JCLA japanese

 Classification of Accreditation Scope

Scope Elements Examples
Fields Products/Materials Products/Materials Type of Test,Methods,Standard Specifications etc
1. Environment .10 Air inorganic gases, organic compounds, heavy metals, particles, radioactive nuclides environmental standards, soots and smoke, specified dust specified materials,etc Environment Agency Notice No4,5,6(JISK0088,0305etc)
Environment Agency Notice No9 (JISK0099,0109 etc)
Environment Agency Notice No25 (JISB7952etc) etc
.20 Water             waters,environment waters(river,lake,sea etc), waste waters (domestic, industrial), heavy metals, organic compounds, suspended compounds, COD, BOD, total nitrogen, total phospher, PH, cyano-compounds, organic phosphorous compounds, radioactive nuclides human health items, domestic environment items items under special observation, guides for agricultural chemicals evaluation in water, standards for waste waters, offensive odor, radioactivity,etc Environment Agency Notice No10,30,39,59,64 (JISK0102) etc
.30 Soil total Hg, organic phosphorous compounds, total CN, agricultural chemicals, PCB, chlorinated hydrocarbons, heavy metals, selenide, radioactive nuclides standards for pollution specified pollutants for agricultural lands, removal standards for polluted soils Environment Agency Notice No46, 64 (JISK0102,0125), Environment Agency Notice No59 etc
.40 Solid waste   industrial waste, sea pollution waste etc Environment Agency Notice No13,14 (JISK0102,0125 etc)
Environment Agency Notice No16,17 etc
.50 Residues chlorinated dioxins, chlorinated aromatics etc Environment Agency Notice No26, 27,
.99 Others     the Ministry of Health and Welfare Notice No234
2. Rubbers and Plastics .10 Raw Materials pellets, green gums chemical tests IR(JISK6230 etc), NMR, X-ray diffraction, AA, ICP-AES, ICP-MS, GC-MS, GC analysis, hygiene tests, isolated sulpher, carbon black tests, ash, extraction tests
physical tests tensile tests (JISK6251 etc), bend tests,creep tests, hardness, rubbing tests, compression tests, density, viscosity,water absorption
.20 Products pipes, tyres, belts etc
dulability tests weathering (JISK6266 etc), aging (JISK6257 etc), ozone resistance, chemical resistance
electrical tests voltage resistance,electrical insulation,tanE,eletrical resistance etc
.30 Additives Hazardous Chemical Substances such as Cd, Cr, Pb, Hg in rubbers and plastics
thermal tests melt index,load flexibility,bicat softening temperature, etc TMA,DSC,TG,brittle temperature, combustion test
optical tests optical properties,refractive index etc
.99 Others   surface tests  
other tests  
3. Paints and Pigments .10 Paints paints for upper-coating
paints for middle -coating
paints for under-coating
chemical tests paint components testing methods(JISK5407) :heating loss residues /ash, insoluble portion,volumetric analysis, IR, Xray diffraction etc
physical tests paint properties testing methods (JISK5400): density, viscosity, pot life
stability tests JISK5400: low temp. stability, shelf life,skinning etc
.20 Painted films upper coating films
middle coating films
under coating films
chemical tests JISK5400: alkali resist.,acid resist.,boiling water resist., etc
physical tests JISK5400 : flexibility, Eriksen, impact test,pencil scratch hardness, adhesion,tensile test, rubbing tests, stain resist., cleansing resist., etc
durability tests JISK5400 :weathering,salt spray, humidity,temp. cycle, rust resist., etc
.30 Resins epoxy resins and curatives chemical tests
physical tests
epoxy resins and curatives testing methods(JISK7231) :epoxy value, total amine value, density, viscosity, softening point, heat loss
.50 Pigments organic/inorganic color pigments, metal pigments, bulk pigments   pigments testing methods (JISK5101) : reducing & staining power, sampling, dispersion methods
.99 Others coating materials for building surface finishing   quality of coating materials (JISA6909)
4. Industrial Chemical
Products
.10 Inorganic chemical products anmonia, sulfuric acid, soda products, fertilizer, inorganic reagents, chemical tests
physical tests
anmonia : dry loss (JISK1407), purity (JISK1424) ; soda ash : purity (JISK1200) ; sulfuric acid : heating residue (JISK1321)
.20 Oreganic chemical products tar products, aromatics, heterocyclics organic halogenated compounds, plastic additives tar products: distilation, solidifying point, composition analysis, etc aromatics:total sulfur (JISK2421), melting point (JISK4102)
.30 Industrial gases gas analysis organic halogenated compounds : purity, acid content (JISK1516)
.40 Surfactants anionic, cationic, nonionic, soaps cloud point, foaming test, surface tension, isoelectric point,
.99 Other products    
5. Petroleum and Petroleum products .10 Crude oils   chemical tests
physical tests
TBP distillation, composition analysis, vapor pressure,
.20 Lubricants   viscosity, flash point, oxidation stability, acid value, alkali value
ASTM color scale(JISK2580)
.30 Fuels   density (JISK2249), refractive index, water content, calorific value,
octane number, cetane number, sulfur content (JISK2241)
.40 Solvents   purity, inpurity, hue, density, nonvolatile residue, distillation test
.99 Other products asphalts etc asphalts:thin film heating, penetration, softening point (JISK2207)
6. Food .10 Standard Method Milkfat Milk Solids Arsenic Food Improvement Law
Food Sanitation Law
 
.20 Nutritious Protein Vitamins   Nutrious Indication Criterion (MHW Guideline No.13,1999)
.30 Food Additives Sweeteners Antioxidants Preservatives MHW Ministerial Ordinance No.52 (1951)
.40 Agricultural Chemicals Organo-clorine Pesticides Organo-phosphorus Pesticides    
.50 Toxic Agents Mycotoxin Cyanide   MHW Announcement No.370
.60 Antibiotics Macrolide Group Penicillin Group Official Supplement for Food Additives
.70 Veterinary Drugs in Foods Synthetic Antibacterials Artificial Fungicide Insecticide Standard Methods of Analysis in Food Safety Regulation (1991)
.80 Microorganism Microbial Food Infection Microbial indicator for Hygiene Note) MHW:Ministry of Health and Welfare
7. Food Additives .10 Standard Method Purity Contents  
8. Toy .10 Standard Method Heavy Metal Residue on Evaporation    
9. Tool,Container, Packages .10 Standard Method Materials Test Extraction Test
10. Drinking Water .10 Standard Method Heavy Metal VOC   Water Works Law
11. Iron, Nonferrous Metals, Ceramics .10 Analysis of Nonferrous Metals Copper, Zinc, Lead and Nickel, and their alloys Analytic Tests Copper and its alloys (JIS H1051),
Lead Analysis (JIS H1121)



Classification of Measurement Techniques (B)

Measurement Techniques Code Measurement Techniques Code Measurement Techniques Code Measurement Techniques Code
Spectroscopy A.00 Microscopy D.00 Electrochemical Analysis H.00 TOX (Total Organic Halogen) N.03
AA(Atomic Absorption) A.01 Light Microscopy D.01 Polarograph H.01 Fire Assaying N.04
Optical Emission A.02 -Phase Contrust   Electrolytic gravimetric Analysis H.02 Assaying N.05
ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) A.03 -Polarized Light Microscopy Potentiometric Titration H.03    
-ICP-AES   -Chemical Microscopy Courometry H.04 Physical Test of Rubber & Plastics P.00
-ICP-MS   TEM(Transmission Electron Microscopy) D.02 Courometric Titration H.05 Processing P.01
Fluorometric/Phosphorescence A.04 SEM(Scanning Electron Microscopy) D.03    

-Processability Test

 
IR(Infrared) A.05 Scanning Tunnering Microscopy D.04 Radioactivity Measurements J.00 Molding(Rheology) P.02
Luminescence A.06     Liquid Scintillation Counting J.01 -Viscoelastic, Melt Indexer  
Absorptiometry A.07 Chromatography E.00 a Counting J.02 Mechanical Properties P.03
X-ray Diffraction A.08 Gas Chromatography E.01 ß Counting J.03 -Tensile Test,Impact Test,  
X-ray Fluorescence A.09 Liquid Chromatography E.02 ? Counting J.04 Hardness, Flexibility  
NMR(Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) A.10 Gel Permeation Chromatography E.03     Durability P.04
ESR(Electron Spin Resonance) A.11 Ion Chromatography E.04 Thermal Analysis K.00 -Weathering,Thermal,Abrasion,  
MS(Mass Spectroscopy) A.12 GC/MS E.05 Differential Thermal Analysis K.01 - Chemical Resist.,Salt Water Spray  
Nuclear Activation Analysis A.13 LC/MS E.06 DMTA (Dielectric Mechanical Thermal Analysis) K.02    
Raman A.14 Thin Layer Chromatography /Paper Chromatography E.07 DETA (DielectricThermal Analysis) K.03 Electrical Properties P.05
    Electrophoresis E.08 DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) K.04

- Dielectric Breakdown Voltage,Voltage Resist.

 
        Calorimetry K.05 Thermal Properties P.06
Surface Analysis Techniques B.00 Wet Chemical Analysis F.00 TGA (Thermogravimetric Analysis) K.06

- Heat Distorsion Temp.,Bicat Softening

 
Auger Electron Spectroscopy B.01 Gravimetric F.01 TMA (Thermomechanical Analysis) K.07 Optical/Physical Properties P.07
Electron Microprobe Spectroscopy B.02 Titmetric (Volumetric) F.02 Microchemical Elemental Analysis L.00

- Color, Transparency, Slipping

 
ESCA B.03 Qualitative F.03 Biological Measurements M.00

Gas Permeation

 
SIMS B.04 Flow Injection F.04 BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) M.01 Viscosity P.08
RHEED B.05 Carl Fischer Water Content F.05 Biological Emision Spectroanalysis M.02 Paint Tests Q.00
    COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) F.06 Enzyme immunoassay M.03 Accelarated Corrosion Tests Q.01
Particle Properties C.00     Bioassay M.04 Environmental Tests Q.02
Density C.01 General Measurements G.00 Enzyme Assay M.05 Paint Properties Tests Q.03
Particle Size C.02 Boiling Test G.01 Bio-autograph M.06 Storage Properties Tests Q.04
Porosity C.03 Flash Point G.02     Film Forming Properties Tests Q.05
Colligative Properties C.04 Density G.03 Miscellaneous N.00 Appearance Tests Q.06
    Viscosity G.04 Specific Ion Electrode Analysis N.01 Resistance Tests Q.07
        TOC (Total Organic Carbon) N.02 Long Term Durability Tests Q.08