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Definition

• The American Society For Testing and Materials, ASTM, is a not-for-profit organization that develops and provides voluntary consensus standards, related technical information, and services having internationally recognized quality and applicability that:


• Promote public health and safety, and the overall quality of life.
• Contribute to the reliability of materials, products, systems and services.
• Facilitate national, regional, and international commerce.

Their web site is http://www.astm.org/.

Additional Info ASTM develops standard test methods, specifications, practices, guides, classifications, and terminology in 130 areas covering subjects such as metals, paints, plastics, textiles, petroleum, construction, energy, the environment, consumer products, medical services and devices, computerized systems, electronics, and many others. ASTM Headquarters has no technical research or testing facilities; such work is done voluntarily by the ASTM members located throughout the world. More than 10,000 ASTM standards are published each year in the 73 volumes of the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Visit ASTM's on-line store to search for and/or purchase standards. MSDS Relevance ASTM publishes hundreds of standards relating to occupational and environmental health and safety. For example, a particular piece of safety equipment might be designed to meet a certain ASTM standard. Even individual chemicals have their own standards (however, these are not a substitute for MSDS's).

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Further Reading

• Visit ASTM's Frequently Asked Questions page.
• ASTM Published Standards are available through the ASTM on-line store as well as through ANSI's on-line store.

See also: ACGIH, ASSE

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