1997-05-16


STATUS OF ISO/TC 206 ON FINE CERAMICS

Takashi Kanno

Secretary of ISOITC 206 on Fine Ceramics

Japan National Council for International Standardization on Fine Ceramics

c/o Japan Fine Ceramics Association

Halifax Onarimon Bldg. 6F

3-24-10 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, Japan

Tel: +81 3 3437 3988

Fax: +81 3 3437 3790


1 . Establishment of ISO/TC 206 on Fine Ceramics

In response to a proposal of "Early-Stage-Standardization" by ABTT (ISO/IEC Presidents' Advisory Board on Technological Trends), the Japanese member body, Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) made a formal proposal to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to establish a new ISO Technical Committee (TC) on Fine Ceramics. In consequence of a ballot among the ISO member bodies, the ISO Council approved the establishment of new Technical Committee ISO/TC 206 in November 1992.

The ISO Technical Board (TB) allocated the Secretariat for ISO/TC 206 to JISC (Japan). The JISC appointed Dr.Takashi Kanno (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Japan) as a Secretary and the ISO/TB appointed Dr.Samuel Schneider Jr. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA) as a Chairman of ISO/TC 206.

At present, the membership of ISO/TC 206 consists of 10 P-members and 23 O-members as given in Table 1.

2. Title and Scope of ISO/TC 206

At the First Plenary Meeting of ISO/TC 206 held in Tokyo in May 1994, the ISO/TC 206 approved the Title and Scope of ISO/TC 206 as given in Table 1. It was also agreed to establish a Cooperation with CEN/TC 184 on Advanced Technical Ceramics and Liaisons with relevant ISO or IEC Technical Committees, as given in Table 1, and other organizations such as VAMAS and International Ceramic Federation.

3. Organization Structure of ISO/TC 206

At the Tokyo meeting, four Working Groups (WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 and WG 4) were organized to address each New Work Item in Table 1. An Advisory Group on Planning (AG) was also established to plan and recommend the future work items for ISO/TC 206.

At the Second Plenary Meeting of ISO/TC 206 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in June 1995, additional two Working Groups (WG 5 and WG 6) were organized to address additional New Work Items, i.e. NP 5 and ISO/NP 15490, respectively.

At the Third Plenary Meeting held in Cairns, Australia in July 1996, further four Working Groups (WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 and PWI 2) were established corresponding to the approval of three New Work Item Proposals and a Preliminary Work Item given in the Table 1. In Table 1, the titles and the conveners concerned were listed.


4. Progress of Work in ISO/TC 206

The seven of the New Projects, approved at the First Plenary Meeting (Tokyo), Second Plenary Meeting (Kuala Lumpur) and Third Plenary Meeting (Cairns) to include in the Work Programme of the ISO/TC 206, were registered by the ISO Central Secretariat with the numbers and titles as given in Table 1. The first three Work Items, i.e., ISO/CD 14703-1, ISO/CD 14705 and ISO/CD 14704 have advanced to a Committee Stage (Stage 3), and the first Committee Drafts and the comments concerned were discussed at the Plenary Meeting to prepare revised Committee Drafts for voting on registration as Draft International Standards (DISs). The target dates for submission as a DIS are December l997.

The second four projects, i.e., ISO/WD 15165, ISO/WD 15490, ISO/WD 15731 and ISO/WD 15733 are in 8 Preparatory Stage (Stage 2) at present, and the Working Drafts were circulated to each Working Group member for a submission of comments. Additional two Work Items in Table 1, NP 5 and NP 8, approved to include in the Work Programme are in a Proposal Stage (Stage 1). The "Votes on New Work Item Proposal" for NP 5 and NP 8 will be processed immediately when the Conveners complete first working documents or outlines for discussion.

At the Cairns meeting, it was also agreed that the New Work Item Proposal on the "Determination of particle size distribution of ceramic powders by laser diffraction" should be submitted in a Preliminary Stage (Stage 0). The specific task of the PWI 2 should be to review the relevant documents including the ISO/WD 13320: Determination of Particle Size Distributions - Laser diffraction methods prepared in ISO/TC 24/SC 4,

5. Next Plenary Meeting of ISO/TC 206

The Fourth Plenary Meeting and Working Group Meetings of ISOITC 206 will be held during lst to 4th July, 1997 at the Haitian Hotel in Qingdao, China. Further information will be circulated as soon as the details of the schedule are decided.

Table 1 ISO/TC 206 on Fine Ceramics
(Established in November, 1992)

Secretariat: JISC (Japanese Industrial Standards Committee)

Chairman: Mr.Samuel Schneider Jr. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)

Secretary:: Dr.Takashi Kanno (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Japan)

Title: Fine Ceramics *

Scope: Standardization in the field of fine ceramic materials and products in all forms: powders, monoliths, coatings and composites, intended for specific functional applications including mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, optical and combinations thereof. The term "fine ceramics" is defined as "a highly engineered, high performance, predominantly nonmetallic, inorganic material having specific functional attributes".
*[note] Alternative terms for fine ceramics are advanced ceramics, engineered ceramics, technical ceramics, or high performance ceramics.

Membership

P-member (l0): Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Ukraine and USA

O-member (23): Austria, Belgium, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia and Uganda

Committee Structure

AG Advisory Group on Planning

- Convenor: Dr.Philip A.Walls (ANSTO, Australia)

WG 1 Particle Size Distribution of Ceramic Powders

- Convenor: Dr.Tsubaki JunIchiro (Nagoya University, Japan)

WG 2 Flexural Strength of Monolithic Ceramics at Room Temperature

- Convenor : Mr.George Quinn (NIST, USA)

WG 3 Hardness of Monolithic Ceramics at Room Temperature

- Convenor: Mr.Shuji Sakaguchi (NIRI Nagoya, Japan)

WG 4 Classification of Fine Ceramics

- Convenor: Dr.Roger Morrell (NPL, United Kingdom)

WG 5 Specific Surface Area of Ceramic Powders

- Convenor: Mr.Edward M.Anderson (Alcoa Industrial Chemicals, USA)

WG 6 Tensile Strength of Monolithic Ceramics at Room Temperature

- Convenor: Dr.Tatsuki Ohji (NIRI Nagoya, Japan)

WG 7 Fracture Toughness of by SEPB

- Convenor: Dr.Tetsuro Nose (Nippon Steel Co., Japan)

WG 8 Flexural Strength at Elevated Temperature

- Convenor: Mr.George Quinn (NIST, USA)

WG 9 Tensile Behaviour of Composites

- Convenor: Dr.Michael Jenkins (University of Washington, USA)

PWI 2 Particle Size Distribution by Laser Diffraction

- Convenor: Mr.Ross Campbell (ANSTO, Australia)

Work Programme

Committee stage (Stage -3)

ISO/CD 14703-1 Ceramic powders - Determination of particle size distribution

- Part 1 : Sample preparation

ISO/CD 14705 Monolithic ceramics - Hardness test at room temperature

ISO/CD 14704 Advanced (fine) ceramics - Determination of flexural strength at room temperature

Preparatory stage (Stage 2)

ISO/WD 15165 Fine ceramics - Classification

ISO/WD 15490 Fine ceramics - Monolithic ceramics

- Determination of tensile strength at room temperature

ISO/WD 15732 Fine ceramics (Advanced ceramics, Advanced technical ceramics)

Determination of fracture toughness at ambient temperature by the single edge precracked beam (SEPB) method

ISO/WD 15733 Fine ceramics (Advanced ceramics, Advanced technical ceramics)

Test method for tensile stress-strain behaviour of continuous fiber-reinforced composites at ambient temperature

Proposal stage (Stage 1)

NP 5 Determination of specific surface area of fine ceramic powders by gas adsorption using the BET method

NP 8 Fine ceramics (Advanced ceramics, Advanced technical ceramics)

Test method of flexural strength at elevated temperatures

Preliminary stage (Stage 0)

PWI 2 Fine ceramics (Advanced ceramics, Advanced technical ceramics)

- Determination of particle size distribution of ceramic powders by laser diffraction

Cooperation and Liaisons

CEN/TC 184 Advanced Technical Ceramics

ISO/TC 24 Sieves, sieving and other sizing methods

ISOITC 33 Refractories

ISOITC 164 Mechanical testing of metals

IEC/SC 15C Specifications of Insulating materials

VAMAS Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards

ICF International Ceramic Federation

The Next Plenary Meeting

The Fourth Plenary Meeting of ISOITC 206 on Fine Ceramics" will be held during July lst to 4th, 1997 in Qingdao, P. R. China."

Table 2 Working Group Members of ISO/TC 206 on Fine Ceramics

AG Advisory Group on Planning

0 Dr. Philip A. Walls (Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organization, Australia)

Dr. Hamid Mostaghaci (Advanced Materials, Industry Canada, Canada),

Prof. Chen, Dagian (Shandong Research & Design Institute of Industrial Ceramics China)

Ms. Widad Baraba (Institute Research & Development of Ceramic Industry, Indonesia)

Prof. Keizo Uematsu (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan)

Dr. Yong-Sik Choi (Institute of Ceramic Technology, Rep. of Korea)

Ms. Wan Zaharah Wan Mohamad (Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia, Malaysia)

Dr. Stephen W. Freiman (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)

WG 1 Particle Size Distribution of Ceramic Powders

0 Prof. Tsubaki JunIchiro (Graduate School of Nagoya University, Japan)

Mr. Ross Campbell (Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organization, Australia)

Dr. Alistair T. Syme (Alcan Chemicals, Canada)

Prof. Miao He-zhuo (Qinghua University, China)

Dr. Aristianto MMB (Institute Research & Development of Ceramic Industry, Indonesia)

Mr. Erfin Febryanto (Research & Development Center for Applied Physics, Indonesia)

Dr. Toyokazu Yokoyama (Hosokawa Micron Corp., Japan)

Dr. Woo-Sik Um (Test and Inspection Center, Rep. of Korea)

Dr. Ismail Ab Rahman (School of Chemical Science, University of Science, Malaysia)

Dr. Subhas G. Malghan (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)

WG 2 Flexural Strength of Monolithic Ceramics at Room Temperature

0 Mr. George Quinn (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)

Dr. Richard Hannink (CSIRO, Division of Materials Science and Technology, Australia)

Prof. Thomas W. Coyle (Dep. of Metallurgy & Materials Science, University of Toronto, Canada)

Prof. Qiu Tuo (China Building Materials Academy, China)

Mr. Fanani Hamzah, MS (Institute Research and Development of Ceramic Industry, Indonesia)

Mr. Mulyadi (Research & Development Center for Applied Physics, Indonesia)

Dr. Mineo Mizuno (Japan Fine Ceramics Center, Japan)

Dr. Seong-Jai Cho (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Rep. of Korea)

Dr. Abdul Kadir Masrom University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)

WG 3 Hardness of Monolithic Ceramics at Room Temperature

0 Mr. Shuji Sakaguchi (National Industrial Research Institute Nagoya, Japan)

Dr. Michael Swain (CSIRO, Division of Applied Physics, Australia)

Mr. Robert D. Roy (Ceramics Sherritt Technologies, Sherritt Inc., Canada)

Prof. Ting Rong Lai (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China)

Ms. Naniek Sulistarihani (Institute Research & Development of Ceramic Industry, Indonesia)

Mr. Hans K. Sudjono (Research & Development Center for Applied Physics, Indonesia)

Prof. Takayoshi Iseki (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Dr. Kyung-Jin Yoon (Korean Research Institute of Standards and Science, Rep. of Korea)

Ms. Nor Azmah Abdul Kadir (Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia, Malaysia)

Mr. George Quinn (National Institute of Standatrds a nd Technology, USA)

WG 4 Classification of Fine Ceramics

0 Dr. Roger Morrell (National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom)

Dr. C. C. Sorrell (The University of New South Wales, Australia)

Prof. Patrick S. Nicholson (Dep. of Materials Science & Engineering, McMaster University, Canada)

Dr. Shuhai Wang (Shandong Research & Design Institute of Industrial Ceramics, China)

Mr. Purnomo Pranggono, MS (Institute Research & Development of Ceramic Industry, Indonesia)

Prof. Masasuke Takata (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan)

Dr. Byung-Hyun Choi (Institute of Ceramic Technology, Rep. of Korea)

Ms. Wan Zaharah Wan Mohamad (Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia, Malaysia)

Mr. Samuel Schneider (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)

WG 5 Specific Surface Area of Ceramic Powders

0 Mr. Edward M. Anderson Alcoa Industrial Chemicals, USA)

Dr. Terry Turney (CSIRO, Division of Materials Science and Technology)

Dr. Alistair T. Syme (Alcan Chemicals, Canada)

Prof. Jian Lin Shi (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China)

Dr. Aristianto Barus (Institute for Research & Development of Ceramic Industry, Indonesia)

Mr. Kazuo Suzuki (Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia, Malaysia)

Prof. Herbert Giesche (NYS Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology, Alfred University, USA)

WG 6 Tensile Strength of Monolithic Ceramics at Room Temperature

0 Dr. Tatsuki Ohji (National Industrial Research Institute Nagoya, Japan)

Prof. Y-Wing Mai (Univ. of Sydney, Dep. of Mechanical & Mechanatronic Eng., Australia)

Prof. Robin A. L. Drew (Dep. of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering, McGill University, Canada)

Prof. Ting Rong Lai (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China)

Mr. Supomo (Institute for Research & Development of Ceramic Industry, Indonesia)

Dr. Duk-Ho Cho (Institute of Ceramic Technology, Rep. of Korea)

Mr. Rahimi L. Muhamud (Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia, Malaysia)

Prof. Michael G. Jenkins (University of Washington, USA)

WG7 Fracture Toughness by SEPB

0 Dr. Tetsuro Nose (Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan)

Dr. Michael Swain (CSIRO, Division of Applied Physics, Australia)

Prof. Thomas W. Coyle (Dep. of Metallurgy & Materials Science, University of Toronto, Canada)

Prof. Ting Rong Lai (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China)

Mr. Purnomo Pranggono (Institute for Research and Development of Ceramic Industry, Indonesia)

Dr. Hun-Jin Lim (Institute of Ceramic Technology, Rep. of Korea)

Mr. Rafindde Ramli (Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia, Malaysia)

Prof. George A. Gogotsi (Institute for Problems of Strength, Ukraine)

Prof. Isa Bar-on (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mechanical Engineering Dept., USA)

WG 8 Flexural Strength at Elevated Temperature

0 Mr. George Quinn (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)

Prof. Thomas W. Coyle (Dep. of Metallurgy & Materials Science, University of Toronto, Canada)

Prof. Jin Zong-Zhe (China Building Materials Academy, China)

Ms. Naniek Sulistarihani, MS (Institute for Research and Development of Ceramic Industry, Indonesia)

Dr. Mineo Mizuno (Japan Fine Ceramics Center, Japan)

Ms. Nor Azmh Abdui Kadir (Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia, Malaysia)

Prof. George A. Gogotsi (Institute for Problems of Strength, Ukraine)

WG 9 Tensile Behaviour of Composites

0 Prof. Michael G. Jenkins (University of Washington, USA)

Prof. Robin A. L. Drew (Dep. of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering, McGill University, Canada)

Prof. Jian Lin Shi (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Science, China)

Mr. Fanani Hamzah, MS (Institute for Research and Development of Ceramic Industry, Indonesia)

Dr. Kazumi Hirano (Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, AIST, MITI, Japan)

Ms. Wan Zaharah Wan Mohamad (Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia, Malaysia)

Dr. Oleg N. Grigoriev (Institute for Problems of Materials S., Ukraine)

PWI 2 Particle Size Distribution by Laser Diffraction

0 Mr. Ross Campbell (Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organization, Australia)

Dr. Alistair T. Syme (Alcan Chemicals, Canada)

Dr. Aristianto Barus (Institute for Research and Development of Ceramic Industry, Indonesia)

Dr. Shigeru Hayashi (National Aerospace Laboratory, Thermofluid Dynamics Division, Japan)

Mr. Saidin Karim (Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia, Malaysia)

Dr. Valentina V. Panichkina (Institute for Problems of Materials S.. Ukraine)

Mr. James C. Walck (OSRAM Sylvania, Inc., USA)

0 : Convener