This European Standard specifies a quantitative method for the measurement of adhesive strength of metallic and other inorganic coatings applied to metallic, polymer and glass substrates. Typical coatings for which this European Standard applies are metallic coatings such as aluminium, copper, nickel, nickel plus chromium, silver, tin, tin-nickel alloys, zinc, gold as well as other inorganic coatings such as oxides or nitrides e.g. of aluminium, indium and indium-tin, silicon, niobium, titanium, tungsten, zirconium and others. This European Standard does not apply to certain hot dip, spray and mechanical coatings. The measurement is valid if the cohesion and adhesion properties of the adhesive are higher than those of the coating subjected to test.