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 BRITISH STANDARD BS EN ISO
3452-3:1999

Non-destructive
testing —
Penetrant testing —
Part 3: Reference test blocks
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The European Standard EN ISO 3452-3:1998 has the status of a

British Standard

ICS 19.100
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Contents

Page
National foreword Inside front cover
Foreword 2
Text of EN ISO 3452-3 3
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 EUROPEAN STANDARD EN ISO 3452-3
NORME EUROPÉENNE
December 1998
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS

Descriptors: Non-destructive tests, liquid penetrant tests, impregnating tests, fluorescent materials, reference materials

English version

Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing —

Part 3: Reference test blocks (ISO 3452-3:1998)

Essais non destructifs — Examen par Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung —

ressuage — Partie 3: Pièces de référence Eindringprüfung — Teil 3: Kontrollkörper
(ISO 3452-3:1998) (ISO 3452-3:1998)
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This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1 May 1998.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal
Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard
the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and
bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained
on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French,
German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the
Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and
United Kingdom.

CEN
European Committee for Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation
Europäisches Komitee für Normung
Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels

© 1998 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national
Members.
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Foreword Contents
The text of EN ISO 3452-3:1998 has been prepared Page
by Technical Committee CEN/TC 138 Foreword 2
“Non-destructive testing”, the secretariat of which is
Introduction 3
held by AFNOR, in collaboration with Technical
Committee ISO/TC 135 “Non-destructive testing”. 1 Scope 3
This European Standard shall be given the status of 2 Normative references 3
a national standard, either by publication of an 3 Description of reference blocks 3
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by 4 Type 1 reference block design and
June 1999, and conflicting national standards shall dimensions 3
be withdrawn at the latest by June 1999.
5 Type 2 reference block design and
This European Standard has been prepared under a dimensions 5
mandate given to CEN by the European
6 Identification 7
Commission and the European Free Trade
Association. This European Standard is considered Annex ZA (normative) Normative
to be a supporting standard to those application and references to international
product standards which in themselves support an publications with their relevant
essential safety requirement of a New Approach European publications Inside back cover
Directive and which make reference to this Figure 1 — Test panel from reference block
European Standard. type 1 4
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According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Figure 2 — Reference block type 2 5

Regulations, the national standards organizations Figure 3 — Hemispherical indentor 6
of the following countries are bound to implement
this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Table 1 — Defect number 6
Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Table 2 — Typical diameter of crack areas 7
Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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Introduction 2 Normative references

At the present time, one part of this Standard is This European standard incorporates by dated or
published independently on the European and ISO undated reference, provisions from other
levels, the others are under the Vienna Agreement publications. These normative references are cited
and consequently have the ISO number at the at the appropriate places in the text and the
European level. However, the Vienna agreement publications are listed hereafter. For dated
was applied during the work, so some European references, subsequent amendments to or revisions
Standards have referenced them under their of any of these publications apply to this
previous European number. The following table European standard only when incorporated in it by
gives the correspondance between these different amendment or revision. For undated references the
numbers. latest edition of the publication referred to applies.
Title previous numbera official number EN 571-1, Non destructive testing — Penetrant
testing — Part 1: General principles.
Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing
prEN ISO 3452-2, Non-destructive testing —
Part 1: EN 571-1 Penetrant testing — Part 2: Testing of penetrant
General materials (ISO/DIS 3452-2:1996).
principles
EN 10027-1, Designation systems for steel —
Part 2: Testing prEN 571-2 prEN ISO 3452-2 Part 1: Steel names, principal symbols.
of penetrant EN 10088-1, Stainless steels — Part 1: List of
materials standard stainless steels.
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Part 3: prEN 571-3 EN ISO 3452-3 EN 10204, Metallic products — Types of inspection
Reference test documents.
blocks
EURONORM 96, Tool steels — Quality
Part 4: prEN 956 EN ISO 3452-4 requirements1).
Equipment
a numberunder which this document is referenced in some 3 Description of reference blocks
European Standards The type 1 reference block consists of a set of four
nickel-chrome plated panels with 10, 20, 30
1 Scope and 50 4m thickness of plating, respectively.
This European standard describes two types of The 10, 20 and 30 4m panels are used for
reference blocks: determination the sensitivity of fluorescent
penetrant systems. The sensitivity of colour
— Type 1 reference blocks are used to determine contrast penetrant systems is determined using
the sensitivity levels of both fluorescent and the 30 and 50 4m panels.
colour contrast penetrant product families;
The type 2 reference block consists of a single panel
— Type 2 reference blocks are used for routine of which one half has been plated with electroless
assessment of the performance of both nickel and a thin layer of chromium and the other
fluorescent and colour contrast penetrant half prepared to achieve areas of specific roughness.
facilities and part-used containers. The plated side exhibits five star-shaped
The reference blocks are used in the same conditions discontinuities.
as the pieces to be tested according to EN 571-1.
4 Type 1 reference block design and
dimensions
The type 1 panels are rectangular in shape with
typical dimensions of 35 mm × 100 mm × 2 mm
(see Figure 1). Each panel consists of a uniform
layer of nickel-chromium plated on to a brass base,
the thickness of nickel-chromium being 10, 20, 30
and 50 4m respectively. Transverse cracks are made
in each panel by stretching the panels in the
longitudinal direction. The width to depth ratio of
each crack should be approximately 1 : 20.

1)
Until this EURONORM is transformed into a European Standard it can be either implemented or reference is made to the
corresponding national standards

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Figure 1 — Test panel from reference block type 1

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5 Type 2 reference block design and
dimensions
5.1 Design
5.1.1 General
The test panel (see Figure 2) is rectangular in shape
with dimensions of 155 mm × 50 mm × 2,5 mm.
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NOTE All dimensional tolerences are ± 10 % unless otherwise
stated.
The base material is a stainless steel type
X2 Cr Ni Mo 17-12.3 (1.4432) according to
EN 10088-1 with initial hardness of
HV 20 = 150 ± 10 or equivalent.

Figure 2 — Reference block type 2

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5.1.2 Rinsability area 5.1.3.2 Artificial defect production

For checking the rinsability of penetrants four
adjacent areas sized 25 mm and 35 mm are
produced down on one half of the test surface of the
panel with roughness of Ra = 2,5 4m, Ra = 5 4m,
Ra = 10 4m and Ra = 15 4m (see Figure 2).
The area with Ra = 2,5 4m may be produced by sand
blasting and the other areas by electroerosion.
5.1.3 Defect area
The defect area is located on the other half of the
test surface of the panel (see Figure 2).
5.1.3.1 Plating
A 60 4m ± 3 4m thickness of electroless nickel shall
be plated on to the test surface of the panel to
achieve a hardness value ranging from
HV 0,2 = 500 to 600.
The nickel layer shall be plated with a thin layer of
hard chromium of 0,5 4m to 1,5 4m thickness. The
panel shall then be heat treated to achieve a
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Five equidistant indentations shall be made under
loads typical in the range 2 kN to 8 kN on the
reverse side of the test surface (plated area).
For example, the production of the five artificial
defects may be made using the following Table 1:
Table 1 — Defect number
defect 1 2 3 4 5
Applied force 2,0 3,5 5,0 6,5 8,0
kN
The indentations for artificial defect production are
made using a compression machine (120 kN
capacity) or an appropriate Vickers hardness
machine fitted with a hemispherical-indentor.
Details of the specific indentor are given in Figure 3.
The indentations are made using a speed loading
of 0,05 kN/s and a speed unloading of 0,5 kN/s with
continuous application of the load.

hardness value ranging from HV 0,3 = 900 to 1 000

by for example heating at 405 °C for 70 min. The
roughness Ra of the chromium plating shall
be 1,2 4m to 1,6 4m.

Figure 3 — Hemispherical indentor

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The five indentations shall be uniformly spaced and
in size order, the smallest being adjacent to the least
rough area.
The artificial defects shall lie within circles of the
following diameter given in Table 2:
Table 2 — Typical diameter of crack areas
Dimensions in millimetres
Defect number Typical (diameter)
dimensions
1 3
2 3,5
3 4
4 4,5
5 5,5
A certificate, type 3.1.B according to EN 10204,
giving the actual measured values of five artificial
defects and the roughness of the four rinsability
areas shall accompany each reference block.
6 Identification
Each type 1 reference block (set of panels) shall be
identified with EN ISO 3452-3 followed by the
identification of the supplier and a serial number.
Each Type 2 reference block shall be identified with
EN ISO 3452-3 followed the identification of the
supplier and by serial number.
A declaration stating conformance to
EN ISO 3452-3 and in line with EN 10204
type 3.1.B shall accompany each test block.

5.2 Measurement
The size of each defect is determined optically at its
maximum diameter using calibrated scales.
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Annex ZA (normative)
Normative references to international publications with their relevant
European publications
This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other publications.
These normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed
hereafter. For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications apply
to this European Standard only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references
the latest edition of the publication referred to applies.
Title CEN number ISO number

Non-destructive testing — Penetrant

testing
Part 1: General principles EN 571-1 ISO 3452-1
Part 2: Testing of penetrant materials prEN ISO 3452-2 a ISO/DIS 3452-2
Part 3: Reference test blocks EN ISO 3452-3 ISO 3452-3
Part 4: Equipment EN ISO 3452-4 ISO 3452-4
Metallic products — Types of EN 10204 ISO 10474
inspection documents
Tool steels — Quality requirements EURONORM 96 ISO 4967
a
This document is referenced as prEN 571-2 in some European Standards
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