Designation:E1683−02(Reapproved2014)´1StandardPracticeforTestingthePerformanceofScanningRamanSpectrometers1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1683;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—UnitsstatementwasinsertedinSection1.2editoriallyinJune2014.1.Scope1.1ThispracticecoversroutinetestingofscanningRamanspectrometerperformanceandtoassistinlocatingproblemswhenperformancehasdegraded.ItisalsointendedasaguideforobtainingandreportingRamanspectra.1.2ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.Forspecificprecautions,see7.2.1.1.4Becauseofthesignificantdangersassociatedwiththeuseoflasers,ANSIZ136.1shouldbefollowedinconjunctionwiththispractice.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2E131TerminologyRelatingtoMolecularSpectroscopyE1840GuideforRamanShiftStandardsforSpectrometerCalibration2.2ANSIStandard:3Z136.1SafeUseofLasers3.Terminology3.1TerminologyusedinthispracticeconformstothedefinitionsinTerminologyE131.4.SignificanceandUse4.1AscanningRamanspectrometershouldbecheckedregularlytodetermineifitsconditionisadequateforroutinemeasurementsorifithaschanged.Thispracticeisdesignedtofacilitatethatdeterminationand,ifperformanceisunsatisfactory,toidentifythepartofthesystemthatneedsattention.Thesetestsapplyforsingle-,double-,ortriplemono-chromatorscanningRamaninstrumentscommerciallyavail-able.TheydonotapplyformultichannelorFouriertransforminstruments,orforgatedintegratorsystemsrequiringapulsedlasersource.Useofthispracticeisintendedonlyfortrainedopticalspectros...
