Solder wire, solid and flux-cored - Specification and test methods - Part 1: Classification and performance requirements (ISO 12224-1:2024)

This document specifies a coding system for the classification and designation of solid and flux-cored solder wire, and the performance requirements to be met by flux-cored wire and its constituents. Requirements for sampling, labelling and packaging are also specified.

Massive Lotdrähte und flussmittelgefüllte Röhrenlote - Festlegungen und Prüfverfahren - Teil 1: Einteilung und Anforderungen (ISO 12224-1:2024)

Dieses Dokument legt ein Kodierungssystem zur Einteilung und Bestimmung massiver Lotdrähte und flussmittelgefüllter Röhrenlote fest sowie die Eignungsanforderungen, die von flussmittelgefülltem Röhrenlot und seinen Bestandteilen zu erfüllen sind. Anforderungen an die Probenahme, Beschriftung und Verpackung werden ebenso festgelegt.

Fils d'apport de brasage tendre, pleins et à flux incorporé - Spécifications et méthodes d'essai - Partie 1: Classification et exigences de performance (ISO 12224-1:2024)

Le présent documentspécifie un système de codification pour la classification et la désignation des fils d'apport de brasage tendre pleins et à flux incorporé destinés, ainsi que les exigences de performance à satisfaire pour les fils à flux incorporé et leurs constituants. Des exigences relatives à l’échantillonnage, à l’étiquetage et à l’emballage sont également spécifiées.

Mehke spajke v obliki žice, palice in strženske žice - Popisi in preskusne metode - 1. del: Razvrstitev in zahteve za lastnosti (ISO 12224-1:2024)

Ta dokument določa sistem kodiranja za razvrstitev in označevanje mehkih spajk v obliki žice, palice in strženske žice ter zahteve za lastnosti, ki jih morajo izpolnjevati žice s talilnim jedrom in njihovi sestavni deli. Določene so tudi zahteve za vzorčenje, etiketiranje in pakiranje.

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Status
Published
Public Enquiry End Date
31-Oct-2023
Publication Date
11-Sep-2024
Technical Committee
VAR - Welding
Current Stage
6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
Start Date
16-Aug-2024
Due Date
21-Oct-2024
Completion Date
12-Sep-2024

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Overview

SIST EN ISO 12224-1:2024 - Solder wire, solid and flux-cored – Specification and test methods – Part 1: Classification and performance requirements (ISO 12224-1:2024), specifies the classification, coding, and performance requirements for both solid and flux-cored solder wire used in soft soldering applications. This international standard, developed by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST) in alignment with ISO and CEN committees, provides unified criteria for solder wire alloy and flux composition, labeling, packaging, and relevant testing methods. It is essential for ensuring the quality and consistency of solder wire materials in manufacturing, assembly, and maintenance processes.

Key Topics

  • Classification and Designation:
    • Establishes a clear coding system for both alloy and flux constituents of solder wire.
    • Designations reference the specific alloy per ISO 9453 and flux classification per ISO 9454-1.
  • Performance Requirements:
    • Defines alloy composition and flux content requirements for both solid and flux-cored wires.
    • Sets tolerances for dimensions and mechanical characteristics.
  • Sampling and Testing:
    • Describes methods for sampling both alloy and flux components.
    • Includes guidance for analysis and testing-such as copper corrosion and insulation resistance-using standards from the ISO 9455 series.
  • Marking, Labelling, and Packaging:
    • Outlines essential information for product labeling: supplier, classification, flux content, diameter, mass, batch, and manufacturing date.
    • Specifies packaging requirements to ensure product integrity during transport and storage.

Applications

SIST EN ISO 12224-1:2024 is applicable across a wide range of industries where soft soldering is a vital process. Key applications include:

  • Electronics Assembly:
    • Reliable classification and performance benchmarks for solder wires help guarantee connections in circuit boards and delicate electronic components.
  • Electrical Engineering:
    • Ensures consistent results in joining wires, cables, and terminals, supporting safety and durability.
  • General Manufacturing and Repair:
    • Standardizes solder wire selection for plumbing, metal crafts, consumer devices, and maintenance operations.
  • Quality Assurance:
    • Offers manufacturers, suppliers, and purchasers a harmonized language for specifying and verifying solder products.

By adopting this standard, organizations benefit from consistent solder wire quality, improved traceability, and compliance with both national and international requirements.

Related Standards

To fully implement SIST EN ISO 12224-1:2024 and ensure optimal soldering results, users should be aware of several closely related standards:

  • ISO 9453: Specifies chemical compositions and forms of soft solder alloys.
  • ISO 9454-1: Classification, labeling, and packaging of soft soldering fluxes.
  • ISO 9455 Series: Provides validated test methods for soldering fluxes, including copper corrosion (ISO 9455-15), surface insulation resistance (ISO 9455-17), and others.
  • ISO 12224-2: Details methods for determining flux content in solder wire.

Practical Value

Implementing SIST EN ISO 12224-1:2024 ensures that solder wires meet critical requirements for use in sensitive and high-reliability applications. Manufacturers can efficiently classify and designate products, simplify procurement and inventory management, and ensure compliance with legal and safety requirements. Users benefit from improved product performance, consistent quality, and greater confidence in soldered connections-a foundational element in electronics, electrical work, and industrial manufacturing.


Keywords: solder wire classification, flux-cored solder, performance requirements, solder wire standards, soldering materials, ISO 12224-1, electronics assembly, flux content, alloy designation, ISO solder standards, packaging and labelling solder wire.

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Frequently Asked Questions

SIST EN ISO 12224-1:2024 is a standard published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Solder wire, solid and flux-cored - Specification and test methods - Part 1: Classification and performance requirements (ISO 12224-1:2024)". This standard covers: This document specifies a coding system for the classification and designation of solid and flux-cored solder wire, and the performance requirements to be met by flux-cored wire and its constituents. Requirements for sampling, labelling and packaging are also specified.

This document specifies a coding system for the classification and designation of solid and flux-cored solder wire, and the performance requirements to be met by flux-cored wire and its constituents. Requirements for sampling, labelling and packaging are also specified.

SIST EN ISO 12224-1:2024 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 25.160.50 - Brazing and soldering. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.

SIST EN ISO 12224-1:2024 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to SIST EN ISO 12224-1:2001, SIST-TS CEN/TS 1329-2:2021, SIST EN ISO 787-25:2019, SIST EN ISO 473:2020. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2024
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 12224-1:2001
Mehke spajke v obliki žice, palice in strženske žice - Popisi in preskusne metode -
1. del: Razvrstitev in zahteve za lastnosti (ISO 12224-1:2024)
Solder wire, solid and flux-cored - Specification and test methods - Part 1: Classification
and performance requirements (ISO 12224-1:2024)
Massive Lotdrähte und flussmittelgefüllte Röhrenlote - Festlegungen und Prüfverfahren -
Teil 1: Einteilung und Anforderungen (ISO 12224-1:2024)
Fils d'apport de brasage tendre, pleins et à flux incorporé - Spécifications et méthodes
d'essai - Partie 1: Classification et exigences de performance (ISO 12224-1:2024)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 12224-1:2024
ICS:
25.160.50 Trdo in mehko lotanje Brazing and soldering
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 12224-1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
May 2024
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 25.160.50 Supersedes EN ISO 12224-1:1998
English Version
Solder wire, solid and flux-cored - Specification and test
methods - Part 1: Classification and performance
requirements (ISO 12224-1:2024)
Fils d'apport de brasage tendre, pleins et à flux Massive Lotdrähte und flussmittelgefüllte Röhrenlote -
incorporé - Spécifications et méthodes d'essai - Partie Festlegungen und Prüfverfahren - Teil 1: Einteilung
1: Classification et exigences de performance (ISO und Anforderungen (ISO 12224-1:2024)
12224-1:2024)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2 December 2023.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
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United Kingdom.
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COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

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CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2024 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN ISO 12224-1:2024 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 12224-1:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 44 "Welding
and allied processes" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 121 “Welding and allied
processes” the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2024, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by November 2024.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 12224-1:1998.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards
body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 12224-1:2024 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 12224-1:2024 without any
modification.
International
Standard
ISO 12224-1
Second edition
Solder wire, solid and flux-cored —
2024-05
Specification and test methods —
Part 1:
Classification and performance
requirements
Fils d'apport de brasage tendre, pleins et à flux incorporé —
Spécifications et méthodes d'essai —
Partie 1: Classification et exigences de performance
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Classification and designation . 1
4.1 Solder alloy designation .1
4.2 Flux classification .2
4.3 Designation of flux-cored solder wire .2
5 Requirements . 2
5.1 Solder alloy composition of solid and flux-cored solder wire .2
5.2 Flux composition of flux-cored solder wire .2
5.3 Flux content .2
5.4 Dimensions and tolerances . . .3
5.5 Copper corrosion test .3
5.6 Influence of flux vapours on insulation resistance (applicable only to flux-cored solder
wires containing type 1 and type 22 fluxes) .4
6 Sampling . 4
6.1 Sampling for chemical analysis of the solder .4
6.2 Sampling for tests to determine the properties of the flux core (i.e. tests as described
in the ISO 9455 series) .4
6.3 Sampling for tests to determine the flux content and the diameter of the flux-cored
solder wire.4
7 Marking, labelling and packaging . 4
Annex A (normative) Method for the solvent extraction of the flux from flux-cored solder wire . 6
Annex B (normative) Measurement of mean diameter of wire . 9
Annex C (informative) Guidance on the use of test methods .10
Bibliography .11

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ISO 12224-1:2024(en)
Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 44, Welding and allied processes, Subcommittee
SC 12, Soldering materials, in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN)
Technical Committee CEN/TC 121, Welding and allied processes, in accordance with the Agreement on
technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 12224-1:1997), which has been technically
revised.
The main changes are as follows:
— Table 1: greater nominal contents added;
— former 5.5 and Table 3 deleted because the spread test is not commonly used;
— former 5.6.1 deleted because the test method was withdrawn;
— 6.1: reference to ISO 10564, which has been withdrawn, replaced by a recommended method;
— in Table A.1 the column for method D was deleted;
— in Table C.1 withdrawn standards were deleted and flux types were grouped;
— designations aligned with ISO 9454-1.
A list of all parts in the ISO 12224 series can be found on the ISO website.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s
national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at
www.iso.org/members.html. Official interpretations of ISO/TC 44 documents, where they exist, are
available from this page: https://committee.iso.org/sites/tc44/home/interpretation.html.

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Solder wire, solid and flux-cored — Specification and test
methods —
Part 1:
Classification and performance requirements
1 Scope
This document specifies a coding system for the
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