ASTM International publishes more than 14,000 specification documents, test methods, classifications, practices, and guides describing the characteristics of materials, systems, products and services.

ASTM documents are available online from IHS. Subscribe to one of the collections below or create your own. If you purchase more than $3,000 in standards per year, a collection is probably your best purchase. The service provides search, updates, bookmarks, and change tracking. IHS also sells ASTM documents one at a time.

ASTM Collections:

• ASTM - Construction (3000+ documents)
• ASTM - General Test Methods (1900+ documents)
• ASTM - Metals (2300+ documents)
• ASTM - Miscellaneous (1100+ documents)
• ASTM - Paint (800+ documents)
• ASTM - Paper Standards - (With TAPPI Only) (90+ documents)
• ASTM - Petroleum Products (800+ documents)
• ASTM - Plastics (650+ documents)
• ASTM - Rubber and Electrical Insulating Materials (700+ documents)
• ASTM - Textiles (350+ documents)
• ASTM - VOLUME 01.01: Steel - Piping, Tubing, Fittings (100+ documents)
• ASTM - Device Standards Library (140+ documents)
• ASTM - DOD Adopted (2500+ documents)
• ASTM - Fiber Optics (8 documents)
• ASTM - Petrochem (450+ documents)
• ASTM - Premises Wiring and Safety Standards Collection (7 documents)
• Passport to Steel Product Available
• ASTM Digital Library
• ASTM Book of Standards

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IHS and ASTM

IHS is a leading distributor of ASTM standards. The Annual ASTM Book of Standards, available from IHS, contains over 70 volumes and more than 11,000 ASTM standards, including new and revised standards.

ASTM is in the process of developing homeland security standards, focusing on borders, ports and transportation systems; national emergency preparation and response; and critical infrastructure protection.

Many individual ASTM standards have been adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and are suitable for government and military contracts.

ASTM Redlines

Available through the IHS Specs & Standards Service, ASTM Redlines are PDF documents that provide change marks to compare the addition, deletion or other changes between an active ASTM standard and the prior version. More than 4,200 ASTM Redlines are available with new revisions recorded daily. ASTM standards with Redlines include ASTM A1, ASTM A3, ASTM A6/A6M REV A, ASTM A31, ASTM A34/A34M, and ASTM A36/A36M. For additional information, call 800-716-3447 (USA/Canada) or +1-303-397-2896 (worldwide).

Historical ASTM Standards

IHS maintains a full collection of historical ASTM standards.

Selected ASTM Standards Categories Available From IHS

Water and Environmental Technology - Standards for waste management, hazardous substances and oil spill responses, biological effects and environmental fate, pesticides, atmospheric analysis, occupational health and safety, protective clothing, etc.

Computer Systems - Standards for rapid prototyping of computerized systems; documentation of clinical laboratory computer systems; evaluating computerized data acquisition systems used to acquire data from universal testing machines; object-oriented model for registration, admitting, discharge and transfer (RADT) functions in computer-based patient record systems; evaluating computerized data acquisition systems used to acquire data from universal testing machines; computerized chemical data standards; databases, data interchange and information systems; etc.

Medical Devices - Standards for emergency medical services and search-and-rescue; test method to determine efficacy of disinfection processes for reusable medical devices; wrought nickel-titanium shape memory alloys; test method for magnetically induced torque on medical devices in the magnetic resonance environment; standard practice for security checkpoint metal detector screening of persons with medical devices; etc.

Homeland Security - ASTM's Committee E54 on Homeland Security has established several subcommittees to develop standards for the following homeland security segments: chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives (CBRNE) sensors and detectors; emergency preparedness, training and procedures; decontamination; personal protective equipment (PPE); building and infrastructure protection; security controls; threat and vulnerability assessment; strategic planning; etc.

DoD Adopted Standards - Over 2,500 active ASTM standards are U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) adopted and recognized. These standards and specifications address carbon structural steel; rolled structural steel bars, plates, shapes and sheet piling; steel plates for pressure vessels; gray iron castings; cast iron soil pipe and fittings; ferromanganese; carbon steel forgings for piping applications; structural steel for ships; electric-fusion, arc-welded steel pipe; zinc coating (hot-dip) on iron and steel hardware; high-strength, low-alloy structural steel; stainless-steel bars and shapes; zinc-coated (galvanized), low-carbon steel armor wire; high-hardenability antifriction bearing steel; etc.