BS 593:1989

This standard BS 593:1989 Specification for laboratory thermometers is classified in these ICS categories:

• 17.200.20 Temperature-measuring instruments

This British Standard specifies requirements for series A, B and F laboratory thermometers (see foreword) calibrated either for total or for partial immersion, covering the overall temperature ranges − 30 °C to + 400 °C and − 23 °F to + 320 °F.

NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard a relisted on the inside back cover.

Three series of accurate laboratory thermometers of solid-stem, mercury-in-glass type, overall length about 400 mm; Series A and B are graduated in either Celsius or Fahrenheit for either total or partial immersion. Appendix gives procedure and recommended values for average emergent liquid column temperature for partial immersion thermometers.