BS EN ISO 9015-2:2016 BSl Standards Publication Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials Hardness testing Part 2: Microhardness testing of welded joints (ISO 9015-2:2016) bsi. ..making excellence a habit BS ENISO 9015-2:2016 BRITISH STANDARD Nationalforeword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 9015-2:2016. It supersedes BS EN ISO 9015-2:2011 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical CommitteeWEE/2,DestructiveTesting of Welds. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. @ The British Standards Institution 2016.Published by BSI Standards Limited 2016 ISBN 9780580877964 ICS 25.160.40 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Amendments issued sincepublication Date Text affected EN IS0 9015-2 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM February2016 ICS25.160.40 SupersedesENIS09015-2:2011 English Version Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials - Hardness testing - Part 2: Microhardness testing of welded joints (IS0 9015-2:2016) Essais destructifs des soudures sur materiaux Zerstorende Prufung von Schweifsverbindungen an métalliques - Essais de durete - Partie 2: Essai de metallischen Werkstoffen - Harteprifung - Teil 2: microdureté des assemblages soudés (Is0 9015- Mikroharteprifung an Schweifsverbindungen (ISO 2:2016) 9015-2:2016) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 24 December 2015. 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 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre 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 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. cen EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITEEUROPEENDENORMALISATION EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels @2016CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref.No.ENISO 9015-2:2016E worldwide for CEN national Members. BS EN ISO 9015-2:2016 EN IS0 9015-2:2016 (E) Europeanforeword This document (EN IS0 9015-2:2016) has been prepared by Technical Committee IS0/TC 44"Welding and allied processes"in collaboration withTechnical Committee CEN/TC121"Welding"the secretariat of which is held by DIN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at thelatest by August 2016,and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latestby August 2016. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This documentsupersedesENIS09015-2:2011. According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Stand