1.1 ,This test method covers the simultaneous determination of 21 alloying and residual elements in carbon and low-alloy steels by spark atomic emission vacuum spectrometry in the mass fraction ranges shown Note 1.
| Element | Composition Range, % | |
| Applicable Range, | Quantitative Range, | |
| Aluminum | 0 to 0.093 | 0.006 to 0.093 |
| Antimony | 0 to 0.027 | 0.006 to 0.027 |
| Arsenic | 0 to 0.1 | 0.003 to 0.1 |
| Boron | 0 to 0.007 | 0.0004 to 0.007 |
| Calcium | 0 to 0.003 | 0.002 to 0.003 |
| Carbon | 0 to 1.1 | 0.02 to 1.1 |
| Chromium | 0 to 8.2 | 0.007 to 8.14 |
| Cobalt | 0 to 0.20 | 0.006 to 0.20 |
| Copper | 0 to 0.5 | 0.006 to 0.5 |
| Manganese | 0 to 2.0 | 0.03 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum | 0 to 1.3 | 0.007 to 1.3 |
| Nickel | 0 to 5.0 | 0.006 to 5.0 |
| Niobium | 0 to 0.12 | 0.003 to 0.12 |
| Nitrogen | 0 to 0.015 | 0.01 to 0.055 |
| Phosphorous | 0 to 0.085 | 0.006 to 0.085 |
| Silicon | 0 to 1.54 | 0.02 to 1.54 |
| Sulfur | 0 to 0.055 | 0.001 to 0.055 |
| Tin | 0 to 0.061 | 0.005 to 0.061 |
| Titanium | 0 to 0.2 | 0.001 to 0.2 |
| Vanadium | 0 to 0.3 | 0.003 to 0.3 |
| Zirconium | 0 to 0.05 | 0.01 to 0.05 |