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September 2001 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

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 03.05, 2001
E 135-01, Terminology Relating to Analytical Chemistry for Metals, Ores, and Related Materials
Volume 03.06, 2001
E 1915-01, Test Methods for Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores and Related Materials by Combustion Infrared Absorption Spectrometry

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 03.06, 2001
E 1806-96 (2001)

E04 on Metallography

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 03.01, 2001
E 81-96 (2001)
E 82-91 (2001)

E05 on Fire Standards

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 04.07, 2001
E 176-01, Terminology of Fire Standards
E 662-01, Test Method for Specific Optical Density of Smoke Generated by Solid Materials

• EDITORIAL CHANGE
Volume 04.07, 2001
E 2061-01 (Includes Change to Title), Guide for Fire Hazard Assessment of Rail Transportation Vehicles

E06 on Performance of Buildings

• NEW STANDARD
Volume 04.11, 2001
E 2151-01, Terminology of Guides for Specifying and Evaluating Performance of Single Family Attached and Detached Dwellings

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 04.07, 2001
E 833-01, Terminology of Building Economics
Volume 04.11, 2001
E 1605-01, Terminology Relating to Lead in Buildings

• EDITORIAL CHANGE
Volume 04.11, 2001
E 1975-01 (Includes change to title), Specification for Shelter, Electrical, Equipment S-280/g

E12 on Color and Appearance

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 06.01, 2002
E 284-00, Terminology of Appearance

E13 on Molecular Spectroscopy

• NEW STANDARD
Volume 03.06, 2001
E 2143-01, Practice for Using Field-Portable Fiber Optics Synchronous Fluorescence Spectrometer for Quantification of Field Samples for Aromatic and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

E18 on Sensory Evaluation of Materials and Products

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 15.08, 2000
E 1346-90 (2000)

E31 on Healthcare Informatics

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 14.01, 2001
E 1715-01, Practice for an Object-Oriented Model for Registration, Admitting, Discharge, and Transfer (RADT) Functions in Computer-Based Patient Record Systems

E34 on Occupational Health and Safety

• ADOPTION AS STANDARD WITH REVISION
Volume 11.03, 2001
E 2144-01, Practice for Personal Sampling and Analysis of Endotoxin in Metalworking Fluid Aerosols in Workplace Atmospheres

E35 on Pesticides

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 11.05, 2001
E 609-01a, Terminology Relating to Pesticides

• WITHDRAWAL OF STANDARD
Volume 11.05, 2000
E 1115-91, Test Method for Evaluation of Surgical Hand Scrub Formulation

• EDITORIAL CHANGE
Volume 11.05, 2001
E 1427-00 (1900)e1 (Includes change to title), Guide for Selecting Test Methods to Determine the Effectiveness of Antimicrobial Agents and Other Chemicals for the Prevention, Inactivation and Removal of Biofilm

E37 on Thermal Measurements

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 14.02, 2001
E 1461-01, Test Method for Thermal Diffusivity by the Flash Method

E47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 11.05, 2001
E 1625-94 (2001)

E48 on Biotechnology

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 11.05, 2000
E 1533-00 (Includes change to title), Practice for Indirect Detection of Mycoplasma in Cell Culture by 4-6-Diamidino-2-2 Phenylindole (DAPI) Staining

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 11.05, 2001
E 1567-93 (2001)

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