IS 1868 : 1996
Anodic coatings on aluminium and its alloys - Specification (Third Revision)
Current edition: 1996
BIS department: MTD
What this standard covers
This standard lays down general specification for anodic oxide coatings on alunainium. It defines the characteristic properties of anodic oxide coatings on aluminium, lists methods of test for checking the characteristic properties, specifies minimum performance requirements, gives information on the grades of aluminium suitable for anodizing and describes the importance of pretreatment to...
Scope, quoted from IS 1868 : 1996. Read the full standard
Requirements and tests, as the standard names them
- 8.2 Acceptance Tests
- 10.1 General
- 10.2 Assessment of Quality of Sealing
Sub-clause names as printed under the headings “TEST PIECES”, “QUALITY OF SEALING” in IS 1868 : 1996. Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.
How the standard is organised
- 3 SUPPLY OE MATERIAL
- 5 GRADES OF ALUMINIUM FOR ANODIZING
- 6 SURFACE TEXTURE
- 7 INFORMATION TO BE GIVEN WITH THE INQUIRY AND ORDER
- 8 TEST PIECES
- 9 THICKNESS
- 10 QUALITY OF SEALING
- 11 APPEARANCE AND COLOUR
- 12 CORROSION RESISTANCE
- 13 ABRASION RESISTANCE
- 14 RESISTANCE TO CRAZING BY DEFORMATION
- 15 FASTNESS TO LIGHT
- 16 LIGHT REFLECTION PROPERTIES
- 17 ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN POTENTIAL
- 18 CONTINUITY OF THE ANODIZE
Test methods it refers to
- IS 5523
- IS 8375
Edition history (per the BIS registry)
- IS 1868 : 1996 — current edition
Where this standard is used on NirmanDost
CPWD DSR 2021 (Civil Works)
| Item code | Description (verbatim) |
|---|---|
| 9.98 | Providing and fixing aluminium pull bolt lock, ISI marked, anodised (anodic coating not less than grade AC 10 as per IS : 1868) transparent or dyed to required colour and shade, with necessary screws bolts, nut and washe… |
| 9.99 | Providing and fixing 50 cm long aluminium kicking plate of size 100x3.15 mm, anodised (anodic coating not less than grade AC 10 as per IS : 1868) transparent or dyed to required colour or shade, with necessary screws etc… |
| 9.102 | Providing and fixing aluminium casement stays, ISI marked, anodised (anodic coating not less than grade AC 10 as per IS : 1868) transparent or dyed to required colour and shade, with necessary screws etc. complete. |
| 9.103 | Providing and fixing bright finished brass 100 mm mortice latch and lock, ISI marked, with six levers and a pair of anodised (anodic coating not less than grade AC 10 as per IS : 1868) aluminium lever handles of approved… |
| 21.1.1.1 | For fixed portion Anodised aluminium (anodised transparent or dyed to required shade according to IS: 1868, Minimum anodic coating of grade AC 15) |
| 21.1.2.1 | For shutters of doors, windows & ventilators including providing and fixing hinges/ pivots and making provision for fixing of fittings wherever required including the cost of EPDM rubber / neoprene gasket required (Fitti… |
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Notes
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- Generated 2026-07-27.