Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Designations
4.1 Material of the strip to be tinned
4.2 Material of the coating
4.3 Material condition of the hot-dip tinned strip
4.4 Product
5 Ordering information
6 Requirements
6.1 Composition
6.2 Mechanical properties and grain size of the base
material
6.3 Dimensions and tolerances
6.4 Edgewise curvature
6.5 Properties of the coating
7 Sampling
7.1 General
7.2 Analysis of the base material
7.3 Tensile, hardness, grain size and technological tests
8 Test methods
8.1 Analysis of the base material
8.2 Tensile test of the base material
8.3 Hardness test of the base material
8.4 Estimation of average grain size of the base material
8.5 Edgewise curvature
8.6 Solderability
8.7 Adhesion
8.8 Measurement of coating thickness
8.9 Retests
8.10 Rounding of results
9 Declaration of conformity and inspection documentation
9.1 Declaration of conformity
9.2 Inspection documentation
10 Marking, packaging, labelling
Tables
Annex A (normative) - Testing of solder ability of hot-dip
tinned strip by means of vertical dipping test
Annex B (normative) - Measuring of coating thickness with
X-ray spectrometric method according to ISO 3497
Bibliography