BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN10169-1:2003Continuouslyorganiccoated(coilcoated)steelflatproducts—Part1:Generalinformation(definitions,materials,tolerances,testmethods)TheEuropeanStandardEN10169-1:2003hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS25.220.60;77.140.50 BSEN10169-1:2003ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon5February2004©BSI5February2004ISBN0580433722NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN10169-1:2003.ItsupersedesBSEN10169-1:1997whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeISE/10,Flatrolledsteelproducts,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to20,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN10169-1December2003ICS25.220.60;77.140.50SupersedesEN10169-1:1996EnglishversionContinuouslyorganiccoated(coilcoated)steelflatproducts-Part1:Generalinformation(definitions,materials,tolerances,testmethods)Produitsplatsenacierrevêtusencontinudematièresorganiques(prélaqués)-Partie1:Généralités(définitions,matériaux,tolérances,méthodesd'essai)Kontinuierlichorganischbeschichtete(bandbeschichtete)FlacherzeugnisseausStahl-Teil1:Allgemeines(Definitionen,Werkstoffe,Grenzabweichungen,Prüfverfahren)ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon25April2003.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2003CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN10169-1:2003EEN10169-1:2003(E)2ContentspageForeword......................................................................................................................................................................31Scope..............................................................................................................................................................42Normativereferences....................................................................................................................................43Termsanddefinitions....................................................................................................................................64Designation.....................................................................................................................................................85Informationtobesuppliedbythepurchaser..............................................................................................96Requirements...............................................................................................................................................106.1General..........................................................................................................................................................106.1.1Steelsubstrates...........................................................................................................................................106.1.2Organiccoatings..........................................................................................................................