Shopping Cart

No products in the cart.

BS 3L 500:2011+A1:2017

$198.66

Procedure for inspection, testing and acceptance of wrought magnesium base alloys

Published By Publication Date Number of Pages
BSI 2017 56
Guaranteed Safe Checkout
Categories: ,

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our online customer service team by clicking on the bottom right corner. We’re here to assist you 24/7.
Email:[email protected]

This British Standard specifies procedures for inspection, testing and acceptance of wrought magnesium‑base alloys for aerospace purposes.

The standard is applicable to material specifications in the British Standard Aerospace L series and also to other British Standard material specifications for wrought magnesium‑base alloys which are suitable for aerospace use.

PDF Catalog

PDF Pages PDF Title
6 Foreword
9 Section 1: General requirements
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
11 4 General
12 5 Information and requirements to be agreed and to be documented
14 6 Manufacture and freedom from defects
7 Heat treatment
8 Chemical composition
15 9 Testing
16 10 Marking
11 Protection and packaging
12 Certification
18 Section 2: Cast billets and slabs for hot working
13 General
14 Condition
15 Dimensions and tolerances
16 Internal and external defects
17 Retesting procedure
18 Marking
20 Section 3: Extruded bar and section for forging
19 General
20 Condition
21 Dimensions and tolerances
22 Selection and preparation of mechanical test samples
Table 1 — Batch sizes for extruded bar and section for forging
21 23 Tensile testing
24 Etch inspection
25 Fracture test
22 26 Internal defects
27 External defects
28 Retesting procedures for etch inspection, fracture test and external defects
29 Marking
23 Section 4: Bars for machining and extruded sections
30 General
31 Condition
32 Dimensional tolerances
24 Table 2 — Tolerances for bars for machining and extruded sections
33 Selection and preparation of mechanical test samples
Table 3 — Batch sizes for bars for machining and extruded sections
25 34 Tensile testing
35 Etch inspection
36 Internal defects
37 Retesting procedures for etch inspection, fracture test and external defects
38 Marking
27 Section 5: Forgings
39 General
40 Manufacture
41 Pre‑production forgings
28 42 Production forgings
43 Procedure X for process control testing
29 Table 4 — Maximum number of forgings to be manufactured between the collection of test samples
45 Batch acceptance tensile tests
31 Table 5 — Tensile property requirements for forgings
46 External defects
47 Internal defects
48 Grain flow and grain size
32 49 Special tests
50 Marking
33 Section 6: Sheet and strip
51 General
52 Condition
53 Dimensional tolerances
Table 6 — Tolerances for sheet and strip
54 Selection and preparation of mechanical test samples
34 55 Tensile testing
56 Marking
35 Section 7: Plate
57 General
58 Condition
59 Dimensional tolerances
Table 7 — Tolerances for plate
60 Selection and preparation of mechanical test samples
36 Table 8 — Direction of tensile test samples and position of tensile test pieces
61 Tensile testing
62 Internal defects
63 Marking
37 Section 8: Tube
64 General
65 Manufacture
66 Condition
67 Dimensional tolerances
Table 9 — Tolerances for tube
68 Selection and preparation of mechanical test samples
Table 10 — Batch sizes for tubes
38 69 Tensile testing
70 Marking
39 Annex A (normative)  Rules for application of values for chemical composition and mechanical properties given in material specifications
Annex B (normative)  Protection against corrosion
42 Table B.1 — Standard routes for protection against corrosion
43 Annex C (normative)  Tolerances for bars and extruded sections
45 Table C.1 — Tolerances on straightness of bars and regular sections
Table C.2 — Tolerances on twist of extruded sections
Table C.3 — Tolerances on angles of regular sections
Table C.4 — Tolerances on lengths of bars and extruded sections
46 Table C.5 — Tolerances on thickness of bars and regular sections
Table C.6 — Tolerances on thickness of hollow sections
47 Table C.7 — Tolerances on diameters, overall widths and widths across flats of bars, regular sections and hollow sections
48 Table C.8 — Tolerances on open ends of channels and I beams
50 Table C.9 — Normal radii for corners on square and rectangular sections (informative)
Table C.10 — Normal radii for corners on rectangular sections: angle, channel, I and T sections (informative)
Annex D (normative)  Tolerances for sheet, strip and plate
51 Table D.1 — Tolerances on thickness of sheet and strip
52 Table D.2 — Tolerances on thickness of plate
Table D.3 — Cutting tolerances for sheet and plate
53 Table D.4 — Shearing tolerances for strip
Table D.5 — Tolerances on flatness of plate
Annex E (normative)  Tolerances for tube
Table E.1 — Tolerances on straightness of tube
54 Table E.2 — Tolerances on lengths of tube
Table E.3 — Tolerances on outside and inside diameters of extruded round tube
55 Table E.4 — Tolerances on wall thickness of extruded round tube
BS 3L 500:2011+A1:2017
$198.66