BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN10325:2006Steel—Determinationofyieldstrengthincreasebytheeffectofheattreatment[Bake-Hardening-Index]TheEuropeanStandardEN10325:2006hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS77.040.10;71.080.20 LicensedCopy:sheffieldunsheffieldun,na,ThuOct2604:40:51GMT+00:002006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN10325:2006ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon29September2006©BSI2006ISBN058048971XNationalforewordThisBritishStandardwaspublishedbyBSI.ItistheUKimplementationofEN10325:2006.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteeISE/NFE/4,Mechanicaltestingofmetals,toSubcommitteeISE/NFE/4/1,Uniaxialtestingofmetals.AlistoforganizationsrepresentedonISE/NFE/4/1canbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandardcannotconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsLicensedCopy:sheffieldunsheffieldun,na,ThuOct2604:40:51GMT+00:002006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN10325August2006ICS77.040.10;71.080.20EnglishVersionSteel-Determinationofyieldstrengthincreasebytheeffectofheattreatment[Bake-Hardening-Index]Aciers-Déterminationdel'augmentationdelalimiteapparented'élasticitédueàuntraitementthermique(indexdedurcissementàlacuisson[Bake-hardening])Stahl-BestimmungderStreckgrenzenerhöhungdurchWärmebehandlung(Bake-Hardening-Index)ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon7July2006.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCentralSecretariathasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2006CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN10325:2006:ELicensedCopy:sheffieldunsheffieldun,na,ThuOct2604:40:51GMT+00:002006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEN10325:2006(E)2ContentsForeword..............................................................................................................................................................31Scope......................................................................................................................................................42Normativereferences............................................................................................................................43Termsanddefinitions...........................................................................................................................44Symbolsanddesignations...................................................................................................................65Principle..................................................................................................................................................66Testequipment......................................................................................................................................67Testpieces.............................................................................................................................................68Testingprocedure..................................................................................................................................68.1Testingconditions.................................................................................................................................68.2Heattreatmentconditions....................................................................................................................68.3DeterminationofBake-Hardening-Index(BH2)...................................................................................79Testreport..............................................................................................................................................7LicensedCopy:sheffieldunsheffieldun,na,ThuOct2604:40:51GMT+00:002006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEN10325:2006(E)3ForewordThisdocument(EN10325:2006)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeECISS/TC1“Steel-Mechanicaltesting”,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyAF