ASTM står för American Society for Testing and Materials. ASTM grundades 1898. 1967 års utgåva av ASTM Standards består av 32 delar. Del 30 innehåller standarder avseende olika typer av testmetoder; General Testing Methods; Radioisotopes and Radiation Effects; Statistical Methods; Appeatance of Materials; Emission, Molecular, nd Mass Spectroscopy; Sensory Evaluation of Materials and Products; Gas Chromatography; Temperature Measurement; Space Simulation and Microscopy