This International Standard specifies the following three test methods:
a) abrasive-wheel-wear test method, determining the wear resistance and the wear index of anodic
oxidation coatings on flat specimens of aluminium and its alloys;
b) abrasive jet test method, comparing the resistance to abrasion of anodic oxidation coatings on
aluminium and its alloys with that of a standard specimen or, alternatively, a reference specimen, by use
of a jet of abrasive particles;
c) falling sand abrasion method, determining the abrasion resistance with falling sand applied to thin
anodic oxidation coatings.
The use of these methods for coatings produced by hard anodizing is described in ISO 10074.
ISO 8251:2011 Referenced Document
ISO 2360:2003 Non-conductive coatings on non-magnetic electrically conductive basis materials - Measurement of coating thickness - Amplitude-sensitive eddy current method
ISO 565:1990 Test sieves; metal wire cloth, perforated metal plate and electroformed sheet; nominal sizes of openings
ISO 6344-1 Coated abrasives — Grain size analysis — Part 1 : Grain size distribution test
ISO 8486-1:1996 Bonded abrasives - Determination and designation of grain size distribution - Part 1: Macrogrits F4 to F220
ISO 8251:2011 history
2018ISO 8251:2018 Anodizing of aluminium and its alloys - Measurement of abrasion resistance of anodic oxidation coatings
2011ISO 8251:2011 Anodizing of aluminium and its alloys - Measurement of abrasion resistance of anodic oxidation coatings
1987ISO 8251:1987 Anodized aluminium and aluminium alloys; Measurement of wear resistance and wear index of anodic oxidation coatings with an abrasive wheel wear test apparatus