ASTM E344-07 - 1.6.2007
 
1. Scope

1.1 This terminology is a compilation of definitions of terms used by ASTM Committee E20 on Temperature Measurement.

1.2 Terms with definitions generally applicable to the fields of thermometry and hydrometry are listed in .

1.3 Terms with definitions applicable only to the indicated standards in which they appear are listed in .

1.4 Information about the International Temperature Scale of 1990 is given in Appendix X1.

 
2. Referenced Documents

E452-02(2023)

Standard Test Method for Calibration of Refractory Metal Thermocouples Using a Radiation Thermometer

E100-19

Standard Specification for ASTM Hydrometers

E126-19

Standard Test Method for Inspection, Calibration, and Verification of ASTM Hydrometers

E207-21

Standard Test Method for Thermal EMF Test of Single Thermoelement Materials by Comparison With Reference Thermoelement of Similar EMF-Temperature Properties

E220-19

Standard Test Method for Calibration of Thermocouples By Comparison Techniques

E1159-15(2020)e1

Standard Specification for Thermocouple Materials, Platinum-Rhodium Alloys, and Platinum (Includes all amendments and changes 5/14/2021).

E1256-17(2022)

Standard Test Methods for Radiation Thermometers (Single Waveband Type)

E1502-22

Standard Guide for Use of Fixed-Point Cells for Reference Temperatures

E667-98

Standard Specification for Mercury-in-Glass, Maximum Self-Registering Clinical Thermometers

E1350-18(2023)

Standard Guide for Testing Sheathed Thermocouples, Thermocouple Assemblies, and Connecting Wires Prior to, and After Installation or Service

E710-86(1997)

Standard Test Method for Comparing EMF Stabilities of Base-Metal Thermoelements in Air Using Dual, Simultaneous, Thermal-EMF Indicators (Withdrawn 2006)

E780-17(2021)

Standard Test Method for Measuring the Insulation Resistance of Mineral-Insulated, Metal-Sheathed Thermocouples and Mineral-Insulated, Metal-Sheathed Cable at Room Temperature

E585/E585M-23

Standard Specification for Compacted Mineral-Insulated, Metal-Sheathed, Base Metal Thermocouple Cable

E601-20

Standard Guide for Measuring Electromotive Force (EMF) Stability of Base-Metal Thermoelement Materials With Time in Air

E608/E608M-13(2019)

Standard Specification for Mineral-Insulated, Metal-Sheathed Base Metal Thermocouples

E644-11(2019)

Standard Test Methods for Testing Industrial Resistance Thermometers

E1684-10

Standard Specification for Miniature Thermocouple Connectors

E1750-23

Standard Guide for Use of Water Triple Point Cells

E1751-00

Standard Guide for Temperature Electromotive Force (emf) Tables for Non-Letter Designated Thermocouple Combinations (Withdrawn 2009)

E1965-98(2023)

Standard Specification for Infrared Thermometers for Intermittent Determination of Patient Temperature

E2181/E2181M-19

Standard Specification for Compacted Mineral-Insulated, Metal-Sheathed, Noble Metal Thermocouples and Thermocouple Cable

E2251-14(2021)

Standard Specification for Liquid-in-Glass ASTM Thermometers with Low-Hazard Precision Liquids

E839-23

Standard Test Methods for Sheathed Thermocouples and Sheathed Thermocouple Cable

E879-20

Standard Specification for Thermistor Sensors for General Purpose and Laboratory Temperature Measurements

E1061-01(2022)

Standard Specification for Direct-Reading Liquid Crystal Forehead Thermometers

E1104-98(2023)

Standard Specification for Clinical Thermometer Probe Covers and Sheaths

E1112-00(2018)

Standard Specification for Electronic Thermometer for Intermittent Determination of Patient Temperature

E1129/E1129M-19

Standard Specification for Thermocouple Connectors

E1137/E1137M-08(2020)

Standard Specification for Industrial Platinum Resistance Thermometers

Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM)

1995

IEC 61298-1

Process Measurement and Control Devices General Methods and Procedures for Evaluating Performance- Part 1: General Considerations Available from International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), 3 rue de Varemb, Case postale 131, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland, http://www.iec.ch.

E2593-17(2023)

Standard Guide for Accuracy Verification of Industrial Platinum Resistance Thermometers

International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology (VIM)

1993

E230-03

Standard Specification and Temperature-Electromotive Force (EMF) Tables for Standardized Thermocouples

E77-14(2021)

Standard Test Method for Inspection and Verification of Thermometers

E1-14(2020)

Standard Specification for ASTM Liquid-in-Glass Thermometers

E1299-96(2023)

Standard Specification for Reusable Phase-Change-Type Fever Thermometer for Intermittent Determination of Human Temperature

E825-98(2023)

Standard Specification for Phase Change-Type Disposable Fever Thermometer for Intermittent Determination of Human Temperature

E574-23

Standard Specification for Duplex, Base Metal Thermocouple Wire With Glass Fiber or Silica Fiber Insulation

E1594-22

Standard Guide for Expression of Temperature

E696-23

Standard Specification for Tungsten-Rhenium Alloy Thermocouple Wire