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    SPECIFICATION FOR LABORATORY THERMOMETERS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1989

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Committees responsible
    Specification
    1 Scope
    2 Type
    3 Temperature scale
    4 Material
    5 Construction
    6 Annealing
    7 Stabilization
    8 Graduation and figuring (including immersion line)
    9 Marking
    Appendices
    A Testing of thermometers
    B Thermometric glasses approved by the National
       Physical Laboratory
    C Stabilization test
    D Emergent liquid column temperatures for partial
       immersion thermometers
    Tables
    1 Details of total immersion Celsius thermometers
    2 Details of partial immersion Celsius thermometers
    3 Details of total immersion Fahrenheit thermometers
    4 Details of partial immersion Fahrenheit thermometers
    5 Uncertainty of test for certification of laboratory
       thermometers with Celsius scales
    6 Uncertainty of test for certification of laboratory
       thermometers with Fahrenheit scales
    7 Identification stripe(s) or approved abbreviation and
       normal maximum working temperature of all glasses
       that have been approved for the manufacture of
       thermometer bulbs
    8 Recommended average temperature of emergent liquid
       column for series A and B thermometers
    9 Recommended average temperature of emergent liquid
       column for series F thermometers
    Figures
    1 Examples of figuring for laboratory thermometers
    2 Diagrammatic indication of graduation of laboratory
       thermometers

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    Describes laboratory thermometers calibrated either for total or partial immersion for temperature ranges -30 degree C to +400 degree C and -23 degree F to +320 degree F. Covers type, temperature scale, materials, construction, annealing, stabilization, graduation and figuring.

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    Committee LBI/36
    Development Note Supersedes 88/56005 DC and BS 593(1974) (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, October 2012. (09/2012)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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