ASTM E344-10 - 1.11.2010
 
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 3.1.

1.3 Terms with definitions applicable only to the indicated standards in which they appear are listed in 3.2.

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for Comparing EMF Stabilities of Base-Metal Thermoelements in Air Using Dual, Simultaneous, Thermal-EMF Indicators (Withdrawn 2006)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