This Standard is applicable to natural iron ores (hereafter referred to as "sized ores") and iron ore agglomerates [hot-bonded pellets (hereafter referred to as "pellets") and sinter ].

NOTE: The International Standard corresponding to this Standard and the symbol of degree of correspondence are as follows :

ISO 4696-2 : 2007 Iron ores for blast furnace feed-stocks – Determination of low-temperature reduction-disintegration indices by static method – Part 2: Reduction with CO and N2 (MOD)

The symbols which denote the degree of correspondence in the contents between the relevant International Standard and JIS are IDT (identical), MOD (modified), and NEQ (not equivalent) according to ISO/IEC Guide 21-1.

This Standard is applicable to hot-bonded pellets.

NOTE 1 The corresponding International Standard, ISO 4700, is applicable to pellets for blast furnace and direct reduction feedstocks.

NOTE 2 The International Standard corresponding to this Standard and the symbol of degree of correspondence are as follows :

ISO 4700 : 2007 Iron are pellets for blast furnace and direct reduction feedstocks -Determination of the crushing strength (MOD)

The symbols which denote the degree of correspondence in the contents between the relevant International Standard and JIS are IDT (identical), MOD (modified), and NEQ (not equivalent) according to ISO/lEC Guide 21-1.