# ISO 4499-2:2008 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 4499-2:2008, item title is Hardmetals — Metallographic determination of microstructure — Part 2: Measurement of WC grain size; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 4499-2:2020; withdrawn / published date is 2008-09-15, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 4499-2:2008 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Hardmetals — Metallographic determination of microstructure — Part 2: Measurement of WC grain size _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 4499-2:2020
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2008-09-15 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 43501,IS,,ISO 4499-2:2008,Hardmetals — Metallographic determination of microstructure — Part 2: Measurement of WC grain size,Métaux-durs — Détermination métallographique de la microstructure — Partie 2: Mesurage de la taille des grains de WC,2008-09-15,1,"['77.160','77.040.99']",ISO/TC 119/SC 4,9599,[10398],[74884],"['en','fr']",17,"<p>ISO 4499-2:2008 gives guidelines for the measurement of hardmetal grain size by metallographic techniques only using optical or electron microscopy. It is intended for sintered WC/Co hardmetals (also called cemented carbides or cermets) containing primarily WC as the hard phase. It is also intended for measuring the grain size and distribution by the linear-in

## 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Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).