ASTM B6 Standard Specification for Zinc

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of ASTM B6 testing. This specification covers zinc metal made from ore or other materials by a distillation or electrolysis process in the following five classes:

• LME Degree;
• Special High Degree;
• High Grade;
• Gamma;
• Prime Western Class.

Certain continuous galvanizing grades are specified in Specification B852. Other continuous galvanizing and controlled lead grades are not included in this specification but are covered by certain user purchase specifications.

This specification does not cover zinc produced by "sweating" or remelting secondary zinc.

Values ​​in inches-pounds will be considered standard. Values ​​in parentheses are mathematical conversions of non-standard SI units, provided for informational purposes only.

This standard does not purport to address all, if any, safety concerns associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and to determine the applicability of regulatory restrictions prior to use.

This international standard has been developed in accordance with the internationally accepted principles of standardization set out in the resolution on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guidelines and Recommendations published by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with ASTM B6 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.