This test method is primarily intended as a referee test for compliance with compositional specifications. It is assumed that all who use this test method will be trained analysts, capable of performing common laboratory procedures skillfully and safely. It is expected that work will be performed in a properly equipped laboratory.

1. Scope

1.1 This test method covers the determination of oxygen in copper and copper alloys in concentrations from 0.0005 to 0.04 %.

1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

E50 Practices for Apparatus, Reagents, and Safety Considerations for Chemical Analysis of Metals, Ores, and Related Materials

E135 Terminology Relating to Analytical Chemistry for Metals, Ores, and Related Materials

E882 Guide for Accountability and Quality Control in the Chemical Analysis Laboratory

E1019 Test Methods for Determination of Carbon, Sulfur, Nitrogen, and Oxygen in Steel, Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt Alloys by Various Combustion and Fusion Techniques

E1601 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Evaluate the Performance of an Analytical Method

IEEE/ASTM SI 10 Standard for Use of the International System of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System

Material Certificates

Keywords

copper; copper alloys; inert gas fusion; infrared; oxygen content; thermal conductivity;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 77.120.30 (Copper and copper alloys)

Citing ASTM Standards

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