Designation:E1834−11StandardTestMethodforAnalysisofNickelAlloysbyGraphiteFurnaceAtomicAbsorptionSpectrometry1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1834;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethoddescribesthegraphitefurnaceatomicabsorptionspectrometricanalysisofnickel,suchasspecifiedbyASTMCommitteeB02,andhavingchemicalcompositionswithinthefollowinglimits:ElementApplicationRange(Wt.%)Aluminum0.01-6.00Boron0.01-0.10Carbon0.01-0.15Chromium0.01-33.00Copper0.01-35.00Cobalt0.01-20.00Iron0.05-50.00Magnesium0.01-0.020Molybdenum0.01-30.0Niobium0.01-6.0Nickel25.00-100.0Phosphorous0.001-0.025Silicon0.01-1.50Sulfur0.0001-0.01Titanium0.0001-6.0Tungsten0.01-5.0Vanadium0.0005-1.01.2Thefollowingelementsmaybedeterminedusingthistestmethod:ElementQuantificationRange(µg/g)Bismuth0.2-3Lead0.6-12Selenium0.7-10Tellurium0.4-61.3Thistestmethodhasonlybeeninterlaboratory-testedfortheelementsandrangesspecified.ItmaybepossibletoextendthistestmethodtootherelementsordifferentconcentrationrangesprovidedthatatestmethodvalidationstudythatincludesaninstrumentperformanceevaluationasdescribedinPracticeE1770isperformed.Additionally,thevalidationstudyshallevaluatetheacceptabilityofsamplepreparationmethod-ologyusingreferencematerialsorspikerecoveries,orboth.Theuseriscautionedtocarefullyevaluatethevalidationdataastotheintendedpurposeoftheanalyticalresults.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.ForspecifichazardsstatementsseeNote2andSection9.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D1193SpecificationforReagentWaterE50PracticesforApparatus,Reagents,andSafetyConsid-er...
