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

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 03.05, 2001
E 55-91 (2001)
E 88-91 (2001)
E 279-97 (2001)
E 634-96 (2001)
Volume 03.06, 2001
E 1833-96 (2001)

E04 on Metallography

• NEW STANDARD
Volume 03.01, 2001
E 2142-01, Test Methods for Rating and Classifying Inclusions in Steel Using the Scanning Electron Microscope

E05 on Fire Standards

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 04.07, 2001
E 603-01, Guide for Room Fire Experiments
E 800-01, Guide for Measurement of Gases Present or Generated During Fires
E 1474-01, Test Method for Determining the Heat Release Rate of Upholstered Furniture and Mattress Components or Composites Using a Bench Scale Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter
E 1740-01, Test Method for Determining the Heat Release Rate and Other

E06 on Performance of Buildings

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 04.11, 2001
E 773-01, Test Method for Accelerated Weathering of Sealed Insulating Glass Units
E 833-01a, Terminology of Building Economics

• EDITORIAL CHANGE
Volume 04.11, 2001
E 241-00 (1900)e1 (Includes change to title), Guide for Limiting Water-Induced Damage to Buildings

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 04.11, 2001
E 767-96 (2001)
E 987-88 (2001)
Volume 04.12, 2001
E 1748-95 (2001)

E08 on Fatigue and Fracture

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 03.01, 2001
E 1820-01, Test Method for Measurement of Fracture Toughness

E12 on Color and Appearance

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 06.01, 2002
E 308-01, Practice for Computing the Colors of Objects by Using the CIE System

• EDITORIAL CHANGE
Volume 06.01, 2002
E 1709-00e1 (Includes change to title), Test Method for Measurement of Retroreflective Signs Using a Portable Retroreflectometer

E15 on Industrial and Specialty Chemicals

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 15.05, 2002
E 203-01, Test Method for Water Using Volumetric Karl Fischer Titration
E 291-01, Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Caustic Soda and Caustic Potash Sodium Hydroxide and Potassium Hydroxide

• WITHDRAWAL OF STANDARD
Volume 15.05, 2001
E 301-94, Test Method for Total Acidity of Organic Acids
E 302-95, Test Methods for Monobasic Organic Acids
E 1011-96(2001)e1, Specification for Sulfuric Acid
E 1098-93(1997), Specification for Liquid Caustic Soda Sodium Hydroxide Solution
E 1099-96, Specification for Soda Ash, Anhydrous (Sodium Carbonate, Anhydrous)
E 1230-96, Test Method for the Approximate Determination of Low Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons in Anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride
E 1785-96, Specification for Acrylonitrile

E20 on Temperature Measurement

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 14.03, 2001
E 344-01a, Terminology Relating to Thermometry and Hydrometry

E27 on Hazard Potential of Chemicals

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 14.02, 2001
E 476-87 (2001)

E28 on Mechanical Testing

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 03.01, 2001
E 74-01, Practice of Calibration of Force-Measuring Instruments for Verifying the Force Indication of Testing Machines
E 143-01, Test Method for Shear Modulus at Room Temperature
E 837-01, Test Method for Determining Residual Stresses by the Hole-Drilling Strain-Gage Method

E34 on Occupational Health and Safety

• NEW STANDARD
Volume 11.03, 2002
E 2169-01, Practice for Selecting Antimicrobial Pesticides for Use in Water-Miscible Metalworking Fluids

E35 on Pesticides and Alternative Control Agents

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 11.05, 2001
E 993-01, Test Method for Evaluation of Delayed Contact Hypersensitivity
E 1073-01, Test Method for Obtaining a Pharmacological Profile with Mice
E 1373-01, Test Method for Conducting a Subchronic Inhalation Toxicity Study in Rats

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 11.05, 2001
E 725-96 (2001)
E 1673-96 (2001)

E37 on Thermal Measurements

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 14.02, 2001
E 1952-01, Test Method for Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Diffusivity by Modulated Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimetry
E 1970-01, Practice for Statistical Treatment of Thermoanalytical Data
E 2041-01, Method for Estimating Kinetic Parameters by Differential Scanning Calorimeter Using the Borchardt and Daniels Method

E47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 11.05, 2001
E 1194-01, Test Method for Vapor Pressure
E 1195-01, Test Method for Determining a Sorption Constant
E 1720-01, Test Method for Determining Ready, Ultimate, Biodegradability of Organic Chemicals in a Sealed Vessel CO2 Production Test

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 11.05, 2001
E 1798-96 (2001)

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