Designation:D1977–03StandardTestMethodforNickelandVanadiuminFCCEquilibriumCatalystsbyHydrofluoric/SulfuricAcidDecompositionandAtomicSpectroscopicAnalysis1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD1977;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationofnickelandvanadiuminequilibriumcatalystswherethevanadiumandnickelconcentrationsaregreaterthan50and25mg/kg,respectively.1.2ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinformationonly.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D1193SpecificationforReagentWaterD3766TerminologyRelatingtoCatalystsandCatalysisE105PracticeforProbabilitySamplingofMaterialsE177PracticeforUseoftheTermsPrecisionandBiasinASTMTestMethodsE288SpecificationforLaboratoryGlassVolumetricFlasksE456TerminologyRelatingtoQualityandStatisticsE691PracticeforConductinganInterlaboratoryStudytoDeterminethePrecisionofaTestMethod2.2U.S.FederalSpecificationFederalSpecNNN-P-395CToleranceforClassAPipets33.Terminology3.1Definitions—SeeTerminologyD3766.4.SummaryofTestMethod4.1Thetestspecimen(asreceived)isdecomposedwithhydrofluoricandsulfuricacids.Aftercompletevolatilizationofthehydrofluoricacidandcooling,thesulfatesaltsaredilutedtotheappropriateconcentrationrangeforanalysisbyflameatomicabsorption,directcurrentplasmaemission,orinduc-tivelycoupledplasmaemissionspectroscopies.Theinstrumentiscalibratedwithmatrix-matchedstandards.Solutionsofthetestspecimenareanalyzed.5.SignificanceandUse5.1Thistestmethodisaprocedurebywhichcatalystsamplesmaybecom...
