NEN 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