Laboratory Testing Standards

ASTM Laboratory Testing Standards

ASTM’s laboratory testing standards are instrumental in specifying the standard dimensions, design, and make of the various equipments and instruments used in the laboratory for scientific experiments and procedures.

These standards help laboratories, manufacturers, and other users and producers of such apparatuses in ensuring good quality and workmanship.

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ASTM International Laboratory Testing Standards List

Accreditation Bodies

  • ASTM E994-95 Standard Guide for Calibration and Testing Laboratory Accreditation Systems General Requirements for Operation and Recognition (Withdrawn 2004)
  • ASTM E1905-97 Guide for General Requirements for Assessment and Accreditation of Certification/Registration Bodies (Withdrawn 2004)
  • ASTM E2159-15 Standard Guide for Selection, Assignment, and Monitoring of Persons To Be Utilized as Assessors/Auditors or Technical Experts
  • ASTM E1301-95(2003) Standard Guide for Proficiency Testing by Interlaboratory Comparisons (Withdrawn 2003)

Agencies Performing Construction Inspection, Testing and Special Inspection

  • ASTM E651-92(1998)e1 Standard Guidelines for Evaluating Capabilities of Agencies Involved in System Analysis and Compliance Assurance for Manufactured Building (Withdrawn 2001)
  • ASTM E329-21 Standard Specification for Agencies Engaged in Construction Inspection, Testing, or Special Inspection
  • ASTM E699-16 Standard Specification for Agencies Involved in Testing, Quality Assurance, and Evaluating of Manufactured Building Components
  • ASTM E541-22 Standard Specification for Agencies Engaged in System Analysis and Compliance Assurance for Manufactured Building
  • ASTM E651/E651M-22 Standard Practice for Evaluating Capabilities of Agencies Involved in System Analysis and Compliance Assurance for Manufactured Building

    • Certification/Registration Bodies

  • ASTM E1904-99 Guide for General Criteria for a Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (Withdrawn 2004)
  • ASTM E1906-99 Standard Guide for General Requirements for Bodies Operating Product Certification Systems (Withdrawn 2004)
  • ASTM E1884-97 Standard Guide for General Requirements for Bodies Operating Assessment and Certification/Registration of Quality Systems (Withdrawn 2004)
  • ASTM E2833-12(2018) Standard Practice for Certification Bodies that Certify Personnel Engaged in Inspection and Testing of Construction Activities and Materials Used in Construction, Including Special Inspection

Laboratory Instruments and Equipment

  • ASTM E319-85(2014) Standard Practice for the Evaluation of Single-Pan Mechanical Balances (Withdrawn 2021)
  • ASTM E1270-88(2014) Standard Test Method for Equal Arm Balances (Withdrawn 2021)
  • ASTM E210-63(2016) Standard Specification for Microscope Objective Thread (Withdrawn 2022)
  • ASTM E144-14(2020) Standard Practice for Safe Use of Oxygen Combustion Vessels
  • ASTM E145-19 Standard Specification for Gravity-Convection and Forced-Ventilation Ovens
  • ASTM E898-20 Standard Practice for Calibration of Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments
  • ASTM E1292-94(2022) Standard Specification for Gravity Convection and Forced Ventilation Incubators
  • ASTM E95-68(2022) Standard Specification for Cell-Type Oven with Controlled Rates of Ventilation
  • ASTM E715-80(2022) Standard Specification for Gravity-Convection and Forced-Circulation Water Baths
  • ASTM E1154-23 Standard Specification for Piston or Plunger Operated Volumetric Apparatus and Operator Qualification
  • ASTM E617-23 Standard Specification for Laboratory Weights and Precision Mass Standards

Personnel Certificate Programs

  • ASTM E2659-18 Standard Practice for Certificate Programs
  • ASTM E2849-18 Standard Practice for Professional Certification Performance Testing
  • ASTM E3416-23 Standard Practice for Competency-based Workplace Learning Programs

Terminology

  • ASTM E2708-21a Standard Terminology for Accreditation and Certification

Laboratory Ware and Supplies

  • ASTM E733-80(1999)e1 Standard Specification for 44.7-[mu]L Disposable Glass Micropipets (Withdrawn 2005)
  • ASTM E677-94(2016) Standard Specification for Interchangeable Spherical Ground Joints
  • ASTM E785-81(2017) Standard Specification for Crucibles, Ignition, Laboratory, Metal
  • ASTM E787-81(2017) Standard Specification for Disposable Glass Micro Blood Collection Pipets
  • ASTM E786-81(2017) Standard Specification for Dishes, Evaporating, Platinum
  • ASTM E123-02(2018) Standard Specification for Apparatus for Determination of Water by Distillation
  • ASTM E1044-96(2018) Standard Specification for Glass Serological Pipets (General Purpose and Kahn)
  • ASTM E732-80(2018) Standard Specification for Disposable Pasteur-Type Pipet
  • ASTM E438-92(2018) Standard Specification for Glasses in Laboratory Apparatus
  • ASTM E1096-86(2018) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Separatory Funnels
  • ASTM E193-94(2017) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Micropipets
  • ASTM E288-10(2017) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Volumetric Flasks
  • ASTM E694-18 Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Volumetric Apparatus
  • ASTM E832-81(2019) Standard Specification for Laboratory Filter Papers
  • ASTM E1157-87(2018)e1 Standard Specification for Sampling and Testing of Reusable Laboratory Glassware
  • ASTM E1272-02(2019) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Graduated Cylinders
  • ASTM E1293-02(2019) Standard Specification for Glass Measuring Pipets
  • ASTM E672-87(2019)e1 Standard Specification for Disposable Glass Micropipets
  • ASTM E1404-94(2019) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Conical Flasks
  • ASTM E676-02(2019) Standard Specification for Interchangeable Taper-Ground Joints

Laboratory Ware and Supplies (Continued)

  • ASTM E237-02(2019) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Microvolumetric Vessels (Volumetric Flasks and Centrifuge Tubes)
  • ASTM E1093-91(2019) Standard Specification for Glass Prothrombin Pipet, Disposable
  • ASTM E675-02(2019) Standard Specification for Interchangeable Taper-Ground Stopcocks And Stoppers
  • ASTM E191-64(2017) Standard Specification for Apparatus For Microdetermination of Carbon and Hydrogen in Organic and Organo-Metallic Compounds
  • ASTM E287-02(2019) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Graduated Burets
  • ASTM E923-97(2019) Standard Specification for Glass Westergren Tube, Reusable
  • ASTM E920-97(2019) Standard Specification for Commercially Packaged Laboratory Apparatus
  • ASTM E788-97(2019) Standard Specification for Pipet, Blood Diluting
  • ASTM E1403-97(2019) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Boiling Flasks
  • ASTM E1273-88(2019) Standard Specification for Color Coding of Reusable Laboratory Pipets
  • ASTM E969-02(2019) Standard Specification for Glass Volumetric (Transfer) Pipets
  • ASTM E1878-97(2019) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Volumetric Flasks, Special Use
  • ASTM E1522-93(2019) Standard Specification for Autoclavable Protective Coatings on Laboratory Glassware
  • ASTM E128-99(2019) Standard Test Method for Maximum Pore Diameter and Permeability of Rigid Porous Filters for Laboratory Use
  • ASTM E960-93(2021) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Beakers
  • ASTM E1380-90(2021) Standard Specification for Color Coding of Laboratory Pipets with Multiple Graduations, 0.1 mL and Larger, But Excluding Disposable Prothrombin and Disposable Micropipets
  • ASTM E982-94(2021) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Test Tubes
  • ASTM E1048-88(2021) Standard Specification for Color-Coding Pipets or Containers Coated With Anticoagulants
  • ASTM E911-98(2021) Standard Specification for Glass Stopcocks with Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Plugs
  • ASTM E1094-04(2021) Standard Specification for Pharmaceutical Glass Graduates
  • ASTM E1047-85(2021) Standard Specification for Blood Sedimentation Tube, Wintrobe, Glass, Disposable
  • ASTM E890-94(2021) Standard Specification for Disposable Glass Culture Tubes
  • ASTM E714-94(2021) Standard Specification for Disposable Glass Serological Pipets
  • ASTM E1046-85(2021) Standard Specification for Glass Westergren Tube, Disposable
  • ASTM E934-94(2021) Standard Specification for Serological Pipet, Disposable Plastic
  • ASTM E734-80(2021) Standard Specification for Disposable Glass Blood Sample Capillary Tube (Microhematocrit)
  • ASTM E961-97(2021) Standard Specification for Blood Sedimentation Tube, Wintrobe, Glass, Reusable
  • ASTM E1045-00(2022) Standard Specification for Pipet, Sahli Hemoglobin
  • ASTM E1092-91(2022) Standard Specification for Glass Micro Folin Pipet, Disposable
  • ASTM E1095-99(2022) Standard Specification for Common Laboratory Glass Funnels
  • ASTM E1133-86(2022) Standard Practice for Performance Testing of Packaged Laboratory Apparatus for United States Government Procurements
  • ASTM E124-94(2022) Standard Specification for Weighing and Drying Apparatus for Microchemical Analysis
  • ASTM E133-92(2022) Standard Specification for Distillation Equipment
  • ASTM E205-96(2022) Standard Specification for Glass and Oxygen Combustion Flask
  • ASTM E211-82(2022) Standard Specification for Cover Glasses and Glass Slides for Use in Microscopy
  • ASTM E542-22 Standard Practice for Gravimetric Calibration of Laboratory Volumetric Instruments
  • ASTM E671-98(2022) Standard Specification for Maximum Permissible Thermal Residual Stress in Annealed Glass Laboratory Apparatus
  • ASTM E921-97(2022) Standard Specification for Export Packaged Laboratory Apparatus
  • ASTM E1043-00(2022) Standard Specification for Pipets, Milk and Cream Examination
  • ASTM E236-66(2022) Standard Specification for Apparatus for Microdetermination of Alkoxyl Groups
  • ASTM E147-61(2022) Standard Specification for Apparatus for Microdetermination of Nitrogen by Kjeldahl Method
  • ASTM E784-89(2022) Standard Specification for Clamps, Utility, Laboratory, and Holders, Buret and Clamp
  • ASTM E1189-00(2022) Standard Specification for Micro-Burets (Koch Style)
  • ASTM E1377-99(2022) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Kjeldahl Flasks
  • ASTM E1378-99(2022) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Multiple Neck Distilling/Boiling Flasks
  • ASTM E1379-90(2022) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Dewar Flask
  • ASTM E1405-98(2022) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Distillation Flasks
  • ASTM E1406-95(2022) Standard Specification for Laboratory Glass Filter Flasks

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