IS 8508 : 1988 Code of practice for hot-dip aluminizing of iron and steel

1 Scope

1.1 This standard recommends important guidelines for generalhot-dip aluminizing of iron and steel.

1.2 For guidance, a summary of defects commonly met in hot-dipaluminizing, marking conditions and safety measures which should beobserved in the aluminizing plant have been given in Appendices Aand B, respectively.

2 References

IS 2 :1960Rules for rounding off numerical values

IS 265 :1987Specification for hydrochloric acid

IS 266 :1977Specification for sulphuric acid

IS 617 :1975Specificaiton for aluminium and aluminiumalloy ingots and castings for generalengneering purposes

IS 2490 : Part 1 :1980 Tolerance limits for industrial effluents:Part 1 General limits

IS 2590 :1987Specification for primary aluminium ingots forremelting for general engineering purposes

IS 3821 :1973Methods for determination of mass of aluminiumcoating on hot-dip aluminized iron and steelarticles

IS 6697 :1988 Specification for hot-dipaluminium coatingson ferrous parts (other than sheet, strip andwire) for general purposes