IS 4041 : 2006 /ISO 836 : 2001 Terminology for Refractories

National Foreword

This Indian Standard (First Revision) which is identical with ISO 836 : 2001 ?Terminology for refractories?issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of IndianStandards on the recommendation of the Refractories Sectional Committee and approval of theMetallurgical Engineering Division Council.

This Indian Standard was originally published in 1983. This revision of the standard has been taken upto align it with ISO 836 by adoption, under dual numbering system.

Only the English language text in the International Standard has been retained while adopting it in thisIndian Standard.

The text of the ISO Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standardwithout deviations. Certain terminology and conventions are, however, not identical to those used inIndian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:

a) Wherever the words ?International Standard? appear referring to this standard, they shouldbe read as ?Indian Standard?.

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

In this adopted standard, reference appears to the following International Standard for which IndianStandards also exist. The corresponding Indian Standards which are to be substituted in its place arelisted below along with their degree of equivalence for the editions indicated: