BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 17544:2004 Carbonaceous materials used in the production of aluminium : Cold and tepid rammingpastes- Determination of rammability of unbaked pastes Confirmed April 2008 res 71.100.10 BSi British Standards BS ISO 17544:2004 National foreword This British standard reproduces verbatim rs0 17544:2004 and implements it as the UK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical eommittee err/24, Raw materials for the aluminium industry, which has the responsibilityto: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "rnternational standards eorrespondence rndex", or by using the "search' facilityoftheBSlElectronicCatalogueorofBritishstandardsOnline. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance witha British Standard does not ofitself confer immunity from legal obligations. This British standard was published under the authority Summary of pages of the standards Policy and This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the rsO title page, strategyeommittee on 24December 2004 pages ii and ii, pages 1 to 6 and a back cover. The Bsr copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date eomments Bsr24December2004 ISBN 0 580 45151 8 BS ISO 17544:2004 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 17544 First edition 2004-07-15 Carbonaceous materials used in the production of aluminium - Cold and tepid ramming pastes - Determination of rammability of unbaked pastes Produits carbones utilises pourla production de I'aluminium- Pates de brasquage froides et tiedes - Determination de I'aptitude au brasquage des pates noncuites Referencenumber ISO 17544:2004(E) BS ISO 17544:2004 = BS ISO 17544:2004 Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. iso collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent ISO 17544 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 47, Chemistry, Subcommittee SC 7, Aluminium oxide, cryolite, aluminium fluoride, sodium fluoride, carbonaceous products for the aluminium industry. BS ISO 17544:2004 Carbonaceous materials used in the production of aluminium Cold and tepid ramming pastes - Determination of rammability of unbaked pastes 1 Scope carbonaceous ramming pastes used to line cathodes utilized in the production of aluminium Determination of the rammability enables a ramming paste with the optimum density to be selected. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated document (including any amendments) applies. IsO 5725-2, Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement meth