# ISO 7404-2:1985 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 7404-2:1985, item title is Methods for the petrographic analysis of bituminous coal and anthracite — Part 2: Preparation of coal samples; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 7404-2:2009; withdrawn / published date is 1985-05-02, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 7404-2:1985 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Methods for the petrographic analysis of bituminous coal and anthracite — Part 2: Preparation of coal samples _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 7404-2:2009
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 1985-05-02 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 14127,IS,,ISO 7404-2:1985,Methods for the petrographic analysis of bituminous coal and anthracite — Part 2: Preparation of coal samples,Méthodes d'analyse pétrographique des charbons bitumineux et de l'anthracite — Partie 2: Préparation d'échantillons de charbon,1985-05-02,1,['73.040'],ISO/TC 27,9599,,[42798],"['en','fr']",8,"<p>This part of ISO 7404 specifies a method for preparing a polished particulate block from a sample od crushed coal, for analysis by reflectance microscopy using white ligth. It does not apply to the preparation of polished particulate blocks for analysis using fluorescence microscopy techniques nor to the preparation of polished orientated lumps of coal.</p>"

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Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).