ISO/TR TECHNICAL REPORT 16060 First edition 2003-10-15 Destructivetestsonweldsinmetallic materials Etchants for macroscopic andmicroscopicexamination Essaisdestructifsdessouduressurmateriauxmetalliques-Réactifs pourexamensmacroscopiqueetmicroscopique Reference number ISO/TR 16060:2003(E) ISO @ ISO 2003 Not for Resale ISO/TR16060:2003(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In acceptsnoliabilityinthisarea. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at theaddress given below. ?ISO2003 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or isO'smemberbody in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Casepostale56.CH-1211Geneva20 Tel. + 4122 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ISO 2003-All rights reserved ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/TR16060:2003(E) Contents Page Foreword 1 Scope. 2 Normativereferences 3 General. 4 Etchants for carbon steels and low-alloy steels. 5 Etchantsfor stainless steels 6 Etchantsfornickeland nickelalloys 7 Etchants for titanium and titanium alloys 8 Etchantsforcopperand copperalloys 9 Etchants for aluminium and aluminiumalloys. 10 Designation... AnnexA (informative) Etchants for carbon steels and low-alloy steels.. AnnexB(informative)Etchantsforstainlesssteels. 10 AnnexC (informative)Etchantsfornickeland nickelalloys 16 AnnexD(informative)Etchantsfortitaniumandtitaniumalloys 18 AnnexE(informative)Etchantsforcopperandcopperalloys.. 20 AnnexF(informative)Etchantsforaluminiumand aluminiumalloys 22 AnnexG (informative)List of etchants... 27 nalOganizatonforsandardizationrightsreserved ii Copyright Interr from IHS ISO/TR16060:2003(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies technicalcommittees.Eachmemberbodyinterestedinasubjectforwhichatechnicalcommitteehasbeen InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requiresapprovalbyat least75%of thememberbodiescastingavote. In exceptional circumstances, when a technical committee has collected data of a different kind from that which is normally published as an International Standard ("state of the art", for example), it may decide by a simplemajorityvoteofitsparticipatingmemberstopublishaTechnicalReport.ATechnicalReportisentirely informative in nature and does not have to be reviewed until the data it provides are considered to be no longer valid oruseful. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO/TR16060 wasprepared byTechnical CommitteeISO/TC44,Welding andalliedprocesses, SubcommitteeSC5,Testingand inspectionof welds. IS0 2003-All rights reserved nal Or