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# Blog

Sharing our best and latest insights for reference standards to the petroleum, crude oil, lube oil, and polymers industries.

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 April 28, 2021

## [What to Know about ASTM Standards for Lubricating Oils](https://info.asistandards.com/blog/oiling-the-wheels-to-make-life-run-smoothly-lubrication-oils-a-modern-day-essential)

Humans have been using lubricants in some form or the other for thousands of years, starting with the ancient Egyptians.

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 April 8, 2021

## [How Calibration Standards Support Quality Products in Supply Chains](https://info.asistandards.com/blog/how-calibration-standards-are-the-key-to-providing-world-class-products-and-services-in-the-oil-and-gas-industry-supply-chains)

Every day you get into your vehicle, turn on the motor and drive off and merge into the traffic - all of that without a thought about all the moving parts working synchronously...

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 March 30, 2021

## [Why Are ASTM D5453 and ASTM D4629 So Important?](https://info.asistandards.com/blog/why-is-astm-d-5453-d4629-d-6762-and-d7184-so-important)

### A small increase in NO2 is linked to increased heart and respiratory deaths.

A team of international researchers analyzed daily concentrations of NO2 in 398 cities in 22 low to...

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 March 19, 2021

## [How Long Can You Use Calibration Standards?](https://info.asistandards.com/blog/how-long-are-calibration-standards-usable)

Have you ever received a call from a process engineer querying your analysis values? Had that sinking feeling every laboratory manager and analyst gets when the numbers don’t...

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 August 4, 2020

## [What Is Blank Correction and Why Is It Important?](https://info.asistandards.com/blog/what-is-blank-correction)

You may have seen our recommendation for all standards under 1 ppm to be blank corrected in your quotes or order confirmations. What does blank correction mean and why is it...

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 January 30, 2020

## [What ISO 17034 Means To You](https://info.asistandards.com/blog/what-iso-17034-means-to-you)

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 September 11, 2019

## [A Quick Explanation of Lot Impurities and Ultra Low-Level Calibration Standards](https://info.asistandards.com/blog/i-bought-this-before-why-is-the-concentration-different-this-time)

## I Bought This Before, Why Is the Concentration Different This Time?

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 December 20, 2018

## [ISO 17034 Accreditation: Mission Accomplished!](https://info.asistandards.com/blog/17034-accreditation-mission-accomplished)

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 November 29, 2018

## [Join Team ASI at Atlanta's ASTM Meeting!](https://info.asistandards.com/blog/join-team-asi-at-atlantas-astm-meeting)

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 October 8, 2018

## [Join Team ASI at Galveston's Gulf Coast Conference!](https://info.asistandards.com/blog/join-team-asi-at-houstons-astm-meeting-0)

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