CEN/TC 190/WG 9 - Cast magnesium
Standardization in the field of magnesium and magnesium alloy anodes, lingots and castings including designation and additional technical delivery conditions.
Cast magnesium
Standardization in the field of magnesium and magnesium alloy anodes, lingots and castings including designation and additional technical delivery conditions.
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CEN/TC 190/WG 9 is a Working Group within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It is named "Cast magnesium" and is responsible for: Standardization in the field of magnesium and magnesium alloy anodes, lingots and castings including designation and additional technical delivery conditions. This committee has published 9 standards.
CEN/TC 190/WG 9 develops CEN standards. The scope of work includes: Standardization in the field of magnesium and magnesium alloy anodes, lingots and castings including designation and additional technical delivery conditions. Currently, there are 9 published standards from this working group.
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is a public standards organization that brings together the national standardization bodies of 34 European countries. CEN provides a platform for developing European Standards (ENs) and other technical documents in relation to various products, materials, services, and processes, supporting the European Single Market.
A Working Group in CEN is a specialized group responsible for developing standards or technical work within a defined scope. These bodies bring together international experts to create consensus-based standards that support global trade, safety, and interoperability.
This document defines the grades and the corresponding requirements for cast alloyed magnesium materials.
This document specifies 2 groups of magnesium alloy grades by a classification based on the chemical composition. The first group deals with grades for magnesium alloy ingots. The second group deals with grades for magnesium alloy castings.
This document also specifies mechanical properties measured on test pieces machined from cast samples.
This document does not cover technical delivery conditions for magnesium alloy castings (see EN 1559-1 [7] and EN 1559-5 [8]).
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This part of EN 1559 specifies the additional technical delivery conditions for castings, see EN 1753 and cast anodes, see EN 12438 made from magnesium alloys.
This part of EN 1559 applies to magnesium alloy castings produced in sand or permanent moulds or by pressure die casting, centrifugal casting, continuous casting or investment casting.
This part of EN 1559 does not apply to ingots, bars, billets (or other shapes) for further reprocessing, such as re-melting or extrusion.
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This European Standard specifies the grades and the corresponding requirements for magnesium alloys for cast anodes.
This European Standard specifies 2 groups of cast magnesium alloy grades by a classification based on chemical composition. The first group deals with magnesium alloy ingots for anodes. The second group deals with magnesium alloy anode castings.
This European Standard specifies chemical composition, designation, testing and inspection documentation.
This European Standard does not cover technical delivery conditions for magnesium alloy anode castings (see EN 1559-1 [3] and EN 1559-5 [4]).
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This European Standard specifies the grades and corresponding requirements for cast unalloyed magnesium.
This European Standard specifies the chemical composition, designation, testing, marking and inspection documentation.
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This European standard specifies the chemical composition of cast unalloyed magnesium. It specifies classification, designation and marking.
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This European Standard specifies the chemical composition of magnesium alloy ingots for anodes and chemical composition of magnesium alloy anode castings.
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This part of EN 1559 applies to castings made from magnesium alloys produced by sand casting, permanent mould casting, pressure die casting, centrifugal casting, continuous casting or investment casting. This standard specifies the additional technical delivery conditions for magnesium alloy castings. This standard does not apply to ingots, bars, billets (or other shapes) for further reprocessing, such as remelting, grinding or extrusion.
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This European Standard specifies the chemical composition of magnesium alloys for ingots. It also specifies the chemical composition of magnesium alloy castings. It also specifies the mechanical properties of separately cast samples of these alloys (see clause 6). By agreement, it also specifies the mechanical properties of magnesium alloys castings determined from samples cut from a casting.
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