DIN Standards Committee Nonferrous Metals
ISO/TC 345
Materials for specialty technologies
Standardization in the field of specialty metals, minerals and materials from primary and secondary sources used for specialty technologies (e.g. emerging technologies, renewable energy). It includes: terminology, classification, sampling, testing and chemical analysis methods, traceability, packaging and labelling.
A list of specialty metals and minerals is included as follows: antimony, beryllium, cobalt, chromium, graphite, niobium, platinum group metals, tantalum, vanadium, zirconium.
Excluded:
- Finished consumer products;
- Sustainability issues;
- Mining, already covered by ISO/TC 82 “Mining”;
- Metals and minerals already covered by existing ISO technical committees: ISO/TC 18 “Zinc and zinc alloys”, ISO/TC 20/SC 18 “Materials” (under ISO/TC 20 “Aircraft and space vehicles”), ISO/TC 26 “Copper and copper alloys”, ISO/TC 79 “Light metals” (aluminum, titanium, magnesium), ISO/TC 132 “Ferroalloys” (manganese, chrome in ferroalloys), ISO/TC 155 “Nickel and nickel alloys”, ISO/TC 183 “Copper, lead, zinc and nickel ores and concentrates”, ISO/TC 229 “Nanotechnologies” ISO/TC 298 “Rare earth”, ISO/TC 333 “Lithium”.
NOTE: Other metals and minerals not covered by existing committees can be added to the list in the future.
National mirror committee of ISO/TC 345
Committee ID | Name |
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NA 066-03-11 AA | Rare Earth |