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November 2000 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

NEW STANDARD
Volume 03.06, 2000
E 2077-00, Specification for Analytical Data Interchange Protocol for Mass Spectrometric Data
Volume 03.06, 2000
E 2078-00, Guide for Analytical Data Interchange Protocol for Mass Spectrometric Data

REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 03.06, 2000
E 415-99a, Test Method for Optical Emission Vacuum Spectrometric Analysis of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steel

E04 on Metallography

REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 03.01, 2001
E 340-00, Test Method for Macroetching Metals and Alloys

E05 on Fire Standards

JURISDICTION CHANGE
Volume 04.07, 2000
E 2032, Guide for Extension of Data from Fire Endurance Tests

E06 on Performance of Buildings

NEW STANDARD
Volume 04.07, 2000
E 2083-00, Classification for Building Construction Field Requirements, and Office Overhead and Profit
E 2094-00, Practice for Evaluating the Service Life of Chromogenic Glazings
E 2098-00, Test Method for Determining Tensile Breaking Strength of Glass Fiber Reinforcing Mesh for Use in Class Pb Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (Eifs), after Exposure to a Sodium Hydroxide Solution
E 2099-00, Practice for the Specification and Evaluation of Pre-Construction Laboratory Mockups of Exterior Wall Systems

REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 04.11, 1998
E 455-98, Test Method for Static Load Testing of Framed Floor or Roof Diaphragm Constructions for Buildings
Volume 04.11, 2000
E 241-00, Guide for Limiting Water-Induced Damage to Buildings
E 1233-00, Test Method for Structural Performance of Exterior Windows, Curtain Walls, and Doors by Cyclic Air Pressure Differential
E 1795-00, Specification for Non-Reinforced Liquid Coating Encapsulation Products for Leaded Paint in Buildings
E 1797-00, Specification for Reinforced Liquid Coating Encapsulation Products for Leaded Paint in Buildings

E07 on Nondestructive Testing

REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 03.03, 2000
E 1570-00, Practice for Computed Tomographic (CT) Examination

E10 on Nuclear Technology and Applications

REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 12.02, 2000
E 668-00, Practice for Application of Thermoluminescence-Dosimetry (TLD) Systems for Determining Absorbed Dose in Radiation-Hardness Testing of Electronic Devices
E 1249-00, Practice for Minimizing Dosimetry Errors in Radiation Hardness Testing of Silicon Electronic Devices Using Co-60 Sources
E 2059-00a, Practice for Application and Analysis of Nuclear Research Emulsions for Fast Neutron Dosimetry

E13 on Molecular Spectroscopy

REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 03.06, 2000
E 131-00, Terminology Relating to Molecular Spectroscopy
E 1642-00, Practice for General Techniques of Gas Chromatography Infrared (GC/IR) Analysis

E18 on Sensory Evaluation of Materials and Products

REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 15.08, 2000
E 1593-94 (1999)
E 1697-95 (1999)

E21 on Space Simulation and Applications of Space Technology

NEW STANDARD
Volume 15.03, 2000
E 2088-00, Practice for Selecting, Preparing, Exposing, and Analyzing Witness Surfaces for Measuring Particle Deposition in Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments
Volume 15.03, 2001
E 2090-00, Test Method for Size-Differentiated Counting of Particles and Fibers Released From Clean Room Wipers Using Optical and Scanning Electron Microscopy

REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 15.03, 2000
E 490-00, Standard Solar Constant and Zero Air Mass Solar Spectral Irradiance Tables

REINSTATEMENT OF STANDARD
Volume 15.03, 2000
F 51-00, Test Method for Sizing and Counting Particulate Contaminant in and on Clean Room Garments

REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 15.03, 2000
E 294-72 (1999)
E 295-82 (2000)
E 296-70 (1999)
E 512-94 (1999)
F 25-68 (1999)
F 71-68 (1999)
F 306-70 (1999)

WITHDRAWAL OF STANDARD
Volume 15.03, 2000
E 294-72(1999), Test Method for Effective Pumping Speed of Vacuum Chamber Systems
E 348-69(1996)e1, Practice for Man-Rated Space Facilities
F 306-70(1999), Practice for Sampling Particulates from Man-Accessible Storage Vessels for Aerospace Fluids by Vacuum Entrainment Technique (General Method)

EDITORIAL CHANGE
Volume 15.03, 2000
E 1234-95e1, Practice for Handling, Transporting, and Installing Nonvolatile Residue (NVR) Sample Plates Used in Environmentally Controlled Areas for Spacecraft
E 1549-95 (2000)e1, Specification for ESD Controlled Garments Required in Cleanrooms and Controlled Environments for Spacecraft for Non-Hazardous and Hazardous Operations

E28 on Mechanical Testing

REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 03.01, 2001
E 8-00a, Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
E 8M-00a, Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials [Metric]
E 10-00a, Test Method for Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials
E 18-00, Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness and Rockwell Superficial Hardness of Metallic Materials
E 23-00, Test Methods for Notched Bar Impact Testing of Metallic Materials
E 139-00, Test Methods for Conducting Creep, Creep-Rupture, and Stress-Rupture Tests of Metallic Materials
E 209-00, Practice for Compression Tests of Metallic Materials at Elevated Temperatures with Conventional or Rapid Heating Rates and Strain Rates
E 517-00, Test Method for Plastic Strain Ratio
E 646-00, Test Method for Tensile Strain-Hardening Exponents

E33 on Environmental Acoustics

REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 04.06, 2000
E 1408-91 (2000)

E47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate

REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 11.05, 2000
E 943-00a, Terminology Relating to Biological Effects and Environmental Fate
E 1562-00, Guide for Conducting Acute, Chronic, and Life-Cycle Aquatic Toxicity Tests with Polychaetous Annelids
E 1611-00, Guide for Conducting Sediment Toxicity Tests with Polychaetous Annelids
E 1688-00a, Guide for Determination of the Bioaccumulation of Sediment-Associated Contaminants by Benthic Invertebrates

E48 on Biotechnology

REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 11.05, 2000
E 1287-89 (1999)
E 1294-89 (1999)

E52 on Forensic Psychophysiology

NEW STANDARD
Volume 14.02, 2001
E 2080-00, Guide for Clinical Psychophysiological Detection of Deception (PDD) Examinations for Sex Offenders

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