AS/NZS 4680:1999

Australian/New Zealand Standard™

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Hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings

on fabricated ferrous articles
 AS/NZS 4680:1999

This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical

Committee MT/9, Metal Finishing. It was approved on behalf of the Council of
Standards Australia on 11 December 1998 and on behalf of the Council of Standards
New Zealand on 15 January 1999. It was published on 5 April 1999.

The following interests are represented on Committee MT/9:

Australasian Institute of Metal Finishing
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Department of Defence, Australia
Galvanising Association of New Zealand
Galvanizers Association of Australia
Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia
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Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia

New Zealand Abrasive Blasting Association
Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Society of Automotive Engineers, Australasia
Telstra Corporation

Additional interests participating in preparation of Standard:

Galvanizers and metal coaters
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand

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 AS/NZS 4680:1999

Australian/New Zealand Standard™

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Hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings

on fabricated ferrous articles

Originated in Australia in part as part of AS K53.1 — 1934.

Previous edition AS 1650 — 1989.
Jointly revised and redesignated in part as AS/NZS 4680:1999.

Published jointly by:

Standards Australia
1 The Crescent,
Homebush NSW 2140 Australia

Standards New Zealand

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155 The Terrace,
Wellington 6001 New Zealand
ISBN 0 7337 2503 1
 AS/NZS 4680:1999 2

PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand
Committee MT/9, Metal Finishing, to supersede in part AS 1650 — 1989, Hot-dipped
galvanized coatings on ferrous articles.
The objective of this edition is to upgrade the requirements for hot-dip galvanized (zinc)
coatings applied to general fabricated ferrous products.
During the process of revising AS 1650 — 1989, the Committee agreed that five separate
Standards be produced as its replacement to accommodate recent process developments
and to provide, where necessary, a broader scope for each product type.
It is intended that this Standard, therefore, will become one of five Standards, that will
cover hot-dip galvanized coatings applied to ferrous products. The other Standards are as
follows:
AS
1397 Steel sheet and strip — Hot-dipped zinc-coated or aluminium/zinc coated
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AS/NZS
4534 Zinc and zinc/aluminium-alloy coatings on steel wire
4791 Hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings on ferrous open sections, applied by an in-line
process
4792 Hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings on ferrous hollow sections, applied by a
continuous or a specialized process

During the preparation of this Standard, cognizance was taken of the following
International Standards:
ISO 1459:1973 Metallic coatings — Protection against corrosion by hot dip
galvanizing — Guiding principles
ISO 1461:1973 Metallic coatings — Hot dip galvanized coatings on fabricated ferrous
products — Requirements
Cognizance was also taken of the draft International Standard ISO/DIS 1461, Hot dip
galvanized coatings on fabricated ferrous products — Specifications, which was circulated
for voting during April 1996.
Although this Standard and the ISO draft Standard are both similar in technical content, it
has been agreed not to consider endorsing the International draft Standard until it is
finally published.
The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ have been used in this Standard to define the
application of the appendix to which they apply. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral
part of a Standard, whereas an ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and
guidance.
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CONTENTS
Page
1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 BASIS METAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6 GALVANIZING PROCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7 APPEARANCE AND FREEDOM FROM DEFECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 COATING MASS AND THICKNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9 ADHERENCE OF COATING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

APPENDICES
A PURCHASING GUIDELINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
B MEANS FOR DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH THIS STANDARD . 10
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C RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES FOR THE DESIGN AND PREPARATION

OF ARTICLES FOR GALVANIZING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
D PROPERTIES OF THE STEEL TO BE COATED, WHICH CAN AFFECT OR
BE AFFECTED BY HOT-DIP GALVANIZING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
E RENOVATION OF DAMAGED OR UNCOATED AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
F TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF GALVANIZED ARTICLES . . . . . . . . . . 17
G DETERMINATION OF COATING MASS AND LOCAL THICKNESS . . . . . 18
H GENERAL INFORMATION ON FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE
CORROSION OF GALVANIZED STEEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
I INFORMATION ON THE USE OF SWEEP (BRUSH) BLAST CLEANING
OF GALVANIZED STEEL PRIOR TO PAINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA / STANDARDS NEW ZEALAND

Australian / New Zealand Standard

Hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings on fabricated ferrous articles

1 SCOPE This Standard specifies requirements and tests for hot-dip zinc coatings on
fabricated ferrous articles including structural steel, steel reinforcements, steel sheet
fabrications, assembled steel products, tubular fabrications, fabricated wire work, steel
forgings, steel stampings, ferrous castings, nails and other small components.
This Standard applies to both centrifuged and non-centrifuged articles.
This Standard does not apply to products such as wire and welded wire fabric (see
AS/NZS 4534), sheet (see AS 1397) or open sections (see AS/NZS 4791) and tube hot-dip
galvanized in continuous, semi-continuous or specialized plants (see AS/NZS 4792).
NOTES:
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1 Advice and recommendations on information to be supplied by the purchaser to the hot-dip

galvanizer at the time of enquiry or order are contained in the purchasing guidelines set out
in Appendix A.
2 Means for demonstrating compliance with this Standard are given in Appendix B.
3 After-treatment of hot-dip galvanized articles is not covered by this Standard. Such
treatment (if any) should be specified separately by the purchaser.

2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

Standard:
AS
1199 Sampling procedures and tables for inspection by attributes
1214 Hot-dip galvanized coatings on threaded fasteners (ISO metric coarse thread
series)
1397 Steel sheet and strip — Hot dipped zinc-coated or aluminium/zinc-coated
1399 Guide to AS 1199 — Sampling procedures and tables for inspection by
attributes
1627 Metal finishing — Preparation and pretreatment of surfaces
1627.4 Part 4: Abrasive blast cleaning
1815 Metallic materials — Rockwell hardness test
1816 Metallic materials — Brinell hardness test
1817 Metallic materials — Vickers hardness test
2331.1 Methods of test for metallic and related coatings — Local thickness tests
2331.1.3 Method 1.3: Magnetic method
2331.1.4 Method 1.4: Magnetic induction and eddy current methods
2331.2 Methods of test for metallic and related coatings — Average thickness tests
2331.2.1 Method 2.1: Dissolution methods — Strip and weigh, and analytical
2331.2.3 Method 2.3: Hydrogen evolution method for zinc coatings
2331.3 Methods of test for metallic and related coatings — Corrosion and related
property tests
2331.3.1 Method 3.1: Neutral salt spray test (NSS test)

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