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IS13620:1993
(Reaffirmed 2004)

Indian Standard
FUSION BONDED EPOXY COATED
REINFORCING BARS- SPECIFICATION

UDC 669-14-018.26-422 : 621-793.7 ( 678,686 )

@ BIS 1993

BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002
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February 1993 Price Group 4

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Cement and Concrete Sectional Committee, CED 2

FOREWORD
This Indian Standard was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by
the Cement and Concrete Sectional Committee had been approved by the Civil Engineering
Division Council.
Corrosion of reinforcing bars in R. C. C. constructions, particularly those located in the saline
corrosion prone and industrially poluted area, is one of the major problems encountered by the
structural engineers in our country. Amongst the long term measures, one of the method for
protection of concrete reinforcing bars against corrosion is epoxy coating on these bars by
electrostatic spraying of fusion bonded epoxy powder. Therefore, keeping in view the countrys
need for appropriate corrosion resistance reinforcing bars, it was felt necessary to prepare this
standard in order to help the users to procure epoxy coated reinforcing bars of accepted quality.
The use of SW& bars is not recommended as a substitute for good construction practices
including adequate cover and other durability requirements specified in the relevant standard.
While preparing this standard, considerable assistance has been derived from the following:
ASTM Designation : A 775/A 775 M-84 Standard specification for epoxy-coated reinforcing
bars, American Society for Testing and Materials
ASTM Designation : D 3963-1986 Standard specification for epoxy-coated reinforcing bars
American Society for Testing and Materials
The composition of the technical committee responsible for the formulation of this standard is
given in Annex B.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with,
the final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded
off in accordance with IS 2 : 1960 Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised ). The number
of significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified
value in this standard.
 IS 13620:1993

Indian Standard
FUSIONBONDEDEPOXYCOATED
REINFORCINGBARS-SPECIFICATION
1 SCOPE 6 APPLICATION OF COATING
This standard covers deformed steel reinforcing The coating shall be applied as an electrostati-
bars with protective epoxy coating applied by cally charged dry powder sprayed onto the
electrostatic spray method. grounded steel bar using an electrostatic spray
gun. The powder may be applied to either a
2 REFERENCES hot or cold bar. The coated bar shall be given
The Indian Standards mentioned below are a a thermal treatment specified by the manufac-
necessary adjunct to this standard: turer of the epoxy resin which will provide a
fully cured finish coating. Temperature shall
IS No. Title be controlled as recommended by the manufac-
High strength deformed steel turer of the coating to ensure a workman like
1786 : 1985 job without blistering or other defects.
bars and wires for concrete
reinforcement ( third revision )
7 REQUIREMENTS OF COATED BARS
6885 : 1973 Method for knoop hardness
testing of metals 7.1 Coating Thickness
3 COATING MATERIALS
7.1.1 For acceptance purposes at Jeast 90 percent
3.1 The coating material shall meet the require- of all coating thickness measurements shall be
ments specified in Annex A. 0.1 mm to O-3 mm after curing. The coating
thickness limits do not apply to patched areas.
3.2 The patching or repairing material or both, A minimum of 15 measurements shail be taken
shall be compatible with the coating, inert in approximately evenly spaced along each side
concrete and feasible for repairs at the coating of the test bar. At least 90 percent of these
plant or in the field. This material shall be measurements shall be within the specified
approved by the purchaser prior to use. The limits.
patching or repair shall be performed in accor-
dance with the recommendation of the material NOTE-By mutual agreement between thepurchaser
manufacturer. and the manufacturer, thicker coating may be
accepted where the bars are not to be bent or worked
after the coating has been applied.
4 REINFORCING STEEL
4.1 Steel reinforcing bars to be coated shall 7.2 Continuity of Coating
conform to IS 1786 : 1985. The coating shall be visually inspected after
5 SURFACE PREPARATION curing for continuity of the coating and shall
be free from holes, voids, contamination,
5.1 The surface of the steel reinforcing bars to cracks and damaged areas discernible to the
be coated shall be cleaned by abrassive blast unaided eye. In addition, there shall be not
cleaning to near white metal. The surface more than an average of two holidays per
profile shall be free from mill scale, rust and 300 cm when tested in accordance with 8.2.
foreign matter when viewed under well-lit NOTE- Holiday means a pinhole not discernible
conditions. to the unaided eye.

5.2 The coating shall be applied to the cleaned 7.3 Adhesion

surface as soon as possible after cleaning. Any
formation of rust blooms on the cleaned bars
are to be removed by blast cleaning before
application of the coating. However, in no case
shall the coating be delayed more than eight
hours after cleaning unless otherwise permitted
by the purchaser.
The adhesion of coating shall be evaluated on
a representative number of bars selected in
accordance with 9.4 from each production lot.
No visible cracks or disbonding in the coating
on the outside radius shall be allowed when
tested in accordance with 8.3.

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8 TEST METHODS
Table 1 Mandrel Diameter for Bend Test
8.1 The thickness of the coating shall be Requirements
measured on the body of reinforcing bar ( Clause 8.3 )
between deformations and ribs or both, on a
straight length. Non-destructive coating thick- Bar Diameter, Madrel Diameter,
ness measurements using magnetic gauges shall mm mm
be used. (1) (2)
8.1.1 &Pencil type pull-off gauges which require 6 60
the operator to observe the reading at the 8 80
instant the magnet is pulled from the surface 10 100
and do not hold shims tightly against the steel 12 100
plate duri!;g calibration are not recommended 16 125
for use. !8 150
20 150
8.1.2 Gauge calibration with shims shall be 22 200
performed on a smooth, clean, low-carbon 25 200
steel plate ( at least 75 x 75 x 13 mm ), rather 28 225
than on a clean reinforcing bar.
32 280
36 280
8.1.3 A correction factor defining the effect of 40 400
the bar preparation process shall be obtained 45 450
as the difference between ( a ) the average of 50 500
the 10 gauge readings on a cleaned but uncoated
reinforcing bar of the size and lot being coated
and (b) the average of 5 gauge readings on a 9 FREQUENCY OF TEST
smooth mild steel plate. This correction factor
shall then be subtracted from all subsequent 9.1 Coating thickness shall be tested at a
gauge readings on coated bars. frequency of not less than one full length bar
every twenty bars for each size.
8.1.4 Fixed probe gauges shall be checked to
ensure that the force generated by the spring 9.2 Continuity of coating shall be determined
loaded probe housing is sufficient to ensure by testing one full length bar in every twenty
intimate contact between the probe tip and the bars for each size.
coating on the curved bar surface. If intimate
contact does not result, it will be necessary 9.3 Coating thickness over the whole of the
to remove the probe housing and utilize hand- coated bar section shall be determined by
pressure to obtain valid indicated thicknesses. sectioning and examining one bar in every
twenty tonnes for each size.
8.2 Holidays
A 67.5 volts holiday detector shall be used in 9.4 For testing adhesion of coating, samples
accordance with the detector manufacturers shall be selected from each size according to
instructions. The detector may be an in line the frequency given below:
DC detector or a hand held DC detector.
Nominal Size of Bar, mm No. of Samples
8.3 Adhesion of Coating 1 for every 1 tonnes
Up to 16
The adhesion of the coating shall be evaluated Above 16 and up to 25 1 for every 2 tonnes
by bending production coated bars 120 degrees
( after rebound ) around a mandrel of size as Above 25 1 for every 4 tonnes
prescribed in Table 1. The bend test shall be
made at a uniform rate and shall take up to 10 RETEST
90 seconds to complete. The two longitudinal
deformations shall be placed in a plane 10.1 If the specimen for coating thickness or
perpendicular to the mandrel radius and the for adhesion of coating fails to meet the
test specimen shall be at thermal equilibrium specified requirements, twice the number of
between 25C and 35C. samples originally selected shall be tested for
each failure test. If the results of these retests
NOTE - The fracture of partial failure of steel meet the specified requirements, the coated
reinforcing bar in the bend test for adhesion of
coating shall not be considered as an adhesion bar represented by the samples shall be
failure of the coating. accepted.

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11 HANDLING AND IDENTIFICATION 13.4 Patching shall be done in accordance with

the patching material manufacturers recom-
11.1 All systems for handling coated bars shall mendations.
have padded contact areas. All bundling bands
shall be padded or suitable banding shall be 14 REJECTION
used to prevent damage to the coating. All
bundles of coated bars shall be lifted with a Coated bars represented by the samples that do
strong back, spreader bar, multiple supports, not meet the requirements of this specification
or a platform bridge to prevent bar-to-bar shall be rejected. By mutual agreement
abrasion from sags in the bundles of coated between the purchaser and the manufacturer,
bars. The bars or bundles shall not be dropped such bar may be stripped of coating, recleaned,
or dragged. re-coated, and resubmitted for acceptance test
in accordance with the requirements of the
11.2 The identitication of all reinforcmg bars specification.
shall be maintained throughout the fabrication
and coating processes to the point of shipment. 15 MANUFACTURERS CERTIFICATE
If requested by the purchaser, the manufacturer
12 INSPECTION shall furnish, at the time of shipment, a
written certificate that he coated reinforcing
All tests and inspection shall be made at the bars meet the requirements of this specification.
place of manufacture prior to shipment, unless
otherwise specified. I6 IDENTIFICATION AND MARKING
13. PERMISSIBLE COATING DAMAGE AND 16.1 The manufacturer or supplier shall mark
REPAIR AFTER COATING APPLICATION the bars in such a way that all finished bars can
be traced to the cast from which they are made
13.1 Coating damage due to fabrication and or the original identification mark of the bars.
handling need not be repaired in case where
the damaged area is 40 mm2 or smaller. 16.2 Each bundle containing the bars may also
be suitably marked with the Standard Mark in
13.2 All damaged areas larger than 40 mm which case the concerned test certificate shall
shall be repaired with patching material. also bear the Standard Mark.
13.3 Maximum amount of damage shail not 16.2.1 Por each bundle of bars a tag shall be
exceed 2 percent of the surface area of each attached indicating the Cast No./Lot No.,
bar ( total of damage in 13.1 and 13.2 ). grade and size of the bars.

ANNEX A
( Clause 3.1 )
REQUIREMENTS FOR ORGANIC COATINGS

A-l COATING MATERIAL c) A 3 M aqueous solution of NaOH, and

The coating material shall comply with the
requirements given in A-2 to A-8 the pigment, d) A solution saturated with Ca ( OH )2.
if used may be inorganic compound.
A-2.2 Specimens without holidays and speci-
A-2 CHEMICAL RESISTANCE mens with 6 mm diameter intentional holes
drilied through the coating shall be tested. The
A-2.1 The chemical resistance of coating shall temperature of the test solution shall be
be evaluated by immersing coated reinforcing 30 ZIZ5C. Minimum test time shall be 45 days.
bars in each of the following: The coating shall not blister, soften, lose bond,
a) Distilled water, nor develop holidays during this period. The
intentionally made holes shall exhibit no
b) A 3 M aqueous solution of CaCl,. undercutting during the 45day period.
IS 13620 : 1993

A-3 RESISTANCE TO APPLIED VOLTAGE A-4 ADHESION OF COATING

( TYPE OF ACCELERATED CORROSION
TEST ) A-4.1 The adhesion of the coating shall be
evaluated by bending three coated reinforcing
A-3.1 The effects of electrical and electroche- bars 120 degrees ( after rebound ) around a
mical stresses on the bond of coating to steel 150 mm diameter wooden mandrel. The bend
and on the film integrity of the coating shall test shall be made at a uniform rate and shall
be assessed. take up to 1 min to complete. The two longi-
tudinal deformations may be placed in a plane
A-3.2 Apparatus and Electrolyte perpendicular to the mandrel radius and the
A-3.2.1 Test Vessel specimen shall be at the thermal equilibrium
of 30 f 5C.
A non-conductive plastic material shall be used
for the vessel or as a lining in a metallic A-4.2 No cracking of the coating shall be
vessel. Dimensions of the vessel shall permit visible to the unaided/naked eye on the outside
the following requirements: radius of any of the three bent bars.
a) Test specimens shall be susDended verti-
tally i& the vessel with ai least 25 mm A-5 BOND STRENGTH TO CONCRETE
clearance from the bottom. A-5.1 The bond strength of the reinforcing
bars in concrete shall be determined with
b) Test specimens shall be separated by not pull-out specimens ( two coated bar specimens
less than 40 mm. and two uncoated uncleaned bar specimens )
c>Test specimens shall be separated from by method outlined in IS 1786 : 1985 as modi-
fied in A-5.2 to A-5.8. The test specimens
any wall of the vessel by not less than
40 mm. shall be coated and uncoated bars of 20 mm
nominal diameter. Bond strength shall be
4 depth of the electrolyte shall permit the calculated from the load at a measured slip
test length of the specimen to be of 0.025 mm and 0.25 mm.
immersed, but the immersed area shall not
be less than 23, 200 mm2. A-5.2 The age of the concrete shall be 28 days.
A-3.2.2 Electrodes A-5.3 The test shall be carried out applying
axial force on the bar and by measuring the
The cathode and anode shall be reinforcing slip at free end of the bar. The test shall be
bars coated with the proposed material. continued up to the failure of the bond between
bar and the surrounding concrete. The failure
A-3.2.3 Electrolyte shall deemed to have occurred when the free
end slip of the bar exceeds 0.2 mm.
The electrolyte shall be an aqueous solution
of 7 percent NaCL. A-5.4 The load and slip measurements are
z;rrted at a slip of 0.01 mm, 0.1 mm and at
A-3.2.4 Electrical Connection
A potential of 2 V shall be applied. A-5.5 The mean bond strength at the measured
A-3.3 No film failures as evidenced by evolu- slip of 0.025 mm and O-25 mm for coated bars
tion of hydrogen gas at the cathode or shall not be less than 80 percent of the corres-
appearance of corrosion products of iron at ponding mean bond strength for uncoated
the anode, shall take place during first hour bars.
of testing. A-6 ABRASION RESISTANCE
A-3.4 The test shall be continued for 30 days A-6.1 The resistance of the coating on each of
and the elapsed time for development of the the steel panels to abrasion by a Tcber abrasor
first holiday shall be recorded. No under- or its equivalent using CS-10 wheels and 1 kg
cutting of the coating shall occur at any load, shall be such that the weight loss shall
holiday that develops during the test. If no not exceed 100 mg/l 000 cycles.
holiday has developed during the 30 days,
single intentional hole 6 mm in diameter shall A-7 IMPACT TEST
be macle in both the cathode and the anode.
Then the test shall be continued for an addi- A-7.1 The resistance of the reinforcing bar
tional 24 h in which time no undercutting shall coating to mechanical damage shall be deter-
occur. mined by the falling weight test.

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A-7.2 Apparatus A-7.3 Impact shall occur on the low laying

areas on the coated bars, that is, between
A-7.2.1 Tup deformations and ridges. The test shall be
The tup shall have 1.8 kg mass, and should be performed at room temperature. With an
used over a drop range of 0.60 to 1.25 m. The impact of 9 Nm, no shuttering, cracking, or
head of the tup shall terminate in a hemisphe- bond loss of the coating shall occur except at
rical 15.875 mm diameter nose. the impact area, that is, area permanently
deformed by the tup.
A-7.2.2 Drop Tube
A tube approximately 1.50 m long shall be used A-8 HARDNESS TEST
to contain the tup and guide it during free fall. A-8.1 The hardness of the reinforcing bar
A scale shall be attached for measuring the coating shall be determined by knoop hardness
height of the drop to the nearest 2-O mm. tester according to the method given in
IS 6885 : 1973 using a 10 g mass. The average
A-7.2.3 Specimen Holder of four individual hardness measurements made
The base plate of the apparatus shall include a in the area between deformations or ribs on at
device for positioning and holding the test least two coated reinforcing bars shall be equal
specimen on line with the axis of the vertical to, or shall exceed the Knoop Hardness
drop line. number of 16.
IS 13620:1993

ANNEX B
( Foreword )
Cement and Concrete Sectional Committee, CED 2

Chairman Representing
DR H. C. VISVESVARAYA In Personal capacity ( University of Roorkee, Roorkee 247667 )
Members
SHRI H. BHATTACHARYA Orissa Cement Limited, New Delhi
SHRI G. R. BHARTIKAR B. G. Shirke and Co, Pune
SHRI U. N. RATH ( AIterzate )
DR A. K. CNATTERJEE The Associated Cement Companies Ltd, Bombay
SHRI S. H. SUBRAMANIAN ( Alternate )
CHIEF ENQINEER ( DESIGNS ) Central Public Works Department, New Delhi
SUPERINTENDINCIENGINEER ( S & S )
( Alternate )
CHIEF ENGINEER, NAVAGAM DAM Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd, Gandhinagar
SUPERINTENDINGENGINEER, QCC
( AIternate )
CHIEF ENGINEER ( RESEARCH-CUM- Irrigation and Power Research Institute. Amritsar
DIRECTOR )
RESEARCH OFFICER ( CONCRETE
TECHNOLOGY )
DEPUTY DIRECTOR ( I ) National Building Organization, New Delhi
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ( EH ) ( Alternate )
DIRECTOR A. P. Engineering Research Laboratories, Hyderabad
JOINT DIRECTOR ( AIrernate )
DIRECTOR ( CMDD ) ( N &LW ) Central Water Commission, New Delhi
DEPUTY DIRECTOR ( CMDD )
( NW & S ) ( Alterrzafe )
SHRI K. H. GANGWAL Hyderabad Industries Limited, Hyderabad
SHRI V. PATTABHI ( AIternafe )
SHR~ V. K. G~ANEKAR Structural Engineering Research Centre ( CSIR ), Ghaziabad
SHI~I S. GOPINATH The India Cements Limited, Madras
SHRI R. TA~~ILAKARAN( Alternate )
SHRI S. K. GUHA THAKIJRTA Gannon Dunkerley & Company Limited, Bombay
SHRI S. P. SHANKARANARAYANAN
( Alternurc~ )
DR IRSHAD MASOOD Central Building Research Institute ( CSIR ), Roorkee
DR MD KHALID ( Alfernate )
SHRI N . C. JAIN Cement Corporation of India, New Delhi
DR. S. P. GHOSH ( Alfernute )
JOINT DIRECTOR. STANDARDS ( B & S ) ICB-1) Research, Designs and Standards Organization ( Ministry of
JOINT DIRECTOR, STANDARDS ( B hs )/ . Railways ), Lucknow
( CB-II ) ( Alternate )
SHRI i. G. Jo.& Indian Hume Pipes Co Limited, Bombay
~HRI P. D. KELKAR ( Alternate )
SHRI D. K. KANWNGO National Test House, Calcutta
SHRI B. R. MEENA (Alternate )
SHRI P. KRISHNAMURTHY Larsen and Toubro Limited, Bombay
SHRI S. CBAKRAVARTHY ( Alternare )
SHRI C. R EDDY ( Alternate )
DR A. G. MADHAVA RAO Structural Engineering Research Centre ( CSIR ), Madras
SHRI K. MANI ( Alternate )
SHRI G. K MAJUMDAR Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation ( India ) Ltd,
SHRI S. 0. RANGARI ( Alternate ) New Delhi
SHRI M. K. MUKHERJEE Roads Wing, Department of Surface Transport ( Ministry of
SHRI M. K. GHOSH ( Alternate ) Transport ), New Delhi
MEMBERSECRETARY Central Board of Irrigation and Power, New Delhi
DIRECTOR( CIVIL ) ( Afternafe )
SBRI NIRMAL SINOH Development Commissioner for Cement Industry ( Ministry Of
SHRI S. S. MI~LANI ( A!rernare ) Industry )

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Members Representing
SHRI R. C . PARATE Engineer-in-Chiefs Branch, Army Headquarters, New Delhi
COL R. K. SINGH ( Alternate )
SHRI Y d R . PHULL Central Road Research Institute ( CSIR ), New Delhi
SHRI S. S. SEEHRA
SHRI Y. R. PHULL Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi
SHRI N. K. SINHA ( Alternate 1
DR C. RAJKUMAR National Council for Cement and Building Materials, New Delhi
DR S. C. AHLUWALIA( Alternate )
SHRI G. RAMDAS Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals, New Delhi
SHRI R. C . SHARMA ( Alternate )
SHRI S. A. REDDI Gammon India Ltd, Bombay
SHRI N. PRABHAKAR ( Alternate )
REPRESENTATIVE Builders Association of India, Bombay
SHRI J. S. SANGANERIA Geological Survey of India, Calcutta
SHRI L. N. AGARWAL ( Alternate )
SHRI S. B. SURI Central Soil and Materials Research Station, New Delhi
SHRI N. CHANDRASEKARAN ( Alternate )
SUPERINTENDINGENGINEER ( DESIGN ) Public Works Deartment, Government of Tamil Nadu, Madras
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER ( S. M. R. DIVISON )
( Alternate )
SHRI TARWINDER SINGH Hindustan Prefab Ltd, New Delhi
SHRI ALOK AGGARWAL ( Alternate )
DR H. C. VISVESVARAYA The Institution of Engineers ( India ), Calcutta
SHRI D. C. CHATTURVEDI ( Alternate )
SHRI Y. R. TANEJA, Director General, BIS ( Ex-Officio Member )
Director ( Civ Engg )

Secretary
SHRI J. K. PRASAD
Joint Director ( Civ Engg ), BIS

Concrete Reinforcement, Subcommittee, CED 2 : 13

Convener
DR C. RAJKUMAR National Council for Cement and Building Materials, New Delhi
Members
DR ANIL KUMAR ( Alternate to
Dr C. Rajkumar )
BRIG S. V. ABHYANKAR Engineer-in-Chiefs Branch, Army Headquarters, New Delhi
DR J. L. AJMANI The Tata Iron & Steel Co Ltd, Jamshedpur
SHRI S. C. MOHANTY ( Alternate )
SHRI C. R. ALIMCHANDANI Stup Consultants Ltd, Bombay
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ( SPECIAL PROJECTS)
( Alternate )
SHRI K. G. BAI.RAM Multiweld Wire Co Pvt Ltd, Bombay
SHRI V. NARAYANASWAMY ( Aiternate )
SHRI S. N. CHANDA Metallurgical & Engigeering Consultants ( India ) Ltd, Ranchi
SHRI R. D. CHOUDHRY ( Alternate )
SHRI S. K. CHELLANI Usha Ismal Ltd. Ranchi
SHRI RAMESH KOHLI ( Alternate )
CHIEF ENGINEER ( DESIGN ) Central Public Works Department, New Delhi
SUPERINTENDINGENGINEER ( CD0 )
( Alternate )
CHIEF ENGINEER ( KAD ) Irrigation Department, Government of Punjab
DIRECTOR ( PP ) ( Al ternate )
SHRI C. DASGUPTA Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai
SHRI S. GOPALAN ( Alternate )

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Members Representing

SHRI D. I. DESAI Gammon India Ltd, Bombay

SHRI A. L. BHATIA ( Alternate )
SHRI R. R. DESAI Tensile Steels Ltd, Bombay
SHRI M. S. PATHAK ( Alternare )
DIRECTGR National Buildings Organization, New Delhi
DEPUTY DIRECTOR ( Alternarc )
DIRECTOR ( HCD - NW & S ) Central Water Commission, New Delhi
DIRECTOR ( N&W ) ( Alternate )
SHRI M. R. DOCTOR Special Steels Ltd, Bombay
SHRI V. C. TRICKUR ( Alternate )
SHRI V. K. GHANEKAR Structural Engineering Research Centre, Ghaziabad
SHRI D. S. PRAKASH RAO t Alternate )
SHRI P. K.. GUPTA National Metallurgical Laboratory ( CSIR ), Jamshedpur
SHRI J. N. JAMBUSARIA Killick Nixon Ltd, Bombay
SHRI P. S. VENKAT SU~RAMANIAN( Alternate )
SHRI M. P. JASUJA Research & Development Centre for Iron & Steel (Steel
Authority of India ), Ranchi
JOINT DIRECTOR STANDARDS( B & S ) CB-II Research Designs & Standards Organization, Lucknow
ASSTT DESIGN ENGINEER( B & S ) ( (3-1 )
( Alternate )
JOINT SECRETARY Steel Re-rolling Mills Association India, Calcutta
SHRI H. N . KRISHNA MURTHY Tor Steel Research Foundation in India, Calcutta
DR P. C. CHOWDHURY ( Alternate )
SHRI V. N. MADGE Hindustan Construction CO Ltd, Bombay
SHRI S. B. MALEKAR ( Alternate )
SHRI R. K. MATHUR Public Works Department, Government of U. P., Lncknow
SHRI M. K. MUKHERJEE Roads Wing (Department of Surface Transport, Ministry of
SHRI N. K. SINHA ( Alternate ) Transport ), New Delhi
SHRI S. N. PAL M. N. Dastur 2%Co Pvt Ltd, Calcutta
SHRI SALIL ROY ( Alternate )
SHRI A. S. PRASADA RAO Structural Engineering Research Centre, Madras
SHRI H. G. SREENATH( Akrnate )
SHRI T. SEN IRC Steels Ltd. Calcutta

DR C. N. SRINIVASAN C. R. Narayana Rao, Madras

SHRI C. N. RAGHAVANDRAN( Alternate )
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FARIDABAD. GHAZlABAD. GUWAHATI, HYDERABAD. JAIPUR. KANPUR.
LUCKNOW. PATNA. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.

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IS 13620 : 1993 FUSION BONDED EPOXY COATED
RElNFORCING BARS - SPECIFICATION

(Page 1, c1au.w 7.2, line 7 ) -Substitute 300 mm fir 300 cm.

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Reprography Unit, BIS. New Delhi. India