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    Standard Terminology Relating to Analytical Chemistry for Metals, Ores, and Related Materials

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  07-19-2023

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-18-2023

    Publisher:  American Society for Testing and Materials

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    1.1This is a compilation of terms commonly used in analytical chemistry for metals, ores, and related materials. Terms that are generally understood or defined adequately in other readily available sources are either not included or their sources are identified.

    1.2A definition is a single sentence with additional information included in a discussion.

    1.3Definitions identical to those published by another standards organization or ASTM committee are identified with the name of the organization or the identifying document and ASTM committee.

    1.4Definitions specific to a particular field (such as emission spectrometry) are identified with an italicized introductory phrase.

    1.5This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

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    Document Type Reference Material
    Publisher American Society for Testing and Materials
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    ASTM E 382 : 2020 Standard Test Method for Determination of Crushing Strength of Iron Ore Pellets and Direct-Reduced Iron
    ASTM E 352 : 2018 : EDT 1 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Tool Steels and Other Similar Medium- and High-Alloy Steels
    ASTM E 1019 : 2018 Standard Test Methods for Determination of Carbon, Sulfur, Nitrogen, and Oxygen in Steel, Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt Alloys by Various Combustion and Inert Gas Fusion Techniques
    ASTM E 2294 : 2021 Standard Practice for Proof Silver Corrections in Metal Bearing Ores, Concentrates, and Related Materials by Fire Assay Gravimetry
    ASTM E 88 : 2011 : R2017 Standard Practice for Sampling Nonferrous Metals and Alloys in Cast Form for Determination of Chemical Composition
    ASTM E 248 : 2020 Standard Test Method for Determination of Manganese in Manganese Ores by Pyrophosphate Complexed Permanganate Potentiometric Titrimetry
    ASTM C 1254 : 2018 Standard Test Method for Determination of Uranium in Mineral Acids by X-Ray Fluorescence
    ASTM E 2994 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Titanium and Titanium Alloys by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry and Glow Discharge Atomic Emission Spectrometry (Performance-Based Method)
    ASTM E 2293 : 2019 Standard Practice for Drying of Metal Bearing Ores, Concentrates, and Related Metallurgical Materials for the Determination of Mercury
    ASTM B 568 : 1998 : R2021 Standard Test Method for Measurement of Coating Thickness by X-Ray Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1251 : 2017 : REV A Standard Test Method for Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    ASTM E 353 : 2019 : EDT 1 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Stainless, Heat-Resisting, Maraging, and Other Similar Chromium-Nickel-Iron Alloys
    ASTM E2972 : 2015(2019) Standard Guide for Production, Testing, and Value Assignment of In-House Reference Materials for Metals, Ores, and Other Related Materials
    ASTM E 507 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Determination of Aluminum in Iron Ores by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
    ASTM E 2371 : 2021 : REV A Standard Test Method for Analysis of Titanium and Titanium Alloys by Direct Current Plasma and Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (Performance-Based Test Methodology)
    ASTM E 415 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steel by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    ASTM E 131 : 2010 : R2023 Standard Terminology Relating to Molecular Spectroscopy
    ASTM E 2824 : 2018 : REV A Standard Test Method for Determination of Beryllium in Copper-Beryllium Alloys by Phosphate Gravimetry
    ASTM E 2594 : 2020 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Nickel Alloys by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (Performance-Based)
    ASTM E 60 : 2011 : R2022 : EDT 1 Standard Practice for Analysis of Metals, Ores, and Related Materials by Spectrophotometry
    ASTM E 738 : 2020 Standard Test Method for Determination of Aluminum in Iron Ores and Related Materials by EDTA Complexometric Titrimetry
    ASTM E 389 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Particle Size or Screen Analysis at 4.75 mm (No.4) Sieve and Coarser for Metal-Bearing Ores and Related Materials
    ASTM E 465 : 2011 : R2017 Standard Test Methods for Determination of Manganese (IV) in Manganese Ores by Redox Titrimetry
    ASTM E 2209 : 2022 Standard Test Method for Analysis of High Manganese Steel by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    ASTM C 1343 : 2016 Standard Test Method for Determination of Low Concentrations of Uranium in Oils and Organic Liquids by X-ray Fluorescence
    ASTM E 351 : 2018 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Cast Iron—All Types
    ASTM C 1271 : 1999 : R2020 Standard Test Method for X-ray Spectrometric Analysis of Lime and Limestone
    ASTM F 2853 : 2010 : R2015 Standard Test Method for Determination of Lead in Paint Layers and Similar Coatings or in Substrates and Homogenous Materials by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry Using Multiple Monochromatic Excitation Beams
    ASTM E 314 : 2016 Standard Test Methods for Determination of Manganese in Iron Ores by Pyrophosphate Potentiometry and Periodate Spectrophotometry Techniques
    ASTM E 2050 : 2017 Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Carbon in Mold Powders by Combustion
    ASTM B 890 : 2020 Standard Test Method for Determination of Metallic Constituents of Tungsten Alloys and Tungsten Hardmetals by X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
    ASTM E 520 : 2008 : R2015 : EDT 1 Standard Practice for Describing Photomultiplier Detectors in Emission and Absorption Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1479 : 2016 Standard Practice for Describing and Specifying Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometers
    ASTM E 1832 : 2008 : R2017 Standard Practice for Describing and Specifying a Direct Current Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer
    ASTM F 1593 : 2008 : R2016 Standard Test Method for Trace Metallic Impurities in Electronic Grade Aluminum by High Mass-Resolution Glow-Discharge Mass Spectrometer
    ASTM C 1255 : 2018 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Uranium and Thorium in Soils by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy
    ASTM E 508 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Determination of Calcium and Magnesium in Iron Ores by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
    ASTM B 954 : 2015 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys by Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    ASTM C 1517 : 2016 Standard Test Method for Determination of Metallic Impurities in Uranium Metal or Compounds by DC-Arc Emission Spectroscopy
    ASTM E 478 : 2008 : R2017 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper Alloys
    ASTM E 1172 : 2022 Standard Practice for Describing and Specifying a Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer
    ASTM E 367 : 2022 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Ferroniobium
    ASTM C 1770 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Determination of Loose and Tapped Bulk Densities of Small Quantities of Plutonium Oxide
    ASTM E 465 : 2023 Standard Test Methods for Determination of Manganese (IV) in Manganese Ores by Redox Titrimetry
    ASTM D 7691 : 2023 Standard Test Method for Multielement Analysis of Crude Oils Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
    ASTM B 954 : 2023 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys by Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1277 : 2023 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Zinc-5 % Aluminum-Mischmetal Alloys by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1600 : 2023 Standard Test Methods for Determination of Gold in Cyanide Solutions
    ASTM E 342 : 2023 Standard Test Method for Determination of Chromium Oxide in Chrome Ores by Permanganate Titrimetry
    ASTM E 520 : 2008 : R2023 Standard Practice for Describing Photomultiplier Detectors in Emission and Absorption Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1085 : 2022 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Low-Alloy Steels by Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
    ASTM E 2823 : 2017 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Nickel Alloys by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (Performance-Based)
    ASTM E 1086 : 2022 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Austenitic Stainless Steel by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1282 : 2021 Standard Guide for Specifying the Chemical Compositions and Selecting Sampling Practices and Quantitative Analysis Methods for Metals, Ores, and Related Materials
    ASTM E 463 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Determination of Silica in Fluorspar by Silico-Molybdate Visible Spectrophotometry
    ASTM E 1458 : 2012 : R2022 Standard Test Method for Calibration Verification of Laser Diffraction Particle Sizing Instruments Using Photomask Reticles
    ASTM E 1473 : 2022 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Nickel, Cobalt, and High-Temperature Alloys
    ASTM B 985 : 2012 : R2016 Standard Practice for Sampling Aluminum Ingots, Billets, Castings and Finished or Semi-Finished Wrought Aluminum Products for Compositional Analysis
    ASTM E 276 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Particle Size or Screen Analysis at 4.75 mm (No. 4) Sieve and Finer for Metal-Bearing Ores and Related Materials
    ASTM E 406 : 2019 Standard Practice for Using Controlled Atmospheres in Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1447 : 2022 Standard Test Method for Determination of Hydrogen in Reactive Metals and Reactive Metal Alloys by Inert Gas Fusion with Detection by Thermal Conductivity or Infrared Spectrometry
    ASTM E 439 : 2017 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Beryllium
    ASTM E 1916 : 2011 : R2019 Standard Guide for Identification of Mixed Lots of Metals
    ASTM C 1109 : 2010 : R2015 Standard Practice for Analysis of Aqueous Leachates from Nuclear Waste Materials Using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
    ASTM C 1456 : 2013 : R2018 Standard Test Method for Determination of Uranium or Gadolinium (or both) in Gadolinium Oxide-Uranium Oxide Pellets or by X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)
    ASTM C 1301 : 2022 Standard Test Method for Major and Trace Elements in Limestone and Lime by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP) and Atomic Absorption (AA)
    ASTM E 1806 : 2018 Standard Practice for Sampling Steel and Iron for Determination of Chemical Composition
    ASTM E 278 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Determination of Phosphorus in Iron Ores by Phosphomolybdate Coprecipitation and Nitric Acid Titrimetry
    ASTM C 1111 : 2010 : R2020 Standard Test Method for Determining Elements in Waste Streams by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
    ASTM E 2296 : 2021 Standard Practice for Silver Corrections in Metal Bearing Ores, Concentrates, and Related Metallurgical Materials by Fire Assay Slag Recycling and Cupel Proof Gravimetry
    ASTM E 1805 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Determination of Gold in Copper Concentrates by Fire Assay Gravimetry
    ASTM D 6311 : 1998 : R2022 Standard Guide for Generation of Environmental Data Related to Waste Management Activities: Selection and Optimization of Sampling Design
    ASTM E 50 : 2017 Standard Practices for Apparatus, Reagents, and Safety Considerations for Chemical Analysis of Metals, Ores, and Related Materials
    ASTM E 1601 : 2019 Standard Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Evaluate the Performance of an Analytical Method
    ASTM E 572 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Stainless and Alloy Steels by Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
    ASTM E 2857 : 2022 Standard Guide for Validating Analytical Methods
    ASTM E 1898 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Determination of Silver in Copper Concentrates by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
    ASTM E 815 : 2017 : REV B Standard Test Method for Determination of Calcium Fluoride in Fluorspar by EDTA Complexometric Titrimetry
    ASTM E 1835 : 2014 : R2022 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Nickel Alloys by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
    ASTM E 3061 : 2017 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (Performance Based Method)
    ASTM E 1277 : 2022 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Zinc-5 % Aluminum-Mischmetal Alloys by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1834 : 2018 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Nickel Alloys by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
    ASTM E 32 : 2021 Standard Practices for Sampling Ferroalloys and Steel Additives for Determination of Chemical Composition
    ASTM E 1409 : 2013 : R2021 Standard Test Method for Determination of Oxygen and Nitrogen in Titanium and Titanium Alloys by Inert Gas Fusion
    ASTM E 363 : 2022 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Chromium and Ferrochromium
    ASTM F 1710 : 2008 : R2016 Standard Test Method for Trace Metallic Impurities in Electronic Grade Titanium by High Mass-Resolution Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometer
    ASTM E 354 : 2021 : EDT 1 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of High-Temperature, Electrical, Magnetic, and Other Similar Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt Alloys
    ASTM F 2980 : 2013 : R2017 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Heavy Metals in Glass by Field Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)
    ASTM E 2941 : 2021 Standard Practices for Extraction of Elements from Ores and Related Metallurgical Materials by Acid Digestion
    ASTM E 2792 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Determination of Hydrogen in Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by Inert Gas Fusion
    ASTM E 1070 : 2017 : REV A Standard Test Method for Determination of Phosphorus in Iron Ores by Phospho-Molybdenum-Blue Spectrophotometry
    ASTM E 1184 : 2021 Standard Practice for Determination of Elements by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
    ASTM F 3078 : 2015 Standard Test Method for Identification and Quantification of Lead in Paint and Similar Coating Materials using Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (EDXRF)
    ASTM E 1950 : 2017 Standard Practice for Reporting Results from Methods of Chemical Analysis
    ASTM E 716 : 2016 : R2021 : EDT 2 Standard Practices for Sampling and Sample Preparation of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys for Determination of Chemical Composition by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    ASTM E 3346 : 2022 Standard Guide for Combustion, Inert Gas Fusion and Hot Extraction Instruments for use in Analyzing Metals, Ores, and Related Materials
    ASTM F 561 : 2019 Standard Practice for Retrieval and Analysis of Medical Devices, and Associated Tissues and Fluids
    ASTM E 284 : 2022 Standard Terminology of Appearance
    ASTM F 1845 : 2008 : R2016 Standard Test Method for Trace Metallic Impurities in Electronic Grade Aluminum-Copper, Aluminum-Silicon, and Aluminum-Copper-Silicon Alloys by High-Mass-Resolution Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometer
    ASTM E 1852 : 2019 Standard Test Method for Determination of Low Levels of Antimony in Carbon and Low-Alloy Steel by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
    ASTM E 878 : 2020 Standard Test Method for Determination of Titanium in Iron Ores and Related Materials by Diantipyrylmethane Ultraviolet Spectrophotometry
    ASTM E 1306 : 2022 Standard Practice for Preparation of Metal and Alloy Samples by Electric Arc Melting for Spectrochemical Analysis
    ASTM E 396 : 2017 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Cadmium
    ASTM D 6247 : 2018 Standard Test Method for Determination of Elemental Content of Polyolefins by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1568 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Determination of Gold in Activated Carbon by Fire Assay Gravimetry
    ASTM E 305 : 2021 Standard Practice for Establishing and Controlling Spark Atomic Emission Spectrochemical Analytical Curves
    ASTM D 5681 : 2022 : EDT 1 Standard Terminology for Waste and Waste Management
    ASTM C 1474 : 2019 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Isotopic Composition of Uranium in Nuclear-Grade Fuel Material by Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry
    ASTM E 877 : 2021 Standard Practice for Sampling and Sample Preparation of Iron Ores and Related Materials for Determination of Chemical Composition and Physical Properties
    ASTM E 1335 : 2008 : R2017 Standard Test Methods for Determination of Gold in Bullion by Fire Assay Cupellation Analysis
    ASTM E 55 : 2011 : R2022 : EDT 1 Standard Practice for Sampling Wrought Nonferrous Metals and Alloys for Determination of Chemical Composition
    ASTM E 372 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Determination of Calcium and Magnesium in Magnesium Ferrosilicon by EDTA Titrimetry
    ASTM C 125 : 2021 : REV A Standard Terminology Relating to Concrete and Concrete Aggregates
    ASTM E 350 : 2018 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Carbon Steel, Low-Alloy Steel, Silicon Electrical Steel, Ingot Iron, and Wrought Iron
    ASTM E 1600 : 2015 Standard Test Methods for Determination of Gold in Cyanide Solutions
    ASTM E 3047 : 2022 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Nickel Alloys by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1941 : 2010 : R2016 Standard Test Method for Determination of Carbon in Refractory and Reactive Metals and Their Alloys by Combustion Analysis
    ASTM E 1917 : 2013 : R2018 Standard Test Method for Determination of Phosphorus in Nickel, Ferronickel, and Nickel Alloys by Phosphovanadomolybdate Spectrophotometry
    ASTM E 1770 : 2019 Standard Practice for Optimization of Instrumentation for Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
    ASTM E 581 : 2017 : REV A : R2022 : EDT 1 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Manganese-Copper Alloys
    ASTM D 7691 : 2016 Standard Test Method for Multielement Analysis of Crude Oils Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
    ASTM E 2295 : 2021 Standard Practice for Fire Assay Silver Corrections in Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores, Concentrates, and Related Metallurgical Materials by Silver Determination in Slags and Cupels
    ASTM E 882 : 2010 : R2016 : EDT 1 Standard Guide for Accountability and Quality Control in the Chemical Analysis Laboratory
    ASTM E 536 : 2016 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Zinc and Zinc Alloys
    ASTM E 2093 : 2012 : R2016 Standard Guide for Optimizing, Controlling and Assessing Test Method Uncertainties from Multiple Workstations in the Same Laboratory Organization
    ASTM E 539 : 2019 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Titanium Alloys by Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1915 : 2020 Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores and Related Materials for Carbon, Sulfur, and Acid-Base Characteristics
    ASTM E 1361 : 2002 : R2021 Standard Guide for Correction of Interelement Effects in X-Ray Spectrometric Analysis
    ASTM E 342 : 2011 : R2016 Standard Test Method for Determination of Chromium Oxide in Chrome Ores by Permanganate Titrimetry
    ASTM E 2242 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Column Percolation Extraction of Mine Rock by the Meteoric Water Mobility Procedure
    ASTM E 2575 : 2019 Standard Test Method for Determination of Oxygen in Copper and Copper Alloys by Inert Gas Fusion
    ASTM E 1621 : 2022 Standard Guide for Elemental Analysis by Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
    ASTM E 316 : 2017 Standard Test Method for Determination of Iron in Manganese Ores by Hydrogen Sulfide Reduction-Dichromate Titrimetry
    ASTM F 2617 : 2015 Standard Test Method for Identification and Quantification of Chromium, Bromine, Cadmium, Mercury, and Lead in Polymeric Material Using Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1097 : 2012 : R2017 Standard Guide for Determination of Various Elements by Direct Current Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1257 : 2016 Standard Guide for Evaluating Grinding Materials Used for Surface Preparation in Spectrochemical Analysis
    ASTM E 1999 : 2018 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Cast Iron by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    ASTM E 1938 : 2013 : R2018 Standard Test Method for Determination of Titanium in Nickel Alloys by Diantipyrylmethane Spectrophotometry
    ASTM E 279 : 2018 Standard Test Method for Determination of Abrasion Resistance of Iron Ore Pellets, Lump, and Sinter by the Tumbler Test
    ASTM E 1587 : 2017 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Refined Nickel
    ASTM E 247 : 2021 Standard Test Method for Determination of Silica in Manganese Ores, Iron Ores, and Related Materials by Gravimetry
    ASTM D 5185 : 2018 Standard Test Method for Multielement Determination of Used and Unused Lubricating Oils and Base Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
    ASTM D 6689 : 2001 : R2019 : EDT 1 Standard Guide for Optimizing, Controlling, and Reporting Test Method Uncertainties from Multiple Workstations in the Same Laboratory Organization
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