Exponent
149 Commonwealth Drive, 94025, Menlo Park, CA, United States
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What this lab is accredited for
Our reading of the A2LA scope: each standard once, with its official name where we have checked it.
Only this lab. Searches the 15 standard numbers and the 4 official names we hold. When no standard matches, it searches the method text of every scope line.
ASTM9
ASTM D7334
ASTM E334
ASTM E573
ASTM E1252
ASTM F561Exclusion
Limits written next to it
ASTM F561 ( except section 16)
ASTM F2129
ASTM F3044
ASTM F3306
ASTM G5
ISO3
ISO 7810Identification cards - Physical characteristics
ISO 12891-2Retrieval and analysis of surgical implants - Part 2: Analysis of retrieved surgical implants
ISO/IEC 10373-1Cards and security devices for personal identification - Test methods - Part 1: General characteristics
Other standards3
EPA 8270Semivolatile Organic Compounds by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)
IEC 60825-1
IEC 62471-1
ASTM F561; ISO 12891-2; ASTM D7334; ASTM F2129; ASTM G5; ASTM F3044; ASTM F3306; ASTM E334; ASTM E573; ASTM E1252; EPA Method 8270D; IEC 60825-1
IEC 62471-1; ISO/IEC 10373-1; ISO/IEC 7810; ANSI 322
Read from the A2LA scope document we downloaded on 2026-03-14. Register refreshed 2026-11-06.
Scope as published by A2LA
3 lines
ISO/IEC 17025
Active2561.03
The scope document we hold says it is valid until 2027-06-30.
Accredited scope, certificate 2561.03
| Line | Method | Matrix | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASTM F561; ISO 12891-2; ASTM D7334; ASTM F2129; ASTM G5; ASTM F3044; ASTM F3306; ASTM E334; ASTM E573; ASTM E1252; EPA Method 8270D; IEC 60825-1 | medical grade plastics, metals and biomaterials, medical consumables, tissue and medical devices | 400 to 1100 nm |
| 2 | IEC 62471-1; ISO/IEC 10373-1; ISO/IEC 7810; ANSI 322 | lamps and lamp systems; medical and non-medical plastics and metals | - |
| 3 | Extracted from the scope document; tables may not line up. View scope for the original. For the tests to which this accreditation applies, please refer to the laboratory’s Mechanical Scope of Accreditation.
Accredited Laboratory
A2LA has accredited
EXPONENT, INC.
Menlo Park, CA
for technical competence in the field of
Mechanical Testing
This laboratory is accredited in accordance with the recognized International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017
General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. This accreditation demonstrates
technical competence for a defined scope and the operation of a laboratory quality management system
(refer to joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communiqué dated April 2017).
Presented this 4th day of June 2025.
__ _____________________
Mr. Trace McInturff, Vice President, Accreditation Services
For the Accreditation Council
Certificate Number 2561.03
Valid to June 30, 2027 | ||
Ranges are reproduced from the accredited scope document as published, and only where we found that range printed in the document for the line. Otherwise the cell reads “See scope document”. An absent range means the register did not state one. Line numbers are ours, for cross-reference; they follow the order of the scope document.
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