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Weights and Measures Newsletter Archives - Field Standards

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Series
H-XXX		Key WordsArticleIssue
H-019HB105
Field Standard Glassware
Calibration
Tolerance Requirements
Thermometers		H-019 Draft of Handbook 105-2 Posted for CommentsJuly 2021
H-018HB105, field standards, calibrationNIST Handbook 105-1 Revised! What Now? Part 2April 2021
H-017HB105,
field standards,
calibration		NIST Handbook 105-1 Revised! What Now?March 2020
H-016Provers
Test measures
HB44		Draining Test Measures and ProversMarch 2015
H-015Field standards
Calibrations
HB105		Field Standards for Weights and MeasuresApril 2013
H-014Bottom-drain sight flow gages
Decimal Gallon indications
LPG provers
High-resolution devices		Updates to Handbook 105-3 and 105-4April 2008
H-013Mercury thermometersGet the (Lead) Mercury Out!!March 2006
H-012SVP Report Forms
SVPs
Small volume provers		Part 5-Small Volume Prover (SVP) Proving ReportsMarch 2006
H-011Field Standards
Weight Carts
Retroactivity		Are You Confused by "Retroactivity?"November 2005
H-010Small volume provers
SVPs
Operating Procedures		Part 4 - Small Volume Provers (SVPs): Operating Procedures for the Use of SVPs when Testing Loading Rack MetersNovember 2005
H-009Field standards
Calibration intervals		NIST - Suggested Field Standards & Calibration IntervalsAugust 2005
H-008Glassware calibration
Use of glassware		Important Technical Guidance on GlasswareAugust 2005
H-007Small volume provers
Meter performance
Proving K-factor		Part 3 - Small Volume Provers: Mathematical Determination of Meter Performance Using SVPsAugust 2005
H-006Calibration
Accreditation		Calibration of Rock?
Calibration Certificates - Acceptance or Not?		June 2005
H-005Field Standards
Shipping
Packaging		Proper Packaging Required to Maintain TraceabilityJune 2005
H-004Small volume proversPart 2 - Small Volume Provers: History, Design, and OperationJune 2005
H-003Small volume proversSeries- Part 1 - Small Volume Provers: Identification, Terminology and DefinitionsMarch 2005
H-002Volumetric prover
calibration		Volumetric Prover Calibration and UseFebruary 2004
H-001Weight Cart
Handbook 105-8		Use of Fuel Error Weights on NIST HB 105-8 - Compliant Weight CartsDecember 2003
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Created September 26, 2011, Updated February 27, 2024
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