ASTM_C_1175_-_99a_2010.pdf

Designation:C117599a(Reapproved 2010)Standard Guide toTest Methods and Standards for Nondestructive Testing ofAdvanced Ceramics1This standard is issued under the fixed designation C1175;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 This guide identifies and describes standard proceduresand methods for nondestructive testing of advanced ceramicsusing radiology,ultrasonics,liquid penetrants,and acousticemission.1.2 This guide identifies existing standards for nondestruc-tive testing that have been determined to be(or have beenmodified to be)applicable to the examination of advancedceramics.These standards have been generated by,and areunder the jurisdiction of,ASTM Committee E07 on Nonde-structive Testing.Selection and application of these standardsto be followed must be governed by experience and the specificrequirements in each individual case,together with agreementbetween producer and user.1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as thestandard.The inch-pound units given in parentheses are forinformation only.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.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2E94 Guide for Radiographic ExaminationE114 Practice for Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo Straight-BeamContact TestingE165 Practice for Liquid Penetrant Examination for GeneralIndustryE317 Practice for Evaluating Performance Characteristics ofUltrasonic Pulse-Echo Testing Instruments and Systemswithout the Use of Electronic Measurement InstrumentsE494 Practice for Measuring Ultrasonic Velocity in Materi-alsE569 Practice for Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Struc-tures During Controlled StimulationE587 Practice for Ultrasonic Angle-Beam Contact TestingE650 Guide for Mounting Piezoelectric Acoustic EmissionSensorsE664 Practice for the Measurement of the Apparent Attenu-ation of Longitudinal Ultrasonic Waves by ImmersionMethodE750 Practice for Characterizing Acoustic Emission Instru-mentationE797 Practice for Measuring Thickness by Manual Ultra-sonic Pulse-Echo Contact MethodE976 Guide for Determining the Reproducibility ofAcousticEmission Sensor ResponseE999 Guide for Controlling the Quality of Industrial Radio-graphic Film ProcessingE1000 Guide for RadioscopyE1065 Guide for Evaluating Characteristics of UltrasonicSearch UnitsE1079 Practice for Calibration of Transmission Densitom-etersE1106 Test Method for Primary Calibration of AcousticEmission SensorsE1165 Test Method for Measurement of Focal Spots ofIndustrial X-Ray Tubes by Pinhole ImagingE1208 Practice for Fluorescent Liquid Penetrant TestingUsing the Lipophilic Post-Emulsification ProcessE1209 Practice for Fluorescent Liquid Penetrant TestingUsing the Water-Washable ProcessE1210 Practice for Fluorescent Liquid Penetrant TestingUsing the Hydrophilic Post-Emulsification ProcessE1219 Practice for Fluorescent Liquid Penetrant TestingUsing the Solvent-Removable ProcessE1220 Practice for Visible Penetrant Testing Using Solvent-Removable ProcessE1254 Guide for Storage of Radiographs and UnexposedIndustrial Radiographic FilmsE1255 Practice for RadioscopyE1316 Terminology for Nondestructive Examinations1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C28 on AdvancedCeramics and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C28.03 on PhysicalProperties and Non-Destructive Evaluation.Current edition approved Dec.1,2010.Published January 2011.Originallyapproved in 1991.Last previous edition approved in 2004 as C1175 99a(2004).DOI:10.1520/C1175-99AR10.2For 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 E1324 Guide for Measuring Some Electronic Characteristicsof Ultrasonic Testing InstrumentsE1390 Specification for Illuminators Used for Viewing In-dustrial RadiographsE1411 Practice for Qualification of Radioscopic SystemsE1441 Guide for Computed Tomography(CT)ImagingE1453 Guide for Storage of Magnetic Tape Media thatContains Analog or Digital Radioscopic DataE1570 Practice for Computed Tomographic(CT)Examina-tionE1647 Practice for Determining Contrast Sensitivity in Ra-diologyE1672 Guide for Computed Tomography(CT)System Se-lectionE1695 Test Method for Measurement of Computed Tomog-raphy(CT)System PerformanceE1781 Practice for Secondary Calibration of Acoustic Emis-sion SensorsE1817 Practice for C