BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN12797:2000IncorporatingAmendmentNo.1Brazing—DestructivetestsofbrazedjointsTheEuropeanStandardEN12797:2000,withtheincorporationofamendmentA1:2003hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS25.160.50 CopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=BureauVeritas/5959906001,11/09/200419:21:29MSTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`,,`,,```,,`,````,,`,``,,`,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---BSEN12797:2000ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsCommitteeandcomesintoeffecton15September2000©BSI11February2004ISBN0580362256NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN12797:2000,includingamendmentA1:2003.TogetherwithBSEN12799:2000itsupersedesBS1723-3:1988whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeWEE/19,Brazingandbronzewelding,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to31andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateComments1493211February2004ModificationstocontentsandforewordpagesanddeletionofAnnexZACopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=BureauVeritas/5959906001,11/09/200419:21:29MSTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`,,`,,```,,`,````,,`,``,,`,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---EUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN12797July2000+A1December2003ICS25.160.50EnglishversionBrazing–Destructivetestsofbrazedjoints(includesamendmentA1:2003)Brasagefort–Essaisdestructifsdesassemblagesréalisésparbrasagefort(inclutl’amendementA1:2003)Hartlöten–ZerstörendePrüfungvonHartlötverbindungen(enthältÄnderungA1:2003)ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon2July2000,andamendmentA1:2003wasapprovedbyCENon20November2003.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,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2000CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN12797:2000+A1:2003ECopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=BureauVeritas/5959906001,11/09/200419:21:29MSTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`,,`,,```,,`,````,,`,``,,`,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---Page2EN12797:2000ContentsPageForeword31Scope42Normativereferences53Generalprinciples64Sheartests75Tensiletests116Metallographicexamination167Hardnesstesting178Peeltests199Bendtests21AnnexA(informative)Imperfectionsinbrazedjoints29CopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=BureauVeritas/5959906001,11/09/200419:21:29MSTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`,,`,,```,,`,````,,`,``,,`,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---Page3EN12797:2000ForewordThisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC121Welding,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyDS.ThisEuropeanStandardsha