- Standard No.
- EN ISO 13383-1:2016
- Release Date
- 2016
- Published By
- European Committee for Standardization (CEN)
- Latest
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EN ISO 13383-1:2016
- Replace
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FprEN ISO 13383-1:2015
- Scope
- This part of ISO 13383 describes manual measurement methods for determining the grain size of advanced ceramics using photomicrographs of polished and etched samples. The methods described in this part do not give the true mean grain diameter, but rather a slightly smaller value depending on the method used to analyze a two-dimensional sample cross section. The connection with the true grain dimensions depends on the grain shape and the degree of anisotropy of the microstructure. This part contains two methods, Method A and Method B. Method A is the method for determining the average cutting line length (line cutting method). Method A1 applies to single-phase ceramic materials with a crystalline main phase and a glassy grain boundary phase with a volume fraction of at most approximately 5%, for which counting the intersection points is sufficient. Method A2 applies to ceramic materials with a volume fraction of over approximately 5% pores or secondary phases or to ceramic materials with more than one crystalline main phase, for which individual cutting line lengths are measured, which can optionally also be used to determine the grain size distribution. In the latter method, pores or phases can be distinguished and for each the average grain size, determined from the cutting line length, can be determined separately. NOTE A method for determining the volume fraction(s) of the secondary phase(s) can be found in ISO 13383-2; In borderline cases it offers decision options as to whether procedure A1 or procedure A2 should be used. Method B is the method for determining the mean equivalent circle diameter, which can be used for all ceramic materials with or without a secondary phase. This method may also be used to determine the aspect ratio of the grains and to determine the grain size distribution. Some users of this part of ISO 13383 may wish to apply automatic or semi-automatic image analysis to the micrographs or to directly displayed micrographs. The use of these analytical procedures is permitted under this Part provided that technology equivalent to manual procedures is used (see Sections 4 and 8.4).
EN ISO 13383-1:2016 Referenced Document
- ASTM E112-13 Standard Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size*， 2024-04-20 Update
- ASTM E766-14 Standard Practice for Calibrating the Magnification of a Scanning Electron Microscope*， 2024-04-20 Update
- ASTM E930-99 Standard Test Methods for Estimating the Largest Grain Observed in a Metallographic Section (ALA Grain Size)
- EN 1006:2009 Advanced technical ceramics - Monolithic ceramics - Guidance on the selection of test pieces for the evaluation of properties
- ISO 6106:2013 Abrasive products - Checking the grain size of superabrasives
- ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
- JIS R 1670:2006 Testing method for grain size in microstructure of fine ceramics
EN ISO 13383-1:2016 history
- 2016 EN ISO 13383-1:2016 Fine ceramics (advanced ceramics@ advanced technical ceramics) - Microstructural characterization - Part 1: Determination of grain size and size distribution
EN ISO 13383-1:2016 Fine ceramics (advanced ceramics@ advanced technical ceramics) - Microstructural characterization - Part 1: Determination of grain size and size distribution has been changed from EN 623-3:2001 Advanced Technical Ceramics - Monolithic Ceramics - General and Textural Properties - Part 3: Determination of Grain Size and Size Distribution (Characterized by the Liner Intercept Method).