ASTM_D_6792_-_13.pdf

Designation:D679213An American National StandardStandard Practice forQuality System in Petroleum Products and LubricantsTesting Laboratories1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D6792;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.Scope*1.1 This practice covers the establishment and maintenanceof the essentials of a quality system in laboratories engaged inthe analysis of petroleum products and lubricants.It is de-signed to be used in conjunction with Practice D6299.NOTE1This practice is based on the quality management conceptsand principles advocated in ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9000 standards,ISO/IEC17025,ASQ Manual,2and ASTM standards such as D3244,D4182,D4621,D6299,D6300,E29,E177,E456,E548,E882,E994,E1301,E1323,STP 15D,3and STP 1209.41.2 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 requirements prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:5D3244 Practice for Utilization of Test Data to DetermineConformance with SpecificationsD4182 Practice for Evaluation of Laboratories Using ASTMProcedures in the Sampling and Analysis of Coal andCoke(Withdrawn 2010)6D4621 Guide for Quality Management in an OrganizationThat Samples or Tests Coal and Coke(Withdrawn 2010)6D6299 Practice for Applying Statistical Quality Assuranceand Control Charting Techniques to Evaluate AnalyticalMeasurement System PerformanceD6300 Practice for Determination of Precision and BiasData for Use in Test Methods for Petroleum Products andLubricantsD6617 Practice for Laboratory Bias Detection Using SingleTest Result from Standard MaterialD7372 Guide for Analysis and Interpretation of ProficiencyTest Program ResultsE29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data toDetermine Conformance with SpecificationsE177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias inASTM Test MethodsE456 Terminology Relating to Quality and StatisticsE548 Guide for General Criteria Used for Evaluating Labo-ratory Competence(Withdrawn 2002)6E882 Guide for Accountability and Quality Control in theChemical Analysis LaboratoryE994 Guide for Calibration and Testing Laboratory Accredi-tation Systems General Requirements for Operation andRecognition(Withdrawn 2003)6E1301 Guide for Proficiency Testing by InterlaboratoryComparisons(Withdrawn 2012)6E1323 Guide for Evaluating Laboratory Measurement Prac-tices and the Statistical Analysis of the Resulting Data2.2 ISO Standards:7ISO Guide 30 Terms and Definitions Used in Connectionwith Reference MaterialsISO/IEC 17025 General Requirements for the Competenceof Testing and Calibration LaboratoriesISO 4259 Petroleum ProductsDetermination and Applica-tion of Precision Data in Relation to Methods of TestANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9000 Quality Management System Stan-dards3.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 accepted reference value,ARV,n a value that servesas an agreed upon reference for comparison,and which is1This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on PetroleumProducts,Liquid Fuels,and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcom-mittee D02.94 on Coordinating Subcommittee on Quality Assurance and Statistics.Current edition approved May 15,2013.Published July 2013.Originallyapproved in 2002.Last previous edition approved in 2007 as D6792 07.DOI:10.1520/D6792-13.2“Quality Assurance for The Chemical and Process Industries:A Manual ofGood Practices,”1987,available from American Society for Quality(ASQ),600 N.Plankinton Ave.,Milwaukee,WI 53203.www.asq.org.3ASTM STP 15D,ASTM Manual on Presentation of Data and Control ChartAnalysis,ASTM International,W.Conshohocken,PA.4ASTM STP 1209,ASTM Manual on Total Quality Management,ASTMInternational,W.Conshohocken,PA.5For 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.6The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.7Available from American National Standards Institute(ANSI),25 W.43rd St.,4th Floor,New York,NY 10036,http:/www.ansi.org.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 derived as:(1)a theoretical or established value,based onscientific principles,(2)an assigned value,based on experi-mental work of some national or international organizationsuch as the U.S.National Institute of Standards and Technol-ogy(NIST),or(3)a consensus value,based on collaborativeexperimental work