Metallurgical Testing - ASTMs
All testing is performed in compliance with the rigorous quality requirements mandated by ISO 17025, Nadcap (aerospace & defence industries) and 10 CFR 50 Appendix B (nuclear industry).
Examples of ASTM Test Methods Performed
| ASTM | Description |
|---|---|
| A48 | Standard Specification for Gray Iron Castings |
| A247 | Evaluating the Microstructure of Graphite in Iron Castings |
| A262 | Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels |
| A480 | Standard Specification for General Requirements for Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip |
| A887 | Standard Specification for Borated Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for Nuclear Application |
| A967 | Standard Specification for Chemical Passivation Treatments for Stainless Steel Parts |
| B23 | Standard Specification for White Metal Bearing Alloys (Known Commercially as Babbitt Metal) |
| B214 | Sieve Analysis of Metal Powders |
| B571 | Qualitative Adhesion Testing of Metallic Coatings (for metals) |
| B578 | Microhardness of Electroplated Coatings |
| C876 | Corrosion Potentials of Uncoated Reinforcing Steel Concrete |
| D610 | Evaluating Degree of Rusting on Painted Steel Surfaces |
| E8 | Tension Testing of Metallic Materials |
| E9 | Compression Testing of Metallic Materials at Room Temperature |
| E10 | Brinell hardness of Metallic Materials |
| E18 | Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials |
| E21 | Elevated Temperature Tension Tests of Metallic Materials |
| E23 | Notched Bar Impact Testing of Metallic Materials |
| E45 | Determining the Inclusion Content of Steel |
| E110 | Indentation Hardness of Metallic Materials by Portable Hardness Testers |
| E112 | Determining Average Grain Size |
| E132 | Poisson's Ratio at Room Temperature |
| E139 | Conducting Creep, Creep-Rupture, and Stress-Rupture Tests of Metallic Materials |
| E190 | Guided Bend Test for Ductility of Welds |
| E292 | Conducting Time-for-Rupture Notch Tension Tests of Materials |
| E384 | Knoop and Vickers Hardness of Materials (Microindentation Hardness) |
| E517 | Standard Test Method for Plastic Strain Ratio r for Sheet Metal |
| E646 | Standard Test Method for Tensile Strain-Hardening Exponents (n -Values) of Metallic Sheet Materials |
| E794 | Melt & Crystallization Temperatures by Thermal Analysis |
| E831 | Linear Thermal Expansion of Solid Materials by Thermomechanical Analysis |
| E930 | Estimating the Largest Grain Observed in a Metallographic Section (ALA Grain Size) |
| E1181 | Characterizing Duplex Grain Sizes |
| E1382 | E1382 Determining Average Grain Size Using Semiautomatic and Automatic Image Analysis |
| E1019 | Determination of Carbon, Sulfur, Nitrogen, and Oxygen in Steel, Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt Alloys by Various Combustion and Fusion Techniques |
| F75 | Standard Specification for Cobalt-28 Chromium-6 Molybdenum Alloy Castings and Casting Alloy for Surgical Implants (UNS R30075) |
| F136 | Standard Specification for Wrought Titanium-6Aluminum-4Vanadium ELI (Extra Low Interstitial) Alloy for Surgical Implant Applications (UNS R56401) |
| F606 | Determining the Mechanical Properties of Externally and Internally Threaded Fasteners, Washers, Direct Tension Indicators, and Rivets |
| F1044 | Shear Testing of Calcium Phosphate Coatings and Metallic Coatings |
| F1058 | Wrought 40Cobalt-20Chromium-16Iron-15Nickel-7Molybdenum Alloy Wire and Strip for Surgical Implants |
| F1091 | Wrought Cobalt-20Chromium-15Tungsten-10Nickel Alloy Surgical Fixation Wire (UNS R30605) |
| F1147 | Tension Testing of Calcium Phosphate and Metallic Coatings |
| F1350 | Wrought 18Chromium-14Nickel-2.5Molybdenum Stainless Steel Surgical Fixation Wire (UNS S31673) |
| F1854 | Stereological Evaluation of Porous Coatings on Medical Implants |
| F2066 | Wrought Titanium-15 Molybdenum Alloy for Surgical Implant Applications (UNS R58150) |
| F2111 | Measuring Intergranular Attack or End Grain Pitting on Metals Caused by Aircraft Chemical Processes |
| F2989 | Standard Specification for Metal Injection Molded Unalloyed Titanium Components for Surgical Implant Applications |
| F3001 | Additive Manufacturing Titanium-6 Aluminum-4 Vanadium ELI (Extra Low Interstitial) with Powder Bed Fusion |