Radiographic Testing standards
Multiple international organizations and committees endeavor to standardize different aspects of radiographic Testing, including:
ASTM Committee E07.01 (Nondestructive Testing, Radiology (X and Gamma) Method)
ASME BPVC(Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code)
ISO TECHNICAL COMMITTEE TC 135 (Non-destructive testing), Subcommittee SC 5 (Radiographic testing)
ISO TC 44 (Welding), SC 5 (Testing and inspection), Working Group WG 1 (RT)
CEN TC 138 (NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING), WG 1 (Ionizing radiation testing)
CEN TC 190 (FOUNDRY TECHNOLOGY) WG 10 (Inner defects)
IIW (International Institute of Welding) Commission V-A (Radiographic based weld inspection techniques)
Below is a list of RT standards developed by ASME, ASTM and ISO. They are reviewed and updated every few years by the committees.
ASME Standard
ASME BPVC(Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code) Section V-Nondestructive Examination
ASTM Standards
E94/E94M-17 Standard Guide for Radiographic Examination Using Industrial Radiographic Film
E746-18 Standard Practice for Determining Relative Image Quality Response of Industrial Radiographic Imaging Systems
E747-18 Standard Practice for Design, Manufacture and Material Grouping Classification of Wire Image Quality Indicators (IQI) Used for Radiology
E801-16 Standard Practice for Controlling Quality of Radiographic Examination of Electronic Devices
E999-20 Standard Guide for Controlling the Quality of Industrial Radiographic Film Processing
E1000-16 Standard Guide for Radioscopy
E1025-18 Standard Practice for Design, Manufacture, and Material Grouping Classification of Hole-Type Image Quality Indicators (IQI) Used for Radiography
E1030/E1030M-21 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination of Metallic Castings
E1032-19 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination of Weldments Using Industrial X-Ray Film
E1079-16 Standard Practice for Calibration of Transmission Densitometers
E1114-20 Standard Test Method for Determining the Size of Iridium-192, Cobalt-60, and Selenium-75 Industrial Radiographic Sources
E1161-21 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination of Semiconductors and Electronic Components
E1165-20 Standard Test Method for Measurement of Focal Spots of Industrial X-Ray Tubes by Pinhole Imaging
E1254-13(2018) Standard Guide for Storage of Radiographs and Unexposed Industrial Radiographic Films
E1255-16 Standard Practice for Radioscopy
E1390-12(2016) Standard Specification for Illuminators Used for Viewing Industrial Radiographs
E1411-16 Standard Practice for Qualification of Radioscopic Systems
E1416-16a Standard Practice for Radioscopic Examination of Weldments
E1441-19 Standard Guide for Computed Tomography (CT)
E1453-20 Standard Guide for Storage of Magnetic Tape Media that Contains Analog or Digital Radioscopic Data
E1570-19 Standard Practice for Fan Beam Computed Tomographic (CT) Examination
E1647-16 Standard Practice for Determining Contrast Sensitivity in Radiology
E1672-12(2020) Standard Guide for Computed Tomography (CT) System Selection
E1695-20 Standard Test Method for Measurement of Computed Tomography (CT) System Performance
E1734-16a Standard Practice for Radioscopic Examination of Castings
E1735-19 Standard Practice for Determining Relative Image Quality Response of Industrial Radiographic Imaging Systems from 4 to 25 MeV
E1742/E1742M-18 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination
E1814-14 Standard Practice for Computed Tomographic (CT) Examination of Castings
E1815-18 Standard Test Method for Classification of Film Systems for Industrial Radiography
E1817-08(2014) Standard Practice for Controlling Quality of Radiological Examination by Using Representative Quality Indicators (RQIs)
E1931-16 Standard Guide for Non-computed X-Ray Compton Scatter Tomography
E1935-97(2019) Standard Test Method for Calibrating and Measuring CT Density
E2002-15 Standard Practice for Determining Total Image Unsharpness and Basic Spatial Resolution in Radiography and Radioscopy
E2007-10(2016) Standard Guide for Computed Radiography
E2033-17 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination Using Computed Radiography (Photostimulable Luminescence Method)
E2104-15 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination of Advanced Aero and Turbine Materials and Components
E2445/E2445M-20 Standard Practice for Performance Evaluation and Long-Term Stability of Computed Radiography Systems
E2446-16 Standard Practice for Manufacturing Characterization of Computed Radiography Systems
E2597/E2597M-14 Standard Practice for Manufacturing Characterization of Digital Detector Arrays
E2662-15 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination of Flat Panel Composites and Sandwich Core Materials Used in Aerospace Applications
E2698-18e1 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination Using Digital Detector Arrays
E2736-17 Standard Guide for Digital Detector Array Radiography
E2737-10(2018) Standard Practice for Digital Detector Array Performance Evaluation and Long-Term Stability
E2903-18 Standard Test Method for Measurement of the Effective Focal Spot Size of Mini and Micro Focus X-ray Tubes
ISO standards
ISO 5576:1997
Non-destructive testing — Industrial X-ray and gamma-ray radiology — Vocabulary
ISO 5579:2013
Non-destructive testing — Radiographic testing of metallic materials using film and X- or gamma rays — Basic rules
ISO 5580:1985
Non-destructive testing — Industrial radiographic illuminators — Minimum requirements
ISO 11699-1:2008
Non-destructive testing — Industrial radiographic film — Part 1: Classification of film systems for industrial radiography
ISO 11699-2:2018
Non-destructive testing — Industrial radiographic films — Part 2: Control of film processing by means of reference values
ISO 12721:2000
Non-destructive testing — Thermal neutron radiographic testing — Determination of beam L/D ratio
ISO 14096-1:2005
Non-destructive testing — Qualification of radiographic film digitisation systems — Part 1: Definitions, quantitative measurements of image quality parameters, standard reference film and qualitative control
ISO 14096-2:2005
Non-destructive testing — Qualification of radiographic film digitisation systems — Part 2: Minimum requirements
ISO 15708-1:2017
Non-destructive testing — Radiation methods for computed tomography — Part 1: Terminology
ISO 15708-2:2017
Non-destructive testing — Radiation methods for computed tomography — Part 2: Principles, equipment and samples
ISO 15708-3:2017
Non-destructive testing — Radiation methods for computed tomography — Part 3: Operation and interpretation
ISO 15708-4:2017
Non-destructive testing — Radiation methods for computed tomography — Part 4: Qualification
ISO 16371-1:2011
Non-destructive testing — Industrial computed radiography with storage phosphor imaging plates — Part 1: Classification of systems
ISO 16371-2:2017
Non-destructive testing — Industrial computed radiography with storage phosphor imaging plates — Part 2: General principles for testing of metallic materials using X-rays and gamma rays
ISO 16526-1:2011
Non-destructive testing — Measurement and evaluation of the X-ray tube voltage — Part 1: Voltage divider method
ISO 16526-2:2011
Non-destructive testing — Measurement and evaluation of the X-ray tube voltage — Part 2: Constancy check by the thick filter method
ISO 16526-3:2011
Non-destructive testing — Measurement and evaluation of the X-ray tube voltage — Part 3: Spectrometric method
ISO 19232-1:2013
Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 1: Determination of the image quality value using wire-type image quality indicators
ISO 19232-2:2013
Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 2: Determination of the image quality value using step/hole-type image quality indicators
ISO 19232-3:2013
Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 3: Image quality classes
ISO 19232-4:2013
Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 4: Experimental evaluation of image quality values and image quality tables
ISO 19232-5:2018
Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 5: Determination of the image unsharpness and basic spatial resolution value using duplex wire-type image quality indicators
ISO 20769-1:2018
Non-destructive testing — Radiographic inspection of corrosion and deposits in pipes by X- and gamma rays — Part 1: Tangential radiographic inspection
ISO 20769-2:2018
Non-destructive testing — Radiographic inspection of corrosion and deposits in pipes by X- and gamma rays — Part 2: Double wall radiographic inspection
ISO 21432:2019
Non-destructive testing — Standard test method for determining residual stresses by neutron diffraction
ISO 23159:2020
Non-destructive testing — Gamma ray scanning method on process columns
ISO 17636-1:2013
Non-destructive testing of welds — Radiographic testing — Part 1: X- and gamma-ray techniques with film
ISO 17636-2:2013
Non-destructive testing of welds — Radiographic testing — Part 2: X- and gamma-ray techniques with digital detectors
ISO 10675-1:2016
Non-destructive testing of welds — Acceptance levels for radiographic testing — Part 1: Steel, nickel, titanium and their alloys
ISO 10675-2:2017
Non-destructive testing of welds — Acceptance levels for radiographic testing — Part 2: Aluminium and its alloys