The principle of the method specified is determination of swelling of fired iron ore pellets of a specified size range under isothermal reduction, determination of the volume of pellets before and after reduction at a temperature of 900 鳦, using a reducing gas consisting of carbon monoxide and nitrogen, calculation of the free-swelling index, expressed as a percentage, using the difference between the two volumes.
ISO 4698:1994 history
2022ISO 4698:2022 Iron ore pellets for blast furnace feedstocks — Determination of the free-swelling index
2007ISO 4698:2007 Iron ore pellets for blast furnace feedstocks - Determination of the free-swelling index
1994ISO 4698:1994 Iron ore pellets; determination of relative free-swelling index