AS 1006—1995

ISO 1770:1981
ISO 1770:1981/Amdt.1:1983

Australian Standard
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Solid-stem general purpose

thermometers
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee CH/30, Temperature
Measurement. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on
8 May 1995 and published on 5 August 1995.
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Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Australian Scientific Industry Association
CSIRO — Division of Applied Physics
CSIRO — Division of Building, Construction and Engineering
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia

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 AS 1006—1995

Australian Standard
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PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
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ISBN 0 7262 9836 0
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by Standards Australia Committee CH/30 on Temperature Measurement to
supersede AS 1006—1971.

This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO 1770-1981, Solid-stem general purpose
thermometers and ISO 1770-1981 Amendment 1, published 1983-08-01, which were reconfirmed in 1992.
The text affected by the Amendment is marked in the ISO document with double marginal bars.

The objective of this Standard is to provide designers and manufacturers with requirements for liquid-in-
glass solid-stem general purpose thermometers.

For the purpose of this Standard, the text of ISO 1770 should be modified as follows:

(a) Terminology The words ‘this Australian Standard’ should replace the words ‘this International
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Standard’ wherever they appear.

(b) Decimal marker Substitute a point (.) for a comma (,) wherever it appears as a decimal marker.

Originated as AS 1006—1971.
Second editi on 1995.

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AUSTRALIAN STANDARD
Solid-stem general purpose thermometers
0 Introduction
Although the thermometers covered by this
International Standard are not intended for use in any
specific test method, the overall lengths of the series of
higher accuracy are specified with a tolerance so as to
provide a degree of interchangeability for any special
apparatus into which the thermometers are
incorporated.
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For ease of reference, each thermometer has been
allocated a designation consisting of a single letter
representing the range of the thermometer and the
indication ”TOTAL” or, for example, ”75” relating to the
intended immersion.
Some of the thermometers described in the scope and
field of application of this International Standard, and
which are in current use, are of a lower quality than
those strictly covered in ISO 386. Accordingly, whilst
this International Standard is based on the provisions
of ISO 386, it does not align with those which
recommend the distance between consecutive scale
lines to be greater than 0,8 mm and the maximum error
to be one scale division. In order to avoid increasing
the cost of the thermometers, some of the dimensions
recommended to be specified in ISO 386 have also
been omitted.
1 Scope and field of application
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:
a) 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;
b) 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.
1)
An international Standard (ISO 4795) dealing with glasses for thermometer bulbs is in preparati on.
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2 Reference
ISO 386, Liquid-in-glass laboratory thermometers —
Principles of design, construction and use.
3 Temperature scale
The thermometers shall be graduated in accordance
with the Celsius scale as defined in the current
definition of the International Practical Temperature
Scale (IPTS) adopted by the Confe′ rence ge′ ne′ rale des
poids et mesures, and in accordance with the
International System of Units (SI).
4 Immersion
4.1 The thermometers shall be adjusted for use either
at total immersion (i.e. the reading shall be correct
when the thermometer is immersed so that the top of
the liquid column is in the same plane as, or no more
than two scale divisions above, the surface of the
medium the temperature of which is required to be
measured), or for partial immersion, as required.
4.2 In the latter case, the preferred immersion is
75 ±1 mm, and the adjustment of such a thermometer
shall be carried out at the average emergent liquid
column temperature detailed in tables 1 and 2.
NOTES
1 Adjustment at part ial immersion is not permit ted for the
thermometers wit h a scale extending below -38 °C, because
of the large errors likely to be caused in a spir it -i n- glass
thermometer by variati ons in temperature around the
emergent porti on of the stem.
2 For guidance on the determinati on of the emergent liquid
column corr ecti ons to be applied when the thermometer is
used in situations where the average emergent liquid column
temperature diff ers fr om that given in tables 1 and 2. see
annex B.6 and B.7 of ISO 336.
5 Glass
The thermometer bulb shall be made of suitable
thermometric glass. 1) The glass or glasses comprising
the thermometer shall be selected and processed so
that the finished thermometer shows the following
characteristics.
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