IS 3531 : 2024/ISO 8044 : 2020 Corrosion of Metals and Alloys - Vocabulary

ICS 01.040.77; 77.060

MTD 24

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (Third Revision) which is identical to ISO 8044 : 2020 'Corrosion of metals and alloys - Vocabulary' issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of Corrosion Protection and Finishes Sectional Committee and approval of the Metallurgical Engineering Division Council.

This standard was first published in 1966 and subsequently revised in 1983 and 1997. The third revision of this standard has been undertaken to align with the international standard ISO 8044 : 2020 under dual numbering system. The standard is expected to remove any ambiguity and confusion that might arise from individual interpretation of different terms.

Former title of the Indigenous Indian Standard IS 3531 was 'Glossary of terms relating to corrosion of metals' which is changed to 'Corrosion of metals and alloys - Vocabulary' as per the title of ISO 8044.

The text of ISO standard has been approved as suitable for publication as in Indian Standard without deviations. Certain terminologies and conventions are, however, not identical with those used in Indian Standard. Attention is especially drawn to the following:

 a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appear referring to this standard, it should be read as 'Indian Standard'; and

 b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.