National standards associations

National Standards Association, Inc. 5161 River Road Bethesda, Md. 20816 Maintains a standards and specifications database for online searching of government and industry standards, specifications, and related documents (see Databases). 

ISO International Organization for Standardization. An international standards-writing body headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, composed of national standards associations from some 55 countries. All member countries are given equal status and are entitled to one vote regardless of size or economic development. Technical work is carried on in committees. 

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As a result, the formation of various national standards associations has led to the development of methods for coal evaluation. For example, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) has carried out uninterrupted work in this field for many decades, and investigations on the development of the standardization of methods for coal evaluation has occurred in all the major coal-producing countries (Montgomery, 1978 Patrick and Wilkinson, 1978). There are in addition to the ASTM, organizations for methods development and standardization that operate on a national level examples are the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the British Standards Institution (BS), which covers the analysis of coal under one standard number (BS 1016) (Table 1.2). 

ISO had its roots in the International Federation of the National Standardizing Associations (ISA), which was created in 1926. ISA ceased to exist in 1942 and was succeeded by ISO, which was created in 1947 as the result of a conference held in London in 1946 to consider the establishment of an international organization whose object would be to facilitate the international coordination and unification of industrial standards. 

In April 1926, the 18 countries that by that time had set up standards bodies met to consider the extension of international collaboration to other fields. As a result, the International Federation of the National Standardizing Associations, the ISA. was formed, but this organization ceased to exist by the beginning of the Second World War in 1939, It will be seen from the above that the main brakes on the two attempts... 

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Standards and Specifications, prepared by the National Standards Association, Inc., is available on line through the Dialog Information Retrieval Service, Palo Alto, CA. It references over 113,000 U.S. and International documents, including standards from ASTM, ANSI, the U.S. Federal Government and Military, and SAE, as well as others. In addition to information on the standard and its acceptance by ANSI and DOD, vendors of products and services conforming to the standard are given. Hard copy of many of the standards is also available from the National Standards Association. 

At the European level, the national organizations from both the EU (European Union, formerly the EEC) and the EETA (European Free Trade Association) are grouped in the CEN (European Committee for Standardization) and its counterpart for the electrical industries CENELEC. The standards published by these two organizations have authority in all EU countries as well as the EFTA countries who have voted their approval, which means that these standards have replaced their corresponding national standards. 

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Specifications, Standards, Quality Control, and Health and Safety Factors. Formerly, there was an Insulation Board Institute representing the insulation board industry, but the decline in the market and number of producers has led to its demise. Currently (ca 1997), the industry is represented by the American Hardboard Association (AHA). Specifications and standards are found in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard for CellulosicFiberboard (7). The standard includes descriptions of the various types and classes of ftberboard, as well as requirements for physical and dimensional stabiUty properties. QuaUty control tests are limited to a few basic strength and stabiUty tests, including bending strength, bond strength, and moisture resistance. 

The Fire Tests for Flame Resistant Textiles and Films, issued by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) ia 1989, is the method most used by iadustrial fire-retardant finishers (ca 1993) (50). It has been approved by the American National Standards Institute. 

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. 

Pamphlet G-2, Compressed Gas Association, American National Standards Institute, New York, 1962. 

The destmction of microorganisms in foods follows the same kinetic relationship as for other materials. The process is strongly induenced by the nature of the food, size of the container, and temperature. Industry-wide standards have been estabUshed by the National Canners Association (24). 

Sterilisation of Health Care Products—Chemical Indicators, Part 1 General Requirements, AAMI 1114001-D, 1995-11-30, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instmmentation, Arlington, Va., 1995, proposed new American National Standard. 

At least six specifications of standards for granulated sugar quaUty are appHcable ia the United States. These include Codex JUimentarius Food Chemicals Codex (ECC) (4), US. Pharmacopeia (USP) and National Formula (NE) (5), National Soft Drink Association (6), National Canners Association, and Mihtary Standard-900 for white sugar. These standards are intended to set limits on various components, including, but not necessarily limited to, polarization, invert or reducing sugar, ash, moisture, color, sulfur dioxide, arsenic, lead, and copper. 

Wood Particleboard, American National Standard, National Particleboard Association, Gaithersburg, Md., 1989. 

The most comprehensive set of test methods for calcium carbonate has been assembled by the Pulverized Limestone Division of the National Stone Association. Methods for particle size, brightness, +325 mesh (44 -lm), and percentage of calcium carbonate have been pubflshed standards are available and have been well characterized (5). The Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPl) has pubflshed methods for calcium carbonate used in the paper industry (6). 

Technical-grade soHd and solution sodium chlorite for use in potable water treatment has specifications Hsted by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) (147), the National Sanitization Foundation (NSF), and the American National Standard/NSF International (148). 

American National Standards Institute (ANSI), formerly American Standards Association (ASA). ANSI promulgates the piping codes used in the chemical-process industries. 

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