1.1 ,This test method describes the inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometric analysis of nickel alloys, such as specified by Committee B02, and having chemical compositions within the following limits:
| Element | Application Range (%) |
| Aluminum | 0.01–,1.00 |
| Boron | 0.001–,0.050 |
| Calcium | 0.001–,0.05 |
| Carbon | 0.10–,0.20 |
| Chromium | 0.01–,33.0 |
| Cobalt | 0.10–,20.0 |
| Copper | 0.01–,3.00 |
| Iron | 0.01–,50.0 |
| Lead | 0.001–,0.01 |
| Magnesium | 0.0001–,0.100 |
| Manganese | 0.01–,3.0 |
| Molybdenum | 0.01–,30.0 |
| Niobium | 0.01–,6.0 |
| Nickel | 25.0–,80.0 |
| Nitrogen | 0.001–,0.20 |
| Oxygen | 0.0001–,0.003 |
| Phosphorous | 0.001–,0.030 |
| Sulfur | 0.0001–,0.010 |
| Silicon | 0.01–,1.50 |
| Tantalum | 0.005–,0.10 |
| Tin | 0.001–,0.020 |
| Titanium | 0.001–,6.0 |
| Tungsten | 0.01–,5.0 |
| Vanadium | 0.01–,1.0 |
| Zirconium | 0.01–,0.10 |