# ISO 4516:2002 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 4516:2002, item title is Metallic and other inorganic coatings — Vickers and Knoop microhardness tests; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 4545-1:2023 | ISO 6507-1:2023; withdrawn / published date is 2002-06-20, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 4516:2002 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Metallic and other inorganic coatings — Vickers and Knoop microhardness tests _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 4545-1:2023 | ISO 6507-1:2023
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2002-06-20 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 31876,IS,,ISO 4516:2002,Metallic and other inorganic coatings — Vickers and Knoop microhardness tests,Revêtements métalliques et autres revêtements inorganiques — Essais de microdureté Vickers et Knoop,2002-06-20,2,['25.220.40'],ISO/TC 164/SC 3,9599,[10412],"[83897,83898]","['en','fr']",12,"<p>ISO 4516 describes the application of the Vickers and Knoop micro-indentation tests for determining the microhardness of metallic and other inorganic coatings. This method is applicable where indenter forces generally need to be below 10 N, e.g., for electrodeposited coatings, autocatalytic coatings, sprayed coatings and anodic coatings on aluminium. It is applicable to measurements normal to the coate

## 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.
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