NACE/ASTM G193 Outlines Industry's Joint Corrosion Terminology
October 16, 2009 // Published as a news service by IHS
ASTM International and NACE International teamed to develop NACE/ASTM G193 - Terminology and Acronyms Relating to Corrosion.
The standard was developed by Subcommittee J01.02, Working Group on Terminology, under the jurisdiction of J01, Joint ASTM/NACE Committee on Corrosion.
Committee J01 was formed as a pilot program for the two organizations to develop joint standards.
NACE/ASTM G193 was developed by first compiling all terms that were defined in both of the original NACE and ASTM corrosion terminology standards.
The best definition for each of these terms was selected, or aspects of both the NACE and ASTM definitions were combined, to create a new definition.
Following this, terms that were defined in only one of the original terminology documents were added to the new standard.
NACE/ASTM G193 contains more than 400 terms, along with a list of acronyms.
"The idea behind this was to prevent duplication of effort by having a single balloting process based on a joint committee membership that included individuals from both organizations," said Harvey Hack, chair of J01.02. "In this way, synergy would replace competition, with the result being better standards in the marketplace."
NACE/ASTM G193 will be used by researchers in government, industry and academia, as well as standards writers and anyone who uses corrosion standards, according to ASTM.
The development of joint standards by Committee J01 is ongoing, with a proposed standard on laboratory testing now under development.
Source: ASTM International.