Passivation Standards
To ensure the effectiveness and reliability of passivation treatments, various standards and specifications have been established. These standards provide guidelines for the passivation process, testing methods, and acceptance criteria.
ASME BPE Appendix E | Passivation Procedure Qualification |
ASTM A380 | Standard Practice for Cleaning, Descaling, and Passivation of Stainless Steel Parts, Equipment, and Systems |
ASTM A967 | Standard Specification for Chemical Passivation Treatments for Stainless Steel Parts |
ASTM B600 | Standard Specification for Descaling and Cleaning Titanium and Titanium Alloy Surfaces |
ASTM B912 | Standard Specification for Passivation of Stainless Steel Using Electropolishing |
ASTM F86 | Standard Practice for Surface Preparation & Marking of Metallic Surgical Implants |
ISO 8074 | Aerospace – Surface Treatment of Austenitic Stainless Steel Parts |
ISO 8075 | Aerospace – Surface Treatment of Hardenable Stainless Steel Parts |
ISO 15730 | Metallic and Other Inorganic Coatings – Electropolishing as a Means of Smoothing and Passivating Stainless Steel |
MIL-STD-753C | Corrosion Resistant Steel Parts – Sampling, Inspection and Testing for Surface Passivation |
QQ-P-35C | Federal Specification: Passivation Treatments for Corrosion-Resistant Steel (replaced by ASTM A967) |
SAE AMS2700 | Passivation of Corrosion Resistant Steels |