STANDARDS DESCRIPTION PRODUCT SECTOR

ASTM A 153 Specification for Zinc Coating (Hot-Dip) on Iron and Coating Thickness
Steel Hardware

ASTM B 244 Measurement of thickness of anodic coatings on Coating Thickness

aluminum and of other nonconductive coatings on
nonmagnetic basis metals with eddy-current
instruments

ASTM B 499 Test Method for Measurement of Coating Coating Thickness

Thicknesses by the Magnetic Method: Nonmagnetic
Coatings on Magnetic Basis Metals

ASTM B 659 Guide for measuring thickness of metallic and Coating Thickness
inorganic coatings

ASTM D 1168 Coating Thickness

ASTM D 1186-A Nondestructive measurement of dry film thickness Coating Thickness
of nonmagnetic coatings appied to a ferrous base

ASTM D 1186-B Nondestructive measurement of dry film thickness Coating Thickness

of nonmagnetic coatings appied to a ferrous base

ASTM D 1400 Non-destructive measurement of dry film thickness Coating Thickness

of non-conductive coatings applied to a non-ferrous
metal base
ASTM D 4138 Test Method for Measurement of Dry Film Coating Thickness
Thickness of Protective Coating Systems by
Destructive Means

ASTM E 376 Measuring coating thickness by magnetic field or Coating Thickness

eddy-current (electromagnetic) test methods.

ASTM G 12 Nondestructive measurement of film thickness of Coating Thickness

pipeline coatings on steel

BS 3900 C5 6A Coating Thickness

BS 3900 C5 6B Coating Thickness
BS 5411 3 Metallic and related coatings: Part 3, Eddy current Coating Thickness
method for measurement of coating thickness of
non-conductive coatings on non-magnetic basis
metals

BS 5411 11 Metallic and related coatings: Part 11. Coating Thickness

Measurement of coating thickness of non-magnetic
metallic and vitreous or porcelain enamel coatings
on magnetic basis metals: magnetic method

BS 5599 Hard anodic oxidation coatings on aluminium and Coating Thickness

its alloys for engineering purposes.

BS EN 22063 Metallic and other inorganic coatings - Thermal Coating Thickness

spraying - Zinc, aluminium and their alloys.

DIN 50981 Meas. of coating thickness: non-ferromagnetic Coating Thickness

coatings on ferromagnetic mat.

DIN 50982 Principles of coating thickness measurement Coating Thickness

DIN 50984 Coating Thickness
EN ISO 19840 Paints and varnishes - Corrosion protection of steel Coating Thickness
structures by protective paint systems -
Measurement of and acceptance criteria for the
dry-film thickness

ISO 1461 Galvanising Coating Thickness

ISO 2064 Metallic and other inorganic coatings - Definitions Coating Thickness
and conventions concerning the measurement of
thickness

ISO 2178 Metallic and related coatings: meas. of coating on Coating Thickness
magnetic metals

ISO 2360 Metallic and related coatings: meas.of coating on Coating Thickness
non-mag. metals

ISO 2808 Coating Thickness

ISO 2808-6A Coating Thickness
ISO 2808-6B Coating Thickness
NF T 30-124 Coating Thickness
SSPC PA 2 Measurement of dry paint thickness with magnetic Coating Thickness
gauges
 NOTES

For thin coatings, uncertainty to be less than 0.5 mic. Base

properties and thickness, edges, curvature, roughness, pressure,
cleanliness. Calibration with foils.

Coating thickness, base properties and thickness, edges,

curvature, direction of working, residual magnetism, stray fields,
coating conductivity, probe orientation. Appendix: rough surfaces
affect reading.

Magnetic, eddy-current, XRF, beta, coulometric, microscope,

gravimetric.

Method A. Magnet, spring and scale. Calibration, use on dry films,

precision.

Method B. Magnetic flux. Calibration, use, precision.

Eddy current probe and scale. Calibration, use on dry films,

precision.
Coating on metal substrate. Interferences: thick of coating, mag
properties of base, thick of base, structure and composition, edge
effect, curvature, smoothness, direction of rolling, residual
magnetism, stray mag fields, cleanliness, probe press & postn

Dry films, up to 6mm, on steel pipe above 10mm . Magnetic

thickness gauge. Make 3 readings along the top edge and repeat
every 90 deg. Record min, max and mean.

Eddy current gauge. Factors affecting accuracy. Calibration & use.

Magnetic gauge. Factors affecting accuracy. Calibration and use.

6 .Thickness; 40 to 60 mic, not within 5mm of contact marks nor

near a sharp edge.

Preparation of surfaces, thickness measurement, adhesion.

Equiv ISO 2178

Part 1: Terminology associated with coating thickness and

measuring areas_x0019_Part 2: Review of commonly used
Coatings on blastcleaned steel, measured with F-type gaube
calibrated on smooth steel, readings reduced by an offset value
dependant on roughness acc to ISO 8503-1 comparator: fine
10um, medium 25 um, coarse 40 um.

Magnetic gauge. Factors affecting accuracy. Calibration and use.

Eddy current gauge. Factors affecting accuracy. Calibration & use.

Magnetic gauges.