophotographische Bestimmung der erkennbaren Korngröße (ISO 643:2024)
Aciers - Détermination micrographique de la grosseur de grain apparente (ISO
643:2024)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 643:2024
ICS:
77.040.99 Druge metode za Other methods of testing of
preskušanje kovin metals
77.080.20 Jekla Steels
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 643
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2024
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 77.040.99 Supersedes EN ISO 643:2020
English Version
Steels - Micrographic determination of the apparent grain
size (ISO 643:2024)
Aciers - Détermination micrographique de la grosseur Stahl - Mikrophotographische Bestimmung der
de grain apparente (ISO 643:2024) erkennbaren Korngröße (ISO 643:2024)
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European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 643:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 17 "Steel" in
collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 459/SC 1 “Test methods for steel (other than chemical
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The text of ISO 643:2024 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 643:2024 without any modification.

International
Standard
ISO 643
Fifth edition
Steels — Micrographic determination
2024-08
of the apparent grain size
Aciers — Détermination micrographique de la grosseur de grain
apparente
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
3.1 Grains .1
3.2 General .2
4 Symbols . 2
5 Principle . 3
6 Selection and preparation of the specimen. 5
6.1 Test location .5
6.2 Revealing ferritic grain boundaries .5
6.3 Revealing austenitic and prior-austenitic grain boundaries .5
6.3.1 General .5
7 Characterization of grain size . 6
7.1 General .6
7.1.1 Characterization methods .6
7.1.2 Formulae .6
7.1.3 Accuracy of the methods .6
7.2 Comparison method .6
7.3 Planimetric method .9
7.4 Intercept method . 13
7.4.1 General . 13
7.4.2 Linear intercept method .14
7.4.3 Circular intercept method . 15
7.4.4 Assessment of results . 15
7.5 Other methods .16
8 Test report . 17
Annex A (informative) Methods for revealing austenitic or prior-austenitic grain boundaries in
steels .18
Annex B (normative) Determination of grain size with standard comparison charts .23
Annex C (informative) Evaluation method .35
Annex D (informative) Calculation of grain size and confidence interval .37
Annex E (informative) Grains of different size indices .40
Bibliography .46

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