American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2007. Published November 2007 . Originally approved in 1993. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as E 1515 – 03a. 9 p. This test method covers the determination of the minimum concentration of a dust-air mixture that will propagate a deflagration in a near-spherical closed vessel of 20 L or greater volume.