Designation:E1329−10StandardPracticeforVerificationandUseofControlChartsinSpectrochemicalAnalysis1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1329;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticecoversproceduresfordeterminingifaspectrochemicalanalysisisunderstatisticalcontrol.1.2Criteriaarepresentedfordeterminingwhencorrectiveactionisrequired.1.3Controlwillbeeffectedbyusingverifierstotestinstrumentresponse.Itisrecommended,althoughnotrequired,thatthisbeaccompaniedbytheplottingofcontrolcharts.1.4Thepreparationofcontrolchartsisdescribed.1.5Limitations—Theproceduresthataredescribeddonotapplytoanalysesthatrequireacalibrationeachtimeasetofanalysesisrun.Referenceismadespecificallytoatomicemissionspectrometry,butthepracticehasamoregeneralapplication.1.6Thispracticedoesnotapplytovalidationproceduresthatmonitorthecorrectnessofcalibration.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2E135TerminologyRelatingtoAnalyticalChemistryforMetals,Ores,andRelatedMaterialsE158PracticeforFundamentalCalculationstoConvertIntensitiesintoConcentrationsinOpticalEmissionSpec-trochemicalAnalysis(Withdrawn2004)3E305PracticeforEstablishingandControllingAtomicEmissionSpectrochemicalAnalyticalCurvesE456TerminologyRelatingtoQualityandStatisticsE876PracticeforUseofStatisticsintheEvaluationofSpectrometricData(Withdrawn2003)32.2OtherASTMDocuments:MNL7AManualonPresentationofDataandControlChartAnalysis43.Terminology3.1Definitions—Fordefinitionsoftermsusedinthispractice,refertoTerminologiesE135andE456andPracticeE876.ReferalsototheglossaryoftermsandsymbolsappearinginMNL7A.3.2DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:3.2.1controllimits—incontrolcharts,theupperandlowerlimitsofastatisticthatarenotexpectedtobeexceeded,designatedasUCLandLCLrespectivelyinthispractice.Forthestatisticthati...
