Module containing sample parameter declarations. Information describing the measurement sample. A unique character string or number to identify the sample, e.g. the bar code on the sample. A trade name for the sample. The name or description of the method to store the sample. The name or description of the method to dispose of the sample. The name or description of the procedure used to prepare the sample. The date and time when the sample was prepared or purchased. The molecular weight of the sample. kg mol The melting point temperature of the sample. K K K The boiling point temperature of the sample. K K K The mass per unit measure of the sample at a specified pressure or temperature. kg m kg m The phase velocity of radiant power in a vacuum divided by the phase velocity of the same radiant power in a sample; defined @Ref[ASTM E131-02 Annual book of ASTM Standards 2003] The state of the sample at the time of measurement. gas liquid solid The distance, measured in the direction of propagation of the beam of radiant energy, between the surface of the specimen on which the radiant energy is incident and the surface of the specimen from which it is emergent; defined @Ref[ASTM E131-02 Annual book of ASTM Standards 2003] m m The quantity of the substance contained in a unit quantity of sample. This could be a volume or a mass; defined @Ref[ASTM E131-02 Annual book of ASTM Standards 2003] kg m The pressure of the sample at the time of measurement. m kg s The current temperature of the sample at the time of measurement. K K K An agency or a person who owns the sample. Name of the owner. Contact information, e.g phone number, mail address. The physical location of the sample within the owner's organization. Name of the location. Contact information for the room or the person, who is responsible for the room. The person who was responsible for the sample's preparation. Name of the operator Contact information. The organization, from which the sample was acquired. Name of the supplier. Contact information. Information describing a substance of the sample. Name of the substance Molecular formula of the compound in the common notation. Elemental symbols should be arranged with carbon first, followed by hydrogen, and the remaining elements symbols in alphabetic order. The registry number of the sample compound according to the Chemical Abstracts Service Index.