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Description

ASTM Standards defining test methods, specifications, practices, guides, and terminologies.

PublishedASTM [Letter][Number]/[Letter][Number]M-[Year]
Without metricASTM [Letter][Number]-[Year]

Examples 4

ASTM A36/A36M-19
ASTM C150/C150M-22
ASTM D638-22
ASTM E8/E8M-22

Components Used

ASTM Standard identifiers are composed of these elements:

Publisher
Enumeration

ASTM or ISO/ASTM

ASTM
e.g.ASTM
Number
String

The standard number

Letter prefix + number, optionally with /M for metric (e.g., C33/C33M).
e.g.C33/C33M
Year
Year

Publication year

2 or 4 digit year, preceded by hyphen.
e.g.-18
Designation

Grade designation (e.g., A36M)

:designation

Algebraic Relations

Relations that can involve Standard identifiers:

RelationDescriptionSyntaxExample
Dual PublicationJoint ISO/ASTM standardISO/ASTM [Number]:[Year]ISO/ASTM 52900:2021

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