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BS 1704:1985

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Specification for solid-stem general purpose thermometers

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

28-06-1985

£142.00
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Summarise this standard

Committees responsible
0 Introduction
1 Scope and field of application
2 Reference
3 Temperature scale
4 Immersion
5 Glass
6 Liquid filling
7 Gas filling
8 Construction
9 Scale lines, immersion line and figuring
10 Accuracy
11 Inscriptions
National appendix A - Testing of British Standard
                      thermometers
Publication referred to

Specifies requirements for two series of inexpensive liquid-in-glass thermometers of the solid-stem type for use in industry, schools and laboratories when great accuracy is not required.

Committee
LBI/1/2
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 79/54294 DC. Also numbered as ISO 1770. (06/2005)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
14
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

This International Standard specifies requirements for two series of inexpensive “commercial quality?? liquid-in-glass thermometers of the solid-stem type suitable for general purpose use in industry, schools and laboratories when great accuracy of measurement is not required:

  1. a series designated A to H, in which nominal ranges and maximum overall lengths are specified but which may not be acceptable for testing by a national verification laboratory;
  2. a series designated J to W of greater accuracy than in a) and with specified ranges and a tolerance on overall length, which may be acceptable for testing by a national verification laboratory.

The temperature range covered by each series is from − 100 °C to + 500 °C.

Standards Relationship
ISO 1770:1981 Identical

£142.00
Excluding VAT