This document specifies three procedures to test the service life of a blast-cleaning abrasive under laboratory conditions.

The performance of an abrasive is also measured by its ability to clean, via transmission of kinetic energy to the substrate in the blasting process. This document also specifies the procedures that can be performed in the same testing machines to help evaluate abrasive performance under laboratory conditions.

This document applies to the testing of virgin metallic blasting media in the delivery state by centrifugal blasting under laboratory conditions.