ASTM D7448-16
Standard Practice for Establishing the Competence of Laboratories Using ASTM Procedures in the Sampling and Analysis of Coal and Coke

Standard No.

ASTM D7448-16

Release Date

2016

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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ASTM D7448-16

Scope

3.1 International standard ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025 promotes the use of documented accountability and quality control procedures to assure a laboratory and its clients that the laboratory can produce technically valid data and results in the routine performance of its sampling, sample preparation and testing activities.

3.2 A laboratory shall use ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025 to develop its quality system. Clause 4 of ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025 specifies the requirements for sound management. Clause 5 of ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025 specifies the requirements for technical competence for the type of tests or calibrations, or both the laboratory undertakes.

3.3 In addition to complying with the requirements of ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025, the Annex of this standard practice contains information that shall be considered important for the evaluation and operation of a competent Coal and Coke sampling or testing facility, or both. The information in this Annex is presented where it is not otherwise covered in ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025 or the applicable ASTM methods.

3.4 Laboratory clients, regulatory authorities, and accreditation bodies that recognize the competence of testing and calibration laboratories can use this standard practice as the basis for their evaluation.

3.5 The primary significance of this practice is to establish that for a laboratory to generate measurements traceable to SI units, it must:

3.5.1 Have a clear understanding of the work requested by the client.

3.5.2 Meet the quality system requirements of the internationally accepted ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025 standard.

3.5.3 Use test methods which have been shown to be traceable to SI units of measurement.

3.5.4 Be able to demonstrate that the laboratory is in statistical control at the time the measurements are made.

1.1 This practice specifies requirements to operate and evaluate the quality and management systems in a laboratory that provides services with respect to sample collection, sample preparation, or testing of coal, coke, and ash derived from coal or coke using ASTM standards that are under the jurisdiction of Committee D05 on Coal and Coke.

Note 1: The word “laboratory” is used throughout this practice when referring to an organization that provides services in coal sampling or testing, or both. It is recognized, however, that the word may not be appropriate to an organization that does not perform actual laboratory sample testing.

1.2 International standard ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025 shall be the governing document specifying requirements for management, technical competence and evaluation of a laboratory.

Note 2: 

ASTM D7448-16 Referenced Document

• ASTM D121 Standard Terminology of Coal and Coke
• ASTM D3174 Standard Test Method for Ash in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke from Coal
• ASTM D4239 Standard Test Methods for Sulfur in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke Using High Temperature Tube Furnace Combustion Methods
• ASTM D4749 Standard Test Method for Performing the Sieve Analysis of Coal and Designating Coal Size
• ASTM D5061 Standard Test Method for Microscopical Determination of Volume Percent of Textural Components in Metallurgical Coke
• ASTM D5515 Standard Test Method for Determination of the Swelling Properties of Bituminous Coal Using a Dilatometer
• ASTM D6172 Standard Test Method for Determining the Volume of Bulk Materials Using Contours or Cross Sections Created by Direct Operator Compilation Using Photogrammetric Procedures
• ASTM E2554 Standard Practice for Estimating and Monitoring the Uncertainty of Test Results of a Test Method Using Control Chart Techniques

ASTM D7448-16 history

• 2016 ASTM D7448-16 Standard Practice for Establishing the Competence of Laboratories Using ASTM Procedures in the Sampling and Analysis of Coal and Coke
• 2009 ASTM D7448-09 Standard Practice for Establishing the Competence of Laboratories Using ASTM Procedures in the Sampling and Analysis of Coal and Coke