IS 15850 : 2009 Nuclear Grade Boron Carbide - Specification

ICS 27.120.10;71.060.01 CHD 30
Reaffirmed 2014

1 Scope

This standard prescribes the requirements andmethods of tests for boron carbide (B4C),used in theform of powder, pellets, or in any dispersed state inthe control material in nuclear reactors.

2 References

The following standards contain provisions which,through reference in this text, constitute provisionsof this standard. At the time of publication, theeditions indicated were valid. All standards aresubject to revision, and parties to agreements basedon this, standard are encouraged to investigate thepossibility of applying the most recent editions ofthe standards indicated below:

     IS No.                 Title
IS 1493 : 1959 Methods of chemical analysis of
iron ores
IS 3025 : 1964 Methods of sampling and test
(physical and chemical) for water
used in industry
IS 6226 : Part 1 : 1994 Recommendations for apparatus
for chemical analysis of metals:
Part 1 Apparatus for determination
of carbon by direct combustion
(first revision)
IS 8883 : Part 1 : 2005 Methods of sampling chemicals
and chemical products: Part 1
General requirements and
precautions(first revision)
IS 8883 : Part 2/Sec 1 : 1978 Methods of sampling chemicals
and chemical products: Part 2
Sampling equipment, Section 1
For solids
IS 9931 : 1981 Mercurimetric method for
determination of chloride in
inorganic chemicals
IS 10614 : 1983 Method for atomic absorption
spectrophotometric determination
of sodium and potassium
IS 12046 : 1987 Method for determination of
manganese by atomic absorption
spectrophotometry
IS 12491 : 1988 Method for determination of
magnesium by atomic absorption
spectrophotometry
IS 13320 : 1992 Method for determination of iron
by atomic absorption
spectrophotometry - Test method