# ISO 3581:2003 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 3581:2003, item title is Welding consumables — Covered electrodes for manual metal arc welding of stainless and heat-resisting steels — Classification; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 3581:2016; withdrawn / published date is 2003-02-06, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 3581:2003 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Welding consumables — Covered electrodes for manual metal arc welding of stainless and heat-resisting steels — Classification _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 3581:2016 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2003-02-06 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 29860,IS,,ISO 3581:2003,Welding consumables — Covered electrodes for manual metal arc welding of stainless and heat-resisting steels — Classification,Produits consommables pour le soudage — Électrodes enrobées pour le soudage manuel à l'arc des aciers inoxydables et résistant aux températures élevées — Classification,2003-02-06,2,['25.160.20'],ISO/TC 44/SC 3,9599,[8988],[64569],"['en','fr']",22,"

ISO 3581 specifies requirements for classification of covered electrodes, based on the all-weld metal chemical composition, the type of electrode covering and other electrode properties, and the all-weld metal mechanical properties, in the as-welded or heat-treated conditions, for manual metal arc ## 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 Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).