ASTM E205-96(2022)

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: E205 −96 (Reapproved 2022)
Standard Specification for
Glass and Oxygen Combustion Flask
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E205; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope E921 Specification for Export Packaged Laboratory Appa-
ratus
1.1 This specification covers the flask and closure, with a
E1133 Practice for Performance Testing of Packaged Labo-
fixed platinum sample holder, used in the original oxygen-flask
2 ratory Apparatus for United States Government Procure-
combustion procedures (1, 2).
ments
NOTE 1—This specification was originally developed by the Committee
E1157 Specification for Sampling and Testing of Reusable
on MicrochemicalApparatus, Division ofAnalytical Chemistry,American
Laboratory Glassware
Chemical Society (3). Specifications for types of apparatus that utilize
electric (2, 4-7) or infrared (8) ignition are not included because of lack of
3. Combustion Flasks
experience with these.
3.1 Combustion flasks shall be of borosilicate glass and
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
shall conform to the requirements shown in Fig. 1 for the 300
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
and 500-ml sizes, respectively.
standard.
1.3 This international standard was developed in accor-
NOTE 2—Larger flasks (1000 and 2000-ml sizes) have been used,
particularly when analyses are done on tissue.
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
4. Flask Closure
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical 4.1 Theflaskclosure,thatisusedwitheithersizeflask,shall
be of borosilicate glass and shall be provided with a fixed
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
platinum sample holder and shall conform to the requirements
2. Referenced Documents
shown in Fig. 1. Warning—Although broad usage has shown
2.1 ASTM Standards: oxygen flask combustion to be generally safe, precautions,
E920 Specification for Commercially Packaged Laboratory
such as use of gloves, goggles, shields, and so forth, should be
Apparatus taken when using these flasks for this purpose.
5. Sampling and Testing
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E41 on
Laboratory Apparatus and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E41.01 on
5.1 Refer to Specification E1157.
Laboratory Ware and Supplies.
Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2022. Published February 2022. Originally
approvedin1962.Lastpreviouseditionapprovedin2016asE205 – 96(2016).DOI: 6. Packaging
10.1520/E0205-96R22.
6.1 Select from one of Specification E920, Specification
The boldface numbers in parentheses refer to the list of references appended to
this specification. E921, or Practice E1133.
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