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Designation:E158710Standard Test Methods forChemical Analysis of Refined Nickel1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1587;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 These test methods apply to the chemical analysis ofrefined nickel and other forms of metallic nickel havingchemical compositions within the following limits:ElementWeight,%Antimony,less than0.005Arsenic,less than0.005Bismuth,less than0.01Cadmium,less than0.0025Carbon,max0.03Cobalt,max1.00Copper,max1.00Hydrogen,max0.003Iron,max0.15Lead,less than0.01Manganese,less than0.20Nickel,min98.0Nitrogen,less than0.50Oxygen,less than0.03Phosphorus,less than0.005Selenium,less than0.0010Silicon,less than0.005Silver,less than0.01Sulfur,max0.01Tellurium,less than0.0010Thallium,less than0.0010Tin,less than0.005Zinc,less than0.0151.2 These test methods may be used to determine thefollowing elements by the methods indicated below:Test MethodsSectionsAntimony,Arsenic,Bismuth,Cadmium,Lead,Selenium,Silver,Tellurium,Tin,and Thallium by the Graphite FurnaceAtomic Absorption Spectrometric Method21-31Bismuth,Cadmium,Cobalt,Copper,Iron,Lead,Manganese,Silver,and Zinc by theFlame Atomic Absorption SpectrometricMethod9-20Carbon,Total,by the Combustion-Instrumental Method(Refer to Test Meth-ods E1019)32Test MethodsSectionsNitrogen by the Inert Gas Fusion ThermalConductivity Method(Refer to Test Meth-ods E1019)45Oxygen by the Inert Gas Fusion Method(Refer to Test Methods E1019)46Phosphorus by the Phosphovanadomo-lybdate Molecular Absorption Spectromet-ric Method(Refer to Test MethodsE1019)47Sulfur by the Combustion-Infrared Ab-sorption Method(Refer to Test MethodsE1019)33Sulfur by the Methylene Blue Spectro-photometric Method After Generation ofHydrogen Sulfide34-441.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded asstandard.No other units of measurement are included in thisstandard.1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.For specificprecautions,see Section 6.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D1193 Specification for Reagent WaterE29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data toDetermine Conformance with SpecificationsE50 Practices for Apparatus,Reagents,and Safety Consid-erations for Chemical Analysis of Metals,Ores,andRelated MaterialsE60 Practice for Analysis of Metals,Ores,and RelatedMaterials by SpectrophotometryE135 Terminology Relating to Analytical Chemistry forMetals,Ores,and Related Materials1These test methods are under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E01 onAnalytical Chemistry for Metals,Ores,and Related Materials and are the directresponsibility of Subcommittee E01.08 on Ni and Co and High TemperatureAlloys.Current edition approved Dec.15,2010.Published February 2011.Originallyapproved in 1994.Last previous edition approved in 2005 as E1587 05.DOI:10.1520/E1587-10.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 E1019 Test Methods for Determination of Carbon,Sulfur,Nitrogen,and Oxygen in Steel,Iron,Nickel,and CobaltAlloys by Various Combustion and Fusion TechniquesE1024 Guide for Chemical Analysis of Metals and MetalBearing Ores by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectropho-tometry(Withdrawn 2004)3E1601 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study toEvaluate the Performance of an Analytical MethodE1917 Test Method for Determination of Phosphorus inNickel,Ferronickel,and Nickel Alloys by Phosphovana-domolybdate Molecular Absorption Spectrometry2.2 ISO Standard:4ISO 5725 Precision of Test MethodsDetermination of Re-peatability and Reproducibility by Interlaboratory Tests3.Terminology3.1 For definitions of terms used in this test method,refer toTerminology E135.4.Significance and Use4.1 These test methods are primarily intended to test refinednickel metal for compliance with compositional specifications.It is assumed that all who use these test methods will be trainedanalysts capable of performing common laboratory proceduresskillfully and safely.It is expected that the analytical work willbe performed in a properly equipped laboratory under appro-priate quality control practices.5.Apparatus,Reagents,and Instrumental Practices5.1 Apparatus:5.1.1 Special apparatus and reagents required for eachdetermination are listed in the Apparatus section of each t