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Lucideon is a UKAS accredited testing laboratory (No. 0013) in the UK with Lucideon accredited overseas laboratories.
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A selection of test methods performed at our UK laboratories can be seen here.
For Lucideon in the US, Test Methods, Standards and Specifications include ASTM, IPC, IPC Thermal Tests, ISO, MIL-SPEC, NEMA L1-1, OEM-Specific & SAE Aerospace Material Specifications. Details of accreditations can be found here.
| 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 |
| A923 | Detecting Detrimental Intermetallic Phase in Duplex Austenitic / Ferritic Stainless Steels |
| A955 | Specification for Deformed and Plain Stainless-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement |
| A967 | Standard Specification for Chemical Passivation Treatments for Stainless Steel Parts |
| B23 | Standard Specification for White Metal Bearing Alloys (Known Commercially as Babbitt Metal) |
| B212 | Apparent Density of Free-Flowing Metal Powders Using the Hall Flowmeter Funnel |
| B213 | Flow Rate of Metal Powders Using the Hall Flowmeter Funnel |
| B311 | Density of Powder Metallurgy (PM) Materials Containing Less Than 2% Porosity |
| B214 | Sieve Analysis of Metal Powders |
| B571 | Qualitative Adhesion Testing of Metallic Coatings (for metals) |
| B578 | Microhardness of Electroplated Coatings |
| C138 | Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete |
| C270 | Specification for Mortar for Unit Masonry |
| C295 | Petrographic Examination of Aggregates for Concrete |
| C373 | Water Absorption, bulk density, apparent porosity and apparent specific gravity of fired white ware products |
| C457 | Microscopical Determination of Parameters of the Air-Void System in… |
| C642 | Density, Absorption and Voids in Hardened Concrete |
| C657 | D-C Volume Resistivity of Glass |
| C674 | Flexural Properties of Ceramic Whiteware Materials |
| C791 | Chemical, Mass Spectrometric, and Spectrochemical Analysis of Nuclear-Grade Boron Carbide |
| C856 | Petrographic Examination of Hardened Concrete |
| C876 | Corrosion Potentials of Uncoated Reinforcing Steel Concrete |
| C1218 | Water-Soluble Chloride in Mortar and Concrete |
| C1301 | Major and Trace Elements in Limestone and Lime by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP) and Atomic Absorption (AA) |
| C1324 | Examination and Analysis of Hardened Masonry Mortar |
| C1341 | Flexural Properties of Advanced Ceramic Composites |
| D70 | Density of Semi-Solid Bituminous Materials (Pycnometer Method) |
| D86 | Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure |
| D92 | Flash Point - Cleveland Open Cup |
| D95 | Water in Petroleum Products and Bituminous Materials by Distillation |
| D127 | Drop Melting Point of Petroleum Wax |
| D129 | Sulfur in Petroleum Products |
| D149 | Dielectric Breakdown Voltage and Dielectric Strength of Solid Electrical Insulating Materials at Commercial Power Frequencies |
| D217 | Cone Penetration of Lubricating Grease (1/2 scale) |
| D229 | Rigid Sheet and Plate Materials Used for Electrical Insulation |
| D257 | DC Current Surface and Volume Resistivity |
| D287 | API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Petroleum Products |
| D412 | Tension Testing of Rubber & Thermoplastic Elastomers |
| D471 | Rubber Property - Effect of Liquids |
| D482 | Ash from Petroleum Products |
| D495 | High-Voltage, Low-Current, Dry Arc Resistance of Solid Electrical Insulation |
| D573 | Rubber Deterioration in Air Oven |
| D624 | Tear Strength - Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers |
| D638 | Tensile Properties of Plastics |
| D648 | Deflection Temperature of Plastics Under Flexural Load in the Edgewise Position |
| D664 | Acid Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Titration |
| D669 | Dissipation Factor and Permittivity Parallel with Laminations of Laminated Sheet and Plate Materials |
| D695 | Compressive Properties of Rigid Plastics (compressive strength, yield strength and modulus) |
| D732 | Shear Strength of Plastics by Punch Tool |
| D751 | Standard Test Method for Coated Fabrics |
| D785 | Rockwell Hardness of Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials |
| D790 | Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials |
| D792 | Density and Specific Gravity (Relative Density) of Plastics by Displacement |
| D808 | Chloride in Petroleum Products (Bomb) |
| D877 | Standard Test Method for Dielectric Breakdown Voltage of Insulating Liquids Using Disk Electrodes |
| D974 | Acid and Base Number by Color-Indicator Titration |
| D1000 | Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive-Coated Tapes Used for Electrical and Electronic Applications |
| D1002 | Apparent Shear Strength of Single-Lap-Joint Adhesively Bonded Metal Specimens by Tension Loading (Metal-to-Metal) (Lap-shear test) |
| D1056 | Standard Specification for Flexible Cellular Materials—Sponge or Expanded Rubber |
| D1401 | Water Separability of Petroleum Oils and Synthetic Fluids |
| D1475 | Density of Liquid Coatings, Inks, and Related Products |
| D1531 | Relative Permittivity (Dielectric Constant) and Dissipation Factor by Fluid Displacement Procedures (Method B) |
| D1621 | Compressive Properties Of Rigid Cellular Plastics |
| D1622 | Apparent Density of Rigid Cellular Plastics |
| D1708 | Tensile Properties of Plastics by Use of Microtensile Specimens |
| D1796 | Water and Sediment in Fuel Oils by the Centrifuge Method |
| D1824 | Apparent Viscosity of Plastisols and Organosols at Low Shear Rates |
| D1894 | Static and Kinetic Coefficients of Friction of Plastic Film and Sheeting |
| D2240 | Rubber Property - Durometer Hardness |
| D2344 | Short-Beam Strength of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials and Their Laminates |
| D2500 | Cloud Point of Petroleum Products |
| D2834 | Nonvolatile Matter (Total Solids) in Water-Emulsion Floor Polishes, Solvent-Based Floor Polishes, and Polymer-Emulsion Floor Polishes |
| D2990 | Standard Test Methods for Compressive Creep and Creep-Rupture of Plastics |
| D3039 | Tensile Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials |
| D3163 | Determining Strength of Adhesively Bonded Rigid Plastic Lap-Shear Joints in Shear by Tension Loading |
| D3171 | Constituent Content of Composite Materials |
| D3223 | Total Mercury in Water |
| D3359 | Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test |
| D3386 | Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion of Electrical Insulating Materials |
| D3417 | Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystallization of Polymers by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) |
| D3418 | Transition Temperatures and Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystallization of Polymers by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) |
| D3518 | In-Plane Shear Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials by Tensile Test of a ±45° Laminate |
| D3529 | Matrix Solids Content and Matrix Content of Composite Prepreg |
| D3530 | Volatiles Content of Composite Material Prepreg |
| D3677 | Rubber Identification by Infrared Spectrophotometry |
| D3850 | Rapid Thermal Degradation of Solid Electrical Insulating Materials by Thermogravimetric Method (TGA) |
| D4325 | Nonmetallic Semi-Conducting and Electrically Insulating Rubber Tapes |
| D4327 | Anions in Water by Chemically Suppressed Ion Chromatography |
| D4419 | Measurement of Transition Temperatures of Petroleum Waxes by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) |
| D4878 | Polyurethane Raw Materials: Determination of Viscosity of Polyols |
| D4940 | Conductimetric Analysis of Water Soluble Ionic Contamination of Blasting Abrasives |
| D5028 | Curing Properties of Pultrusion Resins by Thermal Analysis |
| D5379 | Shear Properties of Composite Materials by the V-Notched Beam Method |
| D5420 | Impact resistance of flat, rigid plastic specimen by means of a striker impacted by a falling weight (Gardner Impact) |
| D5766 | Open-Hole Tensile Strength of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates |
| D6272 | Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials by Four-Point Bending |
| D6304 | Determination of Water in Petroleum Products, Lubricating Oils, and Additives by Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration |
| D7626 | Determining the Organic Treat Loading of Organophilic Clay |
| E8 | Tension Testing of Metallic Materials |
| 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 |
| E70 | pH of Aqueous Solutions With the Glass Electrode |
| 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 |
| E165 | Standard Practice for Liquid Penetrant Examination for General Industry Annex 4 |
| 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) |
| E466 | Conducting Force Controlled Constant Amplitude Axial Fatigue Tests of Metallic Materials |
| E517 | Standard Test Method for Plastic Strain Ratio r for Sheet Metal |
| E562 | Determining Volume Fraction by Systematic Manual Point Count |
| 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) |
| E1019 | Determination of Carbon, Sulfur, Nitrogen, and Oxygen in Steel, Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt Alloys by Various Combustion and Fusion Techniques |
| E1131 | Compositional Analysis by Thermogravimetry |
| E1181 | Characterizing Duplex Grain Sizes |
| E1269 | Determining Specific Heat Capacity by Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| E1356 | Assignment of the Glass Transition Temperatures by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) |
| E1382 | Determining Average Grain Size Using Semiautomatic and Automatic Image Analysis |
| E1641 | Decomposition Kinetics by Thermogravimetry Using the Ozawa / Flynn / Wall Method |
| E1828 | Assignment of the Glass Transition Temperature by Thermomechanical Analysis |
| E1858 | Determining Oxidation Induction Time of Hydrocarbons by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) |
| E1868 | Loss-on-Drying by Thermogravimetry |
| E1877 | Calculating Thermal Endurance of Materials from Thermogravimetric Decomposition Data |
| E2070 | Kinetic Parameters by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) Using Isothermal Methods |
| E2371 | Analysis of Titanium and Titanium Alloys by Direct Current Plasma and Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry |
| F75 | Standard Specification for Cobalt-28 Chromium-6 Molybdenum Alloy Castings and Casting Alloy for Surgical Implants |
| F136 | Standard Specification for Wrought Titanium-6Aluminum-4Vanadium ELI (Extra Low Interstitial) Alloy for Surgical Implant Applications |
| 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 |
| F1160 | Standard Test Method for Shear and Bending Fatigue Testing of Calcium Phosphate and Metallic Medical and Composite Calcium Phosphate / Metallic Coatings |
| F1350 | Wrought 18Chromium-14Nickel-2.5Molybdenum Stainless Steel Surgical Fixation Wire (UNS S31673) |
| F1854 | Stereological Evaluation of Porous Coatings on Medical Implants |
| F1877 | Standard Practice for Characterization of Particles |
| F2003 | Accelerated Aging of UHMWPE Components |
| 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 |
| F2183 | Small Punch Testing of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Used in Surgical Implants |
| F2924 | Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing Titanium-6 Aluminum-4 Vanadium with Powder Bed Fusion |
| F2989 | Standard Specification for Metal Injection Molded Unalloyed Titanium Components for Surgical Implants |
| F3001 | Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing Titanium-6 Aluminum-4 Vanadium ELI (Extra Low Interstitial) with Powder Bed Fusion |