Aerospace Material Standards

ASTM's aerospace material standards are instrumental in evaluating materials, components, and devices primarily used in aerospace and aircraft industries. The aerospace material standards allow various companies around the world to test these materials in order to evaluate their thermal, optical, mechanical, chemical, and electrical properties. These materials may be in the solid, liquid, or gas phase. The components and devices are also tested in order to determine their performance and safety operation. The aerospace material standards also discuss the design and safety operation of various engines to be used in unmanned aircraft systems and airplanes. These standards also help identify procedures for unmanned aircraft systems' visual range flight operations, airworthiness, maintenance manuals, and aviation regulations.

Designation	Title
F3376 - 19	Standard Guide for Core Competencies for Aviation Maintenance Personnel
F3457 - 20	Standard Guide for Aircraft Certification Education Standards for Engineers and Professionals in Aerospace Industry

Designation	Title
F3238 - 17	Standard Specification for Design and Installation of an Infrared (IR) Searchlight System (USA)
F3246 - 18	Standard Specification for Quality Assurance for Manufacturers of Aircraft Systems

Designation	Title
F2851 - 10(2018)	Standard Practice for UAS Registration and Marking (Excluding Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems)
F2910 - 14	Standard Specification for Design and Construction of a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)
F2911 - 14e1	Standard Practice for Production Acceptance of Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)
F3002 - 14a	Standard Specification for Design of the Command and Control System for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS)
F3003 - 14	Standard Specification for Quality Assurance of a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)
F3005 - 14a	Standard Specification for Batteries for Use in Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS)
F3201 - 16	Standard Practice for Ensuring Dependability of Software Used in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
F3269 - 17	Standard Practice for Methods to Safely Bound Flight Behavior of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Containing Complex Functions
F3298 - 19	Standard Specification for Design, Construction, and Verification of Lightweight Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
F3322 - 18	Standard Specification for Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) Parachutes
F3389 / F3389M - 20	Standard Test Method for Assessing the Safety of Small Unmanned Aircraft Impacts
F3442 / F3442M - 20	Standard Specification for Detect and Avoid System Performance Requirements
F3478 - 20	Standard Practice for Development of a Durability and Reliability Flight Demonstration Program for Low-Risk Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) under FAA Oversight

Designation	Title
F3245 - 19	Standard Guide for Aircraft Electronics Technician Personnel Certification
F3362 - 18	Standard Guide for Onboard Communication & Safety Systems Personnel Certification
F3425 - 20	Standard Guide for Aircraft Electronics Installation Technician Certification
F3450 - 20	Standard Guide for Flight Hazard and Surveillance Systems Personnel Certification

Designation	Title
E595 - 15(2021)	Standard Test Method for Total Mass Loss and Collected Volatile Condensable Materials from Outgassing in a Vacuum Environment
E834 - 21	Standard Practice for Determining Vacuum Chamber Gaseous Environment Using a Cold Finger
E1216 - 11(2016)	Standard Practice for Sampling for Particulate Contamination by Tape Lift
E1234 - 12(2020)	Standard Practice for Handling, Transporting, and Installing Nonvolatile Residue (NVR) Sample Plates Used in Environmentally Controlled Areas for Spacecraft
E1235 - 12(2020)e1	Standard Test Method for Gravimetric Determination of Nonvolatile Residue (NVR) in Environmentally Controlled Areas for Spacecraft
E1548 - 09(2017)	Standard Practice for Preparation of Aerospace Contamination Control Plans
E1549 / E1549M - 13(2016)	Standard Specification for ESD Controlled Garments Required in Cleanrooms and Controlled Environments for Spacecraft for Non-Hazardous and Hazardous Operations
E1559 - 09(2016)	Standard Test Method for Contamination Outgassing Characteristics of Spacecraft Materials
E1560 - 18	Standard Test Method for Gravimetric Determination of Nonvolatile Residue From Cleanroom Wipers
E1731 - 11(2018)	Standard Test Method for Gravimetric Determination of Nonvolatile Residue from Cleanroom Gloves
E1997 - 15	Standard Practice for the Selection of Spacecraft Materials
E2042 / E2042M - 09(2016)	Standard Practice for Cleaning and Maintaining Controlled Areas and Clean Rooms
E2088 - 06(2015)	Standard Practice for Selecting, Preparing, Exposing, and Analyzing Witness Surfaces for Measuring Particle Deposition in Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments
E2090 - 12(2020)	Standard Test Method for Size-Differentiated Counting of Particles and Fibers Released from Cleanroom Wipers Using Optical and Scanning Electron Microscopy
E2217 - 12(2019)	Standard Practice for Design and Construction of Aerospace Cleanrooms and Contamination Controlled Areas
E2311 - 04(2021)	Standard Practice for QCM Measurement of Spacecraft Molecular Contamination in Space
E2312 - 11(2019)	Standard Practice for Tests of Cleanroom Materials
E2352 - 19	Standard Practice for Aerospace Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments—Cleanroom Operations
E2900 - 19	Standard Practice for Spacecraft Hardware Thermal Vacuum Bakeout
F21 - 20	Standard Test Method for Hydrophobic Surface Films by the Atomizer Test
F22 - 13(2021)	Standard Test Method for Hydrophobic Surface Films by the Water-Break Test
F24 - 20	Standard Test Method for Measuring and Counting Particulate Contamination on Surfaces
F25 / F25M - 21	Standard Test Method for Sizing and Counting Airborne Particulate Contamination in Cleanrooms and Other Dust-Controlled Areas
F50 - 21	Standard Practice for Continuous Sizing and Counting of Airborne Particles in Dust-Controlled Areas and Clean Rooms Using Instruments Capable of Detecting Single Sub-Micrometre and Larger Particles
F51 / F51M - 20	Standard Test Method for Sizing and Counting Particulate Contaminant In and On Clean Room Garments
F91 - 06(2019)	Standard Practice for Testing for Leaks in the Filters Associated With Laminar Flow Clean Rooms and Clean Work Stations by Use of a Condensation Nuclei Detector
F302 - 09(2015)	Standard Practice for Field Sampling of Aerospace Fluids in Containers
F303 - 08(2016)	Standard Practices for Sampling for Particles in Aerospace Fluids and Components
F307 - 13(2020)	Standard Practice for Sampling Pressurized Gas for Gas Analysis
F309 - 18	Standard Practice for Liquid Sampling of Noncryogenic Aerospace Propellants
F310 - 07(2020)	Standard Practice for Sampling Cryogenic Aerospace Fluids
F311 - 08(2020)	Standard Practice for Processing Aerospace Liquid Samples for Particulate Contamination Analysis Using Membrane Filters
F312 - 08(2016)	Standard Test Methods for Microscopical Sizing and Counting Particles from Aerospace Fluids on Membrane Filters
F327 - 08(2015)	Standard Practice for Sampling Gas Blow Down Systems and Components for Particulate Contamination by Automatic Particle Monitor Method
F331 - 13(2020)	Standard Test Method for Nonvolatile Residue of Solvent Extract from Aerospace Components (Using Flash Evaporator)

Designation	Title
F3011 - 13	Standard Specification for Performance of Angle of Attack System
F3153 - 15	Standard Specification for Verification of Avionics Systems

Designation	Title
F2490 - 20	Standard Guide for Aircraft Electrical Load and Power Source Capacity Analysis
F2639 - 18	Standard Practice for Design, Alteration, and Certification of Aircraft Electrical Wiring Systems

Designation	Title
F3082 / F3082M - 17	Standard Specification for Weights and Centers of Gravity of Aircraft
F3173 / F3173M - 21a	Standard Specification for Aircraft Handling Characteristics
F3174 / F3174M - 19	Standard Specification for Establishing Operating Limitations and Information for Aeroplanes
F3179 / F3179M - 20	Standard Specification for Performance of Aircraft
F3180 / F3180M - 19	Standard Specification for Low-Speed Flight Characteristics of Aircraft

Designation	Title
F2849 - 10(2019)	Standard Practice for Handling of Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Divert Airfields
F2909 - 19	Standard Specification for Continued Airworthiness of Lightweight Unmanned Aircraft Systems
F3178 - 16	Standard Practice for Operational Risk Assessment of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS)
F3196 - 18	Standard Practice for Seeking Approval for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) Operations
F3411 - 19	Standard Specification for Remote ID and Tracking

Designation	Title
F3117 / F3117M - 20	Standard Specification for Crew Interface in Aircraft
F3120 / F3120M - 20	Standard Specification for Ice Protection for General Aviation Aircraft
F3264 - 19	Standard Specification for Normal Category Aeroplanes Certification
F3310 - 18	Standard Specification for Non-Essential Ice Detectors for Aircraft
F3454 - 21	Standard Practice for Alerting Methods in Aircraft
F3491 - 21	Standard Practice for Enhanced Indication Methods in Aircraft

Designation	Title
F326 - 17	Standard Test Method for Electronic Measurement for Hydrogen Embrittlement From Cadmium-Electroplating Processes
F519 - 18	Standard Test Method for Mechanical Hydrogen Embrittlement Evaluation of Plating/Coating Processes and Service Environments
F1113 - 87(2017)	Standard Test Method for Electrochemical Measurement of Diffusible Hydrogen in Steels (Barnacle Electrode)
F1459 - 06(2017)	Standard Test Method for Determination of the Susceptibility of Metallic Materials to Hydrogen Gas Embrittlement (HGE)
F1624 - 12(2018)	Standard Test Method for Measurement of Hydrogen Embrittlement Threshold in Steel by the Incremental Step Loading Technique
F2078 - 15	Standard Terminology Relating to Hydrogen Embrittlement Testing

Designation	Title
F2696 - 14(2019)	Standard Practice for Inspection of Aircraft Electrical Wiring Systems
F2799 - 14(2019)	Standard Practice for Maintenance of Aircraft Electrical Wiring Systems
F3361 - 18e1	Standard Guide for Classifying Alterations for In-Service Aircraft under FAA Authority Oversight

Designation	Title
F2908 - 18	Standard Specification for Unmanned Aircraft Flight Manual (UFM) for an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)
F3266 - 18	Standard Guide for Training for Remote Pilot in Command of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Endorsement
F3330 - 18	Standard Specification for Training and the Development of Training Manuals for the UAS Operator
F3341 / F3341M - 20a	Standard Terminology for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
F3364 - 19	Standard Practice for Independent Audit Program for Unmanned Aircraft Operators
F3365 - 19	Standard Practice for Compliance Audits to ASTM Standards on Unmanned Aircraft Systems
F3366 - 19	Standard Specification for General Maintenance Manual (GMM) for a small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)
F3379 - 20	Standard Guide for Training for Public Safety Remote Pilot of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Endorsement

Designation	Title
F3062 / F3062M - 20	Standard Specification for Aircraft Powerplant Installation
F3063 / F3063M - 20	Standard Specification for Aircraft Fuel Storage and Delivery
F3064 / F3064M - 21	Standard Specification for Aircraft Powerplant Control, Operation, and Indication
F3065 / F3065M - 21a	Standard Specification for Aircraft Propeller System Installation
F3066 / F3066M - 18	Standard Specification for Aircraft Powerplant Installation Hazard Mitigation
F3239 - 19	Standard Specification for Aircraft Electric Propulsion Systems
F3397 / F3397M - 21	Standard Practice for Aeroplane Turbine Fuel System Hot Weather Operations
F3432 - 20a	Standard Practice for Powerplant Instruments

Designation	Title
F482 - 09(2020)	Standard Practice for Corrosion of Aircraft Metals by Total Immersion in Maintenance Chemicals
F483 - 09(2020)	Standard Practice for Total Immersion Corrosion Test for Aircraft Maintenance Chemicals
F484 - 08(2019)	Standard Test Method for Stress Crazing of Acrylic Plastics in Contact with Liquid or Semi-Liquid Compounds
F485 - 08(2019)	Standard Practice for Effects of Cleaners on Unpainted Aircraft Surfaces
F502 - 08(2019)	Standard Test Method for Effects of Cleaning and Chemical Maintenance Materials on Painted Aircraft Surfaces
F862 - 11(2017)	Standard Practice for pH and Chloride-ion Concentration of Aerospace Hydraulic Fluids
F945 - 12(2019)	Standard Test Method for Stress-Corrosion of Titanium Alloys by Aircraft Engine Cleaning Materials
F1080 - 93(2019)	Standard Test Method for Determining the Consistency of Viscous Liquids Using a Consistometer
F1104 - 02(2019)	Standard Test Method for Preparing Aircraft Cleaning Compounds, Liquid Type, Water Base, for Storage Stability Testing
F1105 - 09(2020)	Standard Practice for Preparing Aircraft Cleaning Compounds, Liquid-Type, Temperature-Sensitive, or Solvent-Based, for Storage Stability Testing
F1110 - 09(2020)	Standard Test Method for Sandwich Corrosion Test
F1111 - 08b(2019)	Standard Test Method for Corrosion of Low-Embrittling Cadmium Plate by Aircraft Maintenance Chemicals
F2109 - 01(2017)	Standard Test Method to Determine Color Change and Staining Caused by Aircraft Maintenance Chemicals upon Aircraft Cabin Interior Hard Surfaces
F2111 - 01a(2017)	Standard Practice for Measuring Intergranular Attack or End Grain Pitting on Metals Caused by Aircraft Chemical Processes
F3440 - 21	Standard Test Method for Corrosion of Low-Embrittling Zinc-Nickel Plate by Aircraft Maintenance Chemicals

Designation	Title
E295 - 82(2019)	Standard Test Method for Measured Speed of Oil Diffusion Pumps
E296 - 70(2020)	Standard Practice for Ionization Gage Application to Space Simulators
E307 - 72(2019)	Standard Test Method for Normal Spectral Emittance at Elevated Temperatures
E349 - 06(2019)e1	Standard Terminology Relating to Space Simulation
E408 - 13(2019)	Standard Test Methods for Total Normal Emittance of Surfaces Using Inspection-Meter Techniques
E423 - 71(2019)	Standard Test Method for Normal Spectral Emittance at Elevated Temperatures of Nonconducting Specimens
E434 - 10(2020)	Standard Test Method for Calorimetric Determination of Hemispherical Emittance and the Ratio of Solar Absorptance to Hemispherical Emittance Using Solar Simulation
E490 - 00a(2019)	Standard Solar Constant and Zero Air Mass Solar Spectral Irradiance Tables
E491 - 73(2020)	Standard Practice for Solar Simulation for Thermal Balance Testing of Spacecraft
E512 - 94(2020)	Standard Practice for Combined, Simulated Space Environment Testing of Thermal Control Materials with Electromagnetic and Particulate Radiation
E2089 - 15(2020)	Standard Practices for Ground Laboratory Atomic Oxygen Interaction Evaluation of Materials for Space Applications

Designation	Title
F3083 / F3083M - 20a	Standard Specification for Emergency Conditions, Occupant Safety and Accommodations
F3093 / F3093M - 21	Standard Specification for Aeroelasticity Requirements
F3114 - 21	Standard Specification for Structures
F3115 / F3115M - 20	Standard Specification for Structural Durability for Small Aeroplanes
F3116 / F3116M - 18e2	Standard Specification for Design Loads and Conditions
F3254 - 19	Standard Specification for Aircraft Interaction of Systems and Structures
F3331 - 18	Standard Practice for Aircraft Water Loads
F3380 - 19	Standard Practice for Structural Compliance of Very Light Aeroplanes
F3396 / F3396M - 20	Standard Practice for Aircraft Simplified Loads Criteria
F3408 / F3408M - 21	Standard Specification for Aircraft Emergency Parachute Recovery Systems
F3498 - 21	Standard Practice for Developing Simplified Fatigue Load Spectra

Designation	Title
F3061 / F3061M - 20	Standard Specification for Systems and Equipment in Small Aircraft
F3227 / F3227M - 21	Standard Specification for Environmental Systems in Aircraft
F3228 - 17	Standard Specification for Flight Data and Voice Recording in Small Aircraft
F3229 / F3229M - 17	Standard Practice for Static Pressure System Tests in Small Aircraft
F3230 - 20a	Standard Practice for Safety Assessment of Systems and Equipment in Small Aircraft
F3231 / F3231M - 21	Standard Specification for Electrical Systems for Aircraft with Combustion Engine Electrical Power Generation
F3232 / F3232M - 20	Standard Specification for Flight Controls in Small Aircraft
F3233 / F3233M - 21	Standard Specification for Flight and Navigation Instrumentation in Aircraft
F3234 / F3234M - 17	Standard Specification for Exterior Lighting in Small Aircraft
F3235 - 17a	Standard Specification for Aircraft Storage Batteries
F3236 - 17	Standard Specification for High Intensity Radiated Field (HIRF) Protection in Small Aircraft
F3309 / F3309M - 21	Standard Practice for Simplified Safety Assessment of Systems and Equipment in Small Aircraft
F3316 / F3316M - 19	Standard Specification for Electrical Systems for Aircraft with Electric or Hybrid-Electric Propulsion
F3367 - 21	Standard Practice for Simplified Methods for Addressing High-Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) and Indirect Effects of Lightning on Aircraft

Designation	Title
E285 - 08(2020)	Standard Test Method for Oxyacetylene Ablation Testing of Thermal Insulation Materials
E341 - 08(2020)	Standard Practice for Measuring Plasma Arc Gas Enthalpy by Energy Balance
E377 - 08(2020)	Standard Practice for Internal Temperature Measurements in Low-Conductivity Materials
E422 - 05(2016)	Standard Test Method for Measuring Heat Flux Using a Water-Cooled Calorimeter
E457 - 08(2020)	Standard Test Method for Measuring Heat-Transfer Rate Using a Thermal Capacitance (Slug) Calorimeter
E458 - 08(2020)	Standard Test Method for Heat of Ablation
E459 - 05(2016)	Standard Test Method for Measuring Heat Transfer Rate Using a Thin-Skin Calorimeter
E471 - 96(2016)	Standard Test Method for Obtaining Char Density Profile of Ablative Materials by Machining and Weighing
E511 - 07(2020)	Standard Test Method for Measuring Heat Flux Using a Copper-Constantan Circular Foil, Heat-Flux Transducer
E598 - 08(2020)	Standard Test Method for Measuring Extreme Heat-Transfer Rates from High-Energy Environments Using a Transient, Null-Point Calorimeter
E637 - 05(2016)	Standard Test Method for Calculation of Stagnation Enthalpy from Heat Transfer Theory and Experimental Measurements of Stagnation-Point Heat Transfer and Pressure
E2683 - 17	Standard Test Method for Measuring Heat Flux Using Flush-Mounted Insert Temperature-Gradient Gages
E2684 - 17	Standard Test Method for Measuring Heat Flux Using Surface-Mounted One-Dimensional Flat Gages
E3057 - 19	Standard Test Method for Measuring Heat Flux Using Directional Flame Thermometers with Advanced Data Analysis Techniques

Designation	Title
F319 - 19	Standard Practice for Polarized Light Detection of Flaws in Aerospace Transparency Heating Elements
F320 - 21	Standard Test Method for Hail Impact Resistance of Aerospace Transparent Enclosures
F330 - 21	Standard Test Method for Bird Impact Testing of Aerospace Transparent Enclosures
F428 - 19	Standard Test Method for Intensity of Scratches on Aerospace Glass Enclosures
F520 - 21	Standard Test Method for Environmental Resistance of Aerospace Transparencies to Artificially Induced Exposures
F521 - 16	Standard Test Methods for Bond Integrity of Transparent Laminates
F548 - 19	Standard Test Method for Intensity of Scratches on Aerospace Transparent Plastics
F733 - 19	Standard Practice for Optical Distortion and Deviation of Transparent Parts Using the Double-Exposure Method
F734 - 17	Standard Test Method for Shear Strength of Fusion Bonded Polycarbonate Aerospace Glazing Material
F735 - 17	Standard Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Transparent Plastics and Coatings Using the Oscillating Sand Method
F736 - 17	Standard Test Method for Impact Resistance of Monolithic Polycarbonate Sheet by Means of a Falling Weight
F790 - 18	Standard Guide for Testing Materials for Aerospace Plastic Transparent Enclosures
F791 - 18	Standard Test Method for Stress Crazing of Transparent Plastics
F801 - 21	Standard Test Method for Measuring Optical Angular Deviation of Transparent Parts
F942 - 18	Standard Guide for Selection of Test Methods for Interlayer Materials for Aerospace Transparent Enclosures
F1164 - 19	Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Transparent Plastics Exposed to Accelerated Weathering Combined with Biaxial Stress
F1165 - 20	Standard Test Method for Measuring Angular Displacement of Multiple Images in Transparent Parts
F1181 - 19	Standard Test Method for Measuring Binocular Disparity in Transparent Parts
F1252 - 21	Standard Test Method for Measuring Optical Reflectivity of Transparent Materials
F1316 - 18	Standard Test Method for Measuring the Transmissivity of Transparent Parts
F1362 - 18	Standard Test Method for Shear Strength and Shear Modulus of Aerospace Glazing Interlayer Materials
F1863 - 16(2021)	Standard Test Method for Measuring the Night Vision Goggle-Weighted Transmissivity of Transparent Parts
F1864 - 21	Standard Test Method for Dust Erosion Resistance of Optical and Infrared Transparent Materials and Coatings
F2108 - 17	Standard Practice for Inspection of Transparent Parts by Prism
F2156 - 17	Standard Test Method for Measuring Optical Distortion in Transparent Parts Using Grid Line Slope
F2429 - 15(2021)	Standard Terminology Relating to Aerospace Transparent Materials and Enclosures
F2469 - 20	Standard Test Method for Measuring Optical Angular Deviation of Transparent Parts Using the Double-Exposure Method

Aerospace Material Standards

List of aerospace material standards developed by ASTM:

Aerospace Engineers and Technicians

Aircraft Systems

Airworthiness

Avionics and Information Technology Endorsements

Contamination

Design of Avionics Systems

Design, Alteration, and Certification of Electric Propulsion Systems

Design, Alteration, and Certification of Electrical Systems

Flight

Flight Operations

General

Hydrogen Embrittlement

Inspection, Alteration, Maintenance, and Repair

Personnel Training, Qualification and Certification

Powerplant

Qualification Testing of Aircraft Cleaning Materials

Space Simulation Test Methods

Structures

Systems and Equipment

Terminology

Thermal Protection

Transparent Enclosures and Materials

Other standards developed by ASTM committees: