This standard describes the fundamentals of cold crack formation and the principles of cold cracking tests. These tests can be used to determine the cold cracking sensitivity of welding consumables, parent materials, weld metal. The most common tests are described (after referred to hydrogen cracking).
In addition, an overview is given of the cold cracking test procedures, their classification, and their fields of application are within EN ISO 17642-2 and EN ISO 17642-3.