ASTM står för American Society for Testing and Materials. ASTM grundades 1898. 1969 års utgåva av ASTM Standards består av 32 delar. Del 30 innehåller standarder för general testing methods; adioisotopes and radiation effects, statistical methods, Appearance of materials, emission, molecular, and mass spectroscopy, sensory evaluation of materials and products, chromatography, temperature measurement, space simulation, resinography, microscopy, deterioration of nonmetallic materials.