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Several countries have developed their own standard test methods for cellular plastics, and the International Organization for Standards (ISO) Technical Committee on Plastics TC-61 has been developing international standards. Information concerning the test methods for any particular country or the ISO procedures can be obtained in the United States from the American National Standards Institute. The most complete set of test procedures for cellular plastics, and the most used of any in the world, is that developed by the ASTM these procedures are pubUshed in new editions each year (128). There have been several reviews of ASTM methods and others pertinent to cellular plastics (32,59,129—131). 

Preliminary report on "Collaborative Study on the Proposed International Standard for Somatropin," National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, London, Dec. 21, 1992. 

Dental Phosphate-Bonded Casting Investments, International Standard ISO 9694, American National Standards Institute, New York, 1988. 

ANSI Reporter and Standards Action American National Standards Institute The monthly M/V.97 Eeporternews of poHcy-level actions on standardization taken by ANSI, the international organizations to which it belongs, and the government. Standards Fiction biweekly, Hsts for pubHc review and comment standards proposed for ANSI approval. It also reports on final approval actions on standards, newly pubUshed American National Standards, and proposed actions on national and international technical work. These two pubHcations replace The Magafine of Standards which ANSI, formerly The American Standards Association, discontinued in 1971. 

Calibration Cahbration entails the adjustment of a measurement device so that the value from the measurement device agrees with the value from a standard. The International Standards Organization (ISO) has developed a number of standards specifically directed to cahbration of measurement devices. Furthermore, compliance with the ISO 9000 standards requires that the working standard used to cahbrate a measurement device must be traceable to an internationally recognized standard such as those maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). 

Vessel Codes Other Than ASME Different design and construction rules are used in other countries. Chemical engineers concerned with pressure vessels outside the United States must become familiar with local pressure-vessel laws and regulations. Boilers and Pressure Vessels, an international survey of design and approval requirements published by the British Standards Institution, May-lands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, in 1975, gives pertinent information for 76 political jurisdic tions. 

Approved techniques for manual and mechanical sampling are often documented for various commodities handled in commerce by industiy groups. Examples are the International Standards Organization (ISO), British Standards Association (BSA), Japan Institute of Standards (JIS), American Society for Testing Materi s (ASTM), and the Fertihzer Institute. Sampling standards developed for use in specified industry applications frequently include instructions for labora-toiy work in sample preparation and analysis—steps (2) and (3) above. 

To ensure the safety and reliability of batteryusing technology, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the International Electrotechnical Commission (lEC) and the International Standards... 

The concept of the Polymat database was based on the following criteria (1) the data-base is neutral, independent of raw-material manufacturers (2) anyone can use the database (3) all the products on. the European market should, if possible, be included (4) since testing is carried out in accordance with a variety of different international standards, the relevant standard, as well as the testing conditions, is registered (5) during the search, all properties should be capable of being linked with one another as desired and (6) the sources used for the database are the technical data sheets and additional information supplied by raw-material manufacturers, and various lectures, publications, and measured data from different institutes. 

In Tables 6.3 and 6.4 RMs of three major producers are mentioned, i.e. the World Health Organization (WHO, International Standards), BCR (European Union, CRMs) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, USA, SRMs). Some important national producers of clinical reference materials are the Chemicals and Inspection Testing Institute (CITI, Japan), National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC, UK), and Deutsche Gesellschaft fiir Klinische Chemie (DGKC). There are numerous commercial producers of secondary reference materials. 

These symposia, in bringing together experts from international metrology arid standards institutions, managers from governmental regulatory agencies, and the private producers and users of RMs, have documented an impressive list of accomplishments. 

Draft International Standard (ISO) Deutsches Kunststoff Institut (Darmstadt, Germany)... 

The leading organization in the development of standards in the United States is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is the member body representing the United States in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Pan American Standards Commission (COPANT). ANSI does not write any standards. It promotes standardization, coordinates efforts toward standardization, and approves standards. It annually publishes a list of American... 

International standard reference material (Oxalic acid SRM 4990C) is supplied worldwide by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (http //www.nist.gov) other reference materials of different certified 14C concentrations are provided by the International Agency of Atomic Energy (http //www naweb.iaea.org/nahu/nmrm/nmrm2003/index.htm). 

Safe Automation and ANSI/ISA 84.01-1996 served as significant technical references for the first international standard, IEC 61511, issued by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). In the United States, IEC 61511 was accepted by ISA as ISA 84.00.01-2004, replacing the 1996 standard. In 2004, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) recognized IEC 61511 as a consensus standard for the process industry. IEC 61511 covers the complete process safety management life cycle. With its adoption, this standard serves as the primary driving force behind the work processes followed to achieve and maintain safe operation using safety instrumented systems. 

International Isocyanate Institute, 25 480 International Jamaica Agreement, 12 695 International kilogram, 26 239 International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee (ILSAC), 15 228-230... 

Figure 8.3 GC-MS comparison of ion chromatograms of extracts from mussels Mytilus edulis) and SPMDs, Corio Bay Australia. Peaks labeled ISTD are internal standards. Reprinted with permission from the American Petroleum Institute, copyright 2002 (Huckins et al., 2002).

Foreign specifications are generally available from the American National Standards Institute, New York United States federal specifications, at Naval Publications and Forms, Philadelphia. The International Association for Stability, Handling and Use of Liquid Fuels maintains a web site, www.iash.net, with extensive references to fuel standards. 

International Organization for Standardization publications are available from the American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036. 

The surrogate compounds were mono-, tetra-, octa-, deca- C-PCBs, dg-naphthalene, C-PCP and C-phenol. The soil samples were dried with Na2S04 (60 g) and then Soxhlet extracted with hexane acetone (9 1) for 16 h. The extract was dried with sodium sulfate, concentrated, and split. While one portion was held for other analyses, the other portion was placed on a 3% deactivated silica gel column and eluted with increasing solvent polarity systems [hexane, followed by methylene chloride hexane (1 1), and then methylene chloride acetone (95 5)]. The extracts were combined and reduced to 1 mL, split and two internal standards added (tetrafluorobiphenyl and di2 Chrysene). The extracts were chromatographed on a 15-m DB-5 fused silica capillary column and detected with flame ionization (FID). Sludge samples were extracted according to the EPA sludge protocol (2) developed at Midwest Research Institute. 

ISO (International Organization of Standardization) was founded in Geneva in 1947 EN is European Norm DIN (Deutsches Institut far Normung) is an Institute in Germany, which provides standardized industrial production/handling norms BS or BSI (British Standards Institution) is British Standards, produced by the BSI ""... 

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