ASTM E 400 : 2002

Name: ASTM E 400 : 2002
Brand: ASTM
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Standard Test Method for Analysis of Ores, Minerals, and Rocks by the Fire Assay Preconcentration Optical Emission Spectroscopy (Withdrawn 2007)

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Withdrawn date

11-06-2007

Language(s)

English

Published date

10-05-2002

Publisher

American Society for Testing and Materials

CONTAINED IN VOL. 03.05, 2005 Outlines the spectrographic analysis of ores, rocks, and minerals for silver, palladium, gold, platinum, and rhodium.

1.1 This test method covers the spectrographic analysis of ores, minerals, and rocks for silver, palladium, platinum, gold and rhodium. The concentrations of precious metals which can be determined in the material being analyzed depend on the amount of sample assayed (Note 1). Concentration ranges for the lead fire assay beads are as follows:

Element	Concentration Range,%

Silver	0.028 to 1.40
Palladium	0.004 to 0.14
Platinum	0.004 to 0.14
Gold	0.003 to 0.14
Rhodium	0.004 to 0.07

Note 1—The amounts used are large enough to minimize weighing errors. A wide range of precious metal concentrations in rocks, minerals and ores can be covered by a modest range of percentages in the lead beads by regulating the weights of the initial sample and the lead bead. Also, both gold and silver can be determined in the lead bead. When either of these metals is used as a collector for the others in the assay, as is generally done, it cannot be determined without another assay.

1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.Specific hazard statements are given in Section 9.

Committee	E 01
DocumentType	Test Method
Pages	6
PublisherName	American Society for Testing and Materials
Status	Withdrawn
Supersedes	ASTM E 400 : 1997

ASTM E 50 : 2017 : REDLINE	Standard Practices for Apparatus, Reagents, and Safety Considerations for Chemical Analysis of Metals, Ores, and Related Materials
ASTM E 116 : 1997	Standard Practice for Photographic Photometry in Spectrochemical Analysis (Withdrawn 2002)
ASTM E 115 : 1997	Standard Practice for Photographic Processing in Optical Emission Spectrographic Analysis (Withdrawn 2002)