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ASTM E1086 – Standard Test Method for Analysis of Austenitic Stainless Steel by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The chemical composition of stainless steels must be determined accurately to ensure the desired metallurgical properties. This test method is suitable for manufacturing control and inspection testing. Scope 1.1 This test method2 covers the analysis of …
ASTM E1019 – 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 Description: Significance and Use 4.1 These test methods for the chemical analysis of metals and alloys are primarily intended to test such materials for compliance with compositional …
ASTM E831 – Standard Test Method for Linear Thermal Expansion of Solid Materials by Thermomechanical Analysis Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Coefficients of linear thermal expansion are used, for example, for design purposes and to determine if failure by thermal stress may occur when a solid body composed of two different materials is subjected to temperature …
ASTM E805 – Standard Practice for Identification of Instrumental Methods of Color or Color-Difference Measurement of Materials Description: Significance and Use 4.1 The options available in methods for the measurement of color or color-difference are many. These involve choices in: (1) specimens, (2) geometric and spectral properties of instruments, (3) calibration bases for standards used, (4) …
ASTM E681 – Standard Test Method for Concentration Limits of Flammability of Chemicals (Vapors and Gases) Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The LFL and UFL of gases and vapors define the range of flammable concentrations in air. 5.2 This method measures the LFL and UFL for upward (and partially outward) flame propagation. The limits for downward flame …
ASTM E647 – Standard Test Method for Measurement of Fatigue Crack Growth Rates Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Fatigue crack growth rate expressed as a function of crack-tip stress-intensity factor range, da/dN versus ΔK, characterizes a material’s resistance to stable crack extension under cyclic loading. Background information on the ration-ale for employing linear elastic fracture mechanics to …
ASTM E595 – Standard Test Method for Total Mass Loss and Collected Volatile Condensable Materials from Outgassing in a Vacuum Environment Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method evaluates, under carefully controlled conditions, the changes in the mass of a test specimen on exposure under vacuum to a temperature of 125 °C and the mass of …
ASTM E537 – Standard Test Method for Thermal Stability of Chemicals by Differential Scanning Calorimetry Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method is useful in detecting potentially hazardous reactions including those from volatile chemicals and in estimating the temperatures at which these reactions occur and their enthalpies (heats). This test method is recommended as an …
ASTM E415 – Standard Test Method for Analysis of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steel by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method for the spectrometric analysis of metals and alloys is primarily intended to test such materials for compliance with compositional specifications. It is assumed that all who use this test method …
ASTM E399 – Standard Test Method for Linear-Elastic Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The property KIc determined by this test method characterizes the resistance of a material to fracture in a neutral environment in the presence of a sharp crack under essentially linear-elastic stress and severe tensile constraint, such that (1) the state of …
