This International Standard specifies a method to provide a relative measure for evaluating the increase in
volume of iron ore pellets, when reduced in an unconstrained bed under conditions resembling those
prevailing in the reduction zone of a blast furnace. It specifies the determination of the free-swelling index.
This International Standard is applicable to hot-bonded pellets.
ISO 4698:2007 Referenced Document
ISO 11323:2002 Iron ore and direct reduced iron - Vocabulary
ISO 3082:2000 Iron ores - Sampling and sample preparation procedures
ISO 4698:2007 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