Designation:E1587−10StandardTestMethodsforChemicalAnalysisofRefinedNickel1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1587;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thesetestmethodsapplytothechemicalanalysisofrefinednickelandotherformsofmetallicnickelhavingchemicalcompositionswithinthefollowinglimits:ElementWeight,%Antimony,lessthan0.005Arsenic,lessthan0.005Bismuth,lessthan0.01Cadmium,lessthan0.0025Carbon,max0.03Cobalt,max1.00Copper,max1.00Hydrogen,max0.003Iron,max0.15Lead,lessthan0.01Manganese,lessthan0.20Nickel,min98.0Nitrogen,lessthan0.50Oxygen,lessthan0.03Phosphorus,lessthan0.005Selenium,lessthan0.0010Silicon,lessthan0.005Silver,lessthan0.01Sulfur,max0.01Tellurium,lessthan0.0010Thallium,lessthan0.0010Tin,lessthan0.005Zinc,lessthan0.0151.2Thesetestmethodsmaybeusedtodeterminethefollowingelementsbythemethodsindicatedbelow:TestMethodsSectionsAntimony,Arsenic,Bismuth,Cadmium,Lead,Selenium,Silver,Tellurium,Tin,andThalliumbytheGraphiteFurnaceAtomicAbsorptionSpectrometricMethod21-31Bismuth,Cadmium,Cobalt,Copper,Iron,Lead,Manganese,Silver,andZincbytheFlameAtomicAbsorptionSpectrometricMethod9-20Carbon,Total,bytheCombustion-InstrumentalMethod(RefertoTestMeth-odsE1019)32TestMethodsSectionsNitrogenbytheInertGasFusionThermalConductivityMethod(RefertoTestMeth-odsE1019)45OxygenbytheInertGasFusionMethod(RefertoTestMethodsE1019)46PhosphorusbythePhosphovanadomo-lybdateMolecularAbsorptionSpectromet-ricMethod(RefertoTestMethodsE1019)47SulfurbytheCombustion-InfraredAb-sorptionMethod(RefertoTestMethodsE1019)33SulfurbytheMethyleneBlueSpectro-photometricMethodAfterGenerationofHydrogenSulfide34-441.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifa...
