scope:

This guide covers the awareness and use of available standard methods for characterizing solid and liquid particles, and provides information for subsequent evaluation and standardization.

The principal purpose of this guide is the identification of particle characterization standard methods that have been developed and published by various standards organizations worldwide. Although this is an extensive list of methods, it is not all inclusive. These standards have been divided into the following twelve sections related to particle characterization.

Section 1 - Representation and Treatment of Data

Section 2 - Sedimentation, Classification, Gravity and Centrifugal Methods

Section 3 - Surface Area and Porosity Measurement Methods

Section 4 - Sieving Methods

Section 5 - Electrical Sensing Methods

Section 6 - Laser Diffraction Methods

Section 7 - Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Methods

Section 8 - Image Analysis Methods

Section 9 - Single Particle Light Interaction Methods

Section 10 - Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Method

Section 11 - Sampling Methods

Section 12 - General Methods, Vocabulary, and Information