Designation:C997–83(Reapproved1993)ϵ1StandardTestMethodsforChemicalandInstrumentalAnalysisofNuclear-GradeSodiumandCoverGas1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC997;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(ϵ)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ϵ1NOTE—Section264,Keywords,wasaddededitoriallyinApril1993.1.Scope1.1Thesetestmethodsprovideinstructionsforperformingchemical,radiochemical,andinstrumentalanalysesofsodiummetalandfordeterminingimpuritiesincovergas.1.2Theanalyticalproceduresappearinthefollowingorder:SectionsBypassSampling6-12OverflowSampling13-18WireandFoilEquilibrationSampling19-24LaboratoryDistillationofSodium25-31HydrogenbyHydrogen-DiffusionMeter32-37CarbonbyOxyacidic-FluxMethod38-46CarbonaceousGasesReleasedbyAcid47-54CyanidebySpectrophotometry55-64OxygenbytheEquilibrationMethodUsingVanadiumWires65-74FluoridebySelectiveIonElectrode75-83ChloridebySelectiveIonElectrode84-92TraceMetalsbyAtomicAbsorptionorFlameEmissionSpectrophotometry93-101CadmiumandZincbyAtomicAbsorptionSpectrophotometry102-111PotassiumbyAtomicAbsorptionSpectrophotometry112-121RubidiumandCesiumbyFlameSpectrometry122-131SiliconbySpectrophotometry132-140BoronbySpectrophotometry141-149UraniumbyFluorimetry150-157OxygenbyOxygenMeter158-164CarbonbyEquilibrationMethod165-172HydrogenbyEquilibrationMethod173-180SulfurbySpectrophotometry181-189SodiumPurityByTitration190-199PlutoniumbyAlphaAssay200-209GammaAssayofDistillationResidue210-217GammaAssayofSodiumSolution218-226RadioactiveIodinebyGammaCounting227-235TritiumbyLiquidScintillationCounting236-245ParticlesbyFiltration246-254GaseousImpuritiesinCoverGasbyGasChromatography255-2632.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:A370TestMethodsandDefinitionsforMechanicalTestingofSteelProducts2C859TerminologyRelatingtoNuclearMaterials3D1193SpecificationforReagentWater4E146Method...
