BS EN 1753:1997

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.