American Society for Testing and Materials

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-001282",
  "term": "American Society for Testing and Materials",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. ASTM is a member-based organization that develops a wide range of voluntary standards. It promulgates standard test methods, specifications, practices, classifications, and terminology in more than 130 industrial segments. Two ASTM standards used in defining the performance of cool roofs are ASTM E 903-88, for testing solar absorptance, and ASTM E 408-71 (1990), for testing the solar emittance of materials.\n\n2. The ASTM sets standards for many services, including methods of sampling and testing of hazardous waste and media contaminated with hazardous waste.\n\n3. A consensus-based standard setting organization. See www.astm.org",
  "abbreviation": "ASTM",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Heat Island Effect Glossary",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Indoor Air Quality Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/american-society-for-testing-and-materials/"
}