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This document lists, under Clause 4, the European Standards which are currently available for the determination of the chemical composition of steels and cast irons. In Clause 5, this document provides details on the range of application and gives the principle of the method described in each standard. Items which are under preparation as European Standards or as CEN Technical Reports by ECISS/TC 102 are available on the webpage of CEN, through the link https://standards.cen.eu/dyn/www/f?p=204:22:0::::FSP_ORG_ID:733643&cs=123E58BF77E3DE921F548B80C5FF2E5D4. Annex A gives a list of other European Standards and CEN Technical Reports applicable for the determination of the chemical composition of steels and cast irons. Annex B gives a list of withdrawn Euronorms, together with the corresponding replacement European Standards, if any. Annex C shows graphical representations of the content ranges of the methods listed in this document. Figure C.1 gives the content ranges of the referee methods, Figure C.2 gives the content ranges of the routine methods and Figure C.3 represents the fields of application of all the methods described. Annex D provides a trilingual key of the abbreviations used in the Figures given in Annex C. NOTE - Three methods applicable for the analysis of some ferro-alloys are listed in Annex A.