IS 209 : 2024 Refined Zinc - Specification

ICS 77.120.60

MTD 09

(Superseding IS 4699 : 1984 & IS 13229 : 1991)

1 SCOPE

1.1 This standard covers the requirements for refined zinc in the form of ingots. The grades of zinc included in the standard are those which are recognized nationally and in worldwide commerce.

1.2 This standard does not cover the requirements of re-melted secondary zinc produced by 'sweating' or 'remelting' of secondary zinc bearing materials.

2 REFERENCES

The standards listed in Annex A contain provisions, which through references in this text constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of these standards.

IS No. Title
IS 406 : 1964 Methods of chemical analysis of slab zinc (spelter) (revised)
IS 1387 : 1993 General requirements for the supply of metallurgical materials (second revision)
IS 1817 : 1961 Methods of sampling nonferrous metals for chemical analysis
IS 2600 Methods of chemical analysis of zinc and zinc base alloys for die castings:
(Part 1) : 1988 Determination of copper, iron, nickel, tin and thallium by spectrophotometric method (first revision)
(Part 2) : 1988 Determination of copper, iron, lead and cadmium by atomic absorption spectrophotometric method (first revision)
(Part 5) : 2022 Analysis by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (first revision)
(Part 6) : 2022 Determination of magnesium by atomic absorption spectrometric method (first revision)
(Part 7) : 2022 Determination of aluminium by titrimetric method (first revision)
IS 18519 : 2023/ISO 20081 : 2005 Zinc and zinc alloys - Method of sampling - Specifications (under preparation)