BS 4672-1:1971
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03-31-1971
Cooperating organizations
Foreword
Guide
1. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 Terminology
2. Climatic conditions
2.1 Effect of climatic conditions
2.2 Extremes of temperature
2.3 Relative humidity
2.4 Association of high temperature and high humidity
2.5 Large changes of atmospheric temperature and
humidity
2.6 Wetness due to precipitation, fog, dew or melting
of hoar frost
2.7 Heavy snowfall
3. Transport and storage
3.1 Transport by land
3.1.1 General
3.1.2 Railway vans
3.1.3 Road vehicles
3.2 Transport by sea
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 Ships
3.3 Transport by air
3.3.1 General
3.3.2 Aircraft
3.4 Storage
4. Miscellaneous
4.1 Nature of product
4.2 Other factors
4.3 Protective measures
Appendices
A. Ventilation of cargoes at sea
B. Bibliography
C. Note on average monthly maximum and minimum air
temperatures
D. Deterioration index
Tables
1. Monthly mean relative humidities at certain areas
at sea
2. Temperature variations recorded in British Railways
freight containers (July-October, 1961)
3. Temperatures, pressures and relative densities at
various heights in the ICAO standard atmosphere
NOTE: Figs. 1 to 57 appear in Part 2, 'Climatic hazards
(maps and diagrams)
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