PMI Testing Standards

American Petroleum Institute (API)

API 578
“Material Verification Program for New and Existing Alloy Piping Systems"

ASME SA-751

"Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products"

American Society For Testing And Materials (ASTM)

ASTM A193/A193M
"Alloy-Steel and Stainless-Steel Bolting Materials for High Temperature or High-Pressure Service and Other Special Purpose Applications"

ASTM A751
"Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products"

ASTM E62
"Chemical Analysis of Copper and Copper Alloys (Photometric Methods)"

ASTM E322
"X-Ray Emission Spectrometric Analysis of Low-Alloy Steels and Cast Irons"

ASTM E350
"Chemical Analysis of Carbon Steel, Low-Alloy Steel, Silicon Electrical Steel, Ingot Iron, and Wrought Iron"

ASTM E352
"Chemical Analysis of Tool Steels and Other Similar Medium and High-Alloy Steels"

ASTM E353
"Chemical Analysis of Stainless, Heat-Resisting, Maraging, and Other Similar Chromium-Nickel-Iron Alloys"

ASTM E354
"Chemical Analysis of High-Temperature, Electrical, Magnetic, and Other Similar Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt Alloys"

ASTM E478
"Chemical Analysis of Copper Alloys"

ASTM E527
"Numbering Metals, and Alloys (UNS)"

ASTM E572
"Analysis for Stainless and Alloy Steels by X-ray Fluorescent Spectrometry"

ASTM E1086, “Test Method for Optical Emission Vacuum Spectrometric Analysis of Stainless Steel by the Point-to-Plane Excitation Technique”