This report describes the test equipment, process, analysis, and data file formats for the Numisheet 2020 tensile and tension/compression testing of the four materials associated with the Numisheet 2020 conference benchmarks. The four materials include two steel alloys, DP980 for Benchmark 1 and DP1180 for Benchmark 2, and two 6000 series aluminum alloys, AA6xxx-T4 for Benchmark 1 and AA6xxx-T81 for Benchmark 2, that will be referred to here as BM1-DP980, BM2-DP1180, BM1-6xxx-T4, and BM2-6xxx-T81, respectively.

This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is in the form of chips sized between 0.50 and 1.18 mm sieve openings (35 and 16 mesh). It is intended for use primarily in chemical methods of analysis. Similar material for use in spectrometric methods of analysis is available as SRM 1297. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.

SRM 1297 Stainless Steel (SAE 201) - 'This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended for use in optical emission and x-ray spectrometric methods of analysis. It is in the form of a disk approximately 32 mm in diameter and 19 mm thick. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.

Standard Reference Material 1632d Trace Elements in Coal (Bituminous) - This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended primarily for use in the evaluation of techniques used in the analysis of coals and materials of a similar matrix. A unit of SRM 1632d consists of 50 g of bituminous coal that was ground to pass a 250 µm (60 mesh) sieve, homogenized, bottled under an argon atmosphere, and sealed in an aluminized bag. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.

SRM 1635a Trace Elements in Coal (Subbituminous) - This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended primarily for the evaluation of techniques used in the analysis of coals and materials of a similar matrix. A unit of SRM 1635a consists of 50 g of subbituminous coal that was ground to pass a 250 µm (60 mesh) sieve, homogenized, bottled under an argon atmosphere, and sealed in an aluminized bag. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.

Standard Reference Material 2682c Subbituminous Coal (Nominal Mass Fraction 0.5 % Sulfur) - This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended primarily for use in the evaluation of techniques used in the analysis of coals and materials of a similar matrix. A unit of SRM 2682c consists of 50 g of subbituminous coal that was ground to pass a 250 µm (60 mesh) sieve, homogenized, packaged in an amber glass bottle under an argon atmosphere, and then sealed in an aluminized bag. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.

SRM 2683c Bituminous Coal (Nominal Mass Fraction 2 % Sulfur) - This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended primarily for use in the evaluation of techniques employed in the determination of sulfur, mercury, and chlorine in coal and materials of a similar matrix. A unit of SRM 2683c consists of 50 g of bituminous coal ground to pass a 250 µm (60 mesh) sieve, homogenized, packaged in an amber glass bottle under an argon atmosphere, and sealed in an aluminized bag. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.

Standard Reference Material 2684c Bituminous Coal (Nominal Mass Fraction 3 % Sulfur) - This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended primarily for use in the evaluation of techniques used in the analysis of coals and materials of a similar matrix. A unit of SRM 2684c consists of 50 g of bituminous coal that was ground to pass a 212 µm (70 mesh) sieve, homogenized, packaged in an amber glass bottle under an argon atmosphere, and then sealed in an aluminized bag. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.

This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended primarily for use in the evaluation of techniques used in the analysis of coals and materials of a similar matrix. A unit of SRM 2685c consists of 50 g of bituminous coal ground to pass a 250 ?m (60 mesh) sieve, homogenized, and packaged in an amber glass bottle under an argon atmosphere, and sealed in an aluminized bag.

Standard Reference Material 2689 Coal Fly Ash - This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended for use in the evaluation of analytical methods used for the classification of coal fly ash and for the determination of constituent elements in coal fly ash or materials of a similar matrix. A unit of SRM 2689 consists of three 10 g hermetically sealed glass vials of fly ash pulverized to less than 150 µm particle size and blended to a high degree of homogeneity. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.