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April 2002 Approved Standards Actions
A Committees B Committees C Committees D Committees
E Committees F Committees G Committees
E01 on Analytical Chemistry for Metals, Ores and Related Materials

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 03.05, 2001
E 135-01a, Terminology Relating to Analytical Chemistry for Metals, Ores, and Related Materials

E04 on Metallography

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 03.01, 2001
E 7-01, Terminology Relating to Metallography
E 562-01, Test Method for Determining Volume Fraction by Systematic Manual Point Count
E 1182-01, Test Method for Measurement of Surface Layer Thickness by Radial Sectioning
E 1951-01, Guide for Calibrating Reticles and Light Microscope Magnifications E 2109-01, Test Methods for Determining Area Percentage Porosity in Thermal Sprayed Coatings

E05 on Fire Standards

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 04.07, 2001
E 1966-01, Test Method for Fire-Resistive Joint Systems
E 2010-01, Test Method for Positive Pressure Fire Tests of Window Assemblies
E 2061-01a, Guide for Fire Hazard Assessment of Rail Transportation Vehicles

E06 on Performance of Buildings

• NEW STANDARD
Volume 04.12, 2001
E 2166-01, Practice for Organizing and Managing Building Data
E 2167-01, Guide for Selection and Use of Stone Consolidants
E 2168-01, Classification for Allowance, Contingency and Reserve Sums in Building Construction Estimating

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 04.12, 2001
E 2127-01a, Methods of Static Load Test for Combined Tensile and Transverse Load Resistance of Paneled Wall Systems in Building Construction
E 2128-01a, Guide for Evaluating Water Leakage of Building Walls

E07 on Nondestructive Testing

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 03.03, 2002
E 543-02, Practice for Agencies Performing Nondestructive Testing
E 746-02 (Includes change to title), Test Method for Determining Relative Image Quality Response of Industrial Radiographic Film Systems
E 1419-02, Test Method for Examination of Seamless, Gas-Filled, Pressure Vessels Using Acoustic Emission

E10 on Nuclear Technology and Applications

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 12.02, 2001
E 560-01, Practice for Extrapolating Reactor Vessel Surveillance Dosimetry Results, E 706 Ic
E 1018-01, Guide for Application of ASTM Evaluated Cross Section Data File, Matrix E 706

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 12.02, 2001
E 453-79 (2001)
E 531-76 (2001)
E 636-95 (2001)
E 1034-95 (2001)
E 1168-95 (2001)

E17 on Vehicle-Pavement Systems

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 04.03, 2002
E 445/E 445M-88 (2001)
E 1170-97 (2001)
E 1859-97 (2001)
E 660-90 (2002)
E 707-90 (2002)

E18 on Sensory Evaluation of Materials and Products

• NEW STANDARD
Volume 15.08, 2002
E 2164-01, Test Method for Directional Difference Test

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 15.08, 2002
E 253-01a, Terminology Relating to Sensory Evaluation of Materials and Products

E20 on Temperature Measurement

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 14.03, 2002
E 100-95 (2001)
E 1350-97 (2001)

E21 on Space Simulation and Applications of Space Technology

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 15.03, 2002
E 511-01 (Includes change to title), Test Method for Measuring Heat Flux Using a Copper-Constantan Circular Foil, Heat-Flux Transducer
E 1235-01, Test Method for Gravimetric Determination of Nonvolatile Residue (NVR) in Environmentally Controlled Areas for Spacecraft

E28 on Mechanical Testing

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 03.01, 2001
E 18-02, Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness and Rockwell Superficial Hardness of Metallic Materials

• EDITORIAL CHANGE
Volume 03.01, 2002
E 837-01, Test Method for Determining Residual Stresses by the Hole-Drilling Strain-Gage Method

E47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 11.05, 2001
D 2667-95 (2001)

E52 on Forensic Psychophysiology

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 14.02, 2001
E 2035-01, Terminology Relating to Forensic Psychophysiology

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