EN ISO 4499-3:2016 PDF

Scope: This part of ISO 4499 provides guidelines for the measurement of microstructural characteristics in Ti(C, N)-based cemented carbides and WC/Co cemented carbides additionally containing cubic carbides by metallographic techniques using only light or electron microscopy. It is intended for sintered cemented carbides (also called cemented carbides or cermets), which mainly contain inorganic carbides and nitrides as a hard phase. It is also intended for measuring the phase size and its distribution using the line cut method.

EN ISO 4499-3:2016 Referenced Document

ASTM B657-11 Guide for Metallographic Identification of Microstructure in Cemented Carbides*， 2024-04-20 Update
ASTM B665-08 Standard Guide for Metallographic Sample Preparation of Cemented Tungsten Carbides*， 2024-04-20 Update
ASTM E112-13 Standard Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size*， 2024-04-20 Update
ISO 4499-1:2008 Hardmetals - Metallographic determination of microstructure - Part 1: Photomicrographs and description
ISO 4499-2:2008 Hardmetals - Metallographic determination of microstructure - Part 2: Measurement of WC grain size

2016 EN ISO 4499-3:2016 Hardmetals - Metallographic determination of microstructure - Part 3: Measurement of microstructural features in Ti (C@ N) and WC/cubic carbide based hardmetals