1.1 ,This test method describes the analysis of magnesium and its alloys by atomic emission spectrometry. The magnesium specimen to be analyzed may be in the form of a chill cast disk, casting, sheet, plate, extrusion or some other wrought form or shape. The elements covered in the scope of this method are listed in the table below.
| Element | Mass Fraction Range (Wt %) |
| Aluminum | 0.001 to 12.0 |
| Beryllium | 0.0001 to 0.01 |
| Boron | 0.0001 to 0.01 |
| Cadmium | 0.0001 to 0.05 |
| Calcium | 0.0005 to 0.05 |
| Cerium | 0.01 to 3.0 |
| Chromium | 0.0002 to 0.005 |
| Copper | 0.001 to 0.05 |
| Dysprosium | 0.01 to 1.0 |
| Erbium | 0.01 to 1.0 |
| Gadolinium | 0.01 to 3.0 |
| Iron | 0.001 to 0.06 |
| Lanthanum | 0.01 to 1.5 |
| Lead | 0.005 to 0.1 |
| Lithium | 0.001 to 0.05 |
| Manganese | 0.001 to 2.0 |
| Neodymium | 0.01 to 3.0 |
| Nickel | 0.0005 to 0.05 |
| Phosphorus | 0.0002 to 0.01 |
| Praseodymium | 0.01 to 0.5 |
| Samarium | 0.01 to 1.0 |
| Silicon | 0.002 to 5.0 |
| Silver | 0.001 to 0.2 |
| Sodium | 0.0005 to 0.01 |
| Strontium | 0.01 to 4.0 |
| Tin | 0.002 to 0.05 |
| Titanium | 0.001 to 0.02 |
| Yttrium | 0.02 to 7.0 |
| Ytterbium | 0.01 to 1.0 |
| Zinc | 0.001 to 10.0 |
| Zirconium | 0.001 to 1.0 |