# ISO 16831:2012 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 16831:2012, item title is Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Characterization and verification of ultrasonic thickness measuring equipment; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 16831:2025; withdrawn / published date is 2012-03-23, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 16831:2012 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Characterization and verification of ultrasonic thickness measuring equipment _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 16831:2025 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2012-03-23 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 57789,IS,,ISO 16831:2012,Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Characterization and verification of ultrasonic thickness measuring equipment,Essais non destructifs — Contrôle par ultrasons — Caractérisation et vérification des appareils de mesure de l'épaisseur par ultrasons,2012-03-23,1,['19.100'],ISO/TC 135/SC 3,9599,,[86369],['en'],16,

ISO 16831:2012 specifies methods and acceptance criteria for assessing the performance of instruments for measuring thickness using pulse-echo ultrasound.

ISO 16831:2012 covers both direct (digital) reading and waveform display types using single or dual element probes.

ISO 16831:2012 can be used for verifying equipment covered by EN ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).