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NIST Handbook 44 - 2019

Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices

as adopted by the 103rd National Conference on Weights and Measures 2018
 

Section 1

Section 2

  • 2.20. Scales DOC | PDF
  • 2.21. Belt-Conveyor Scale Systems DOC | PDF
  • 2.22. Automatic Bulk Weighing Systems DOC | PDF
  • 2.23. Weights DOC | PDF
  • 2.24. Automatic Weighing Systems DOC | PDF
  • 2.25. Weigh-In-Motion Systems – Used for Vehicle Enforcement Screening – Tentative Code DOC | PDF

Section 3

  • 3.30. Liquid-Measuring Devices DOC | PDF
  • 3.31. Vehicle-Tank Meters DOC | PDF
  • 3.32. Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Anhydrous Ammonia Liquid-Measuring Devices DOC | PDF
  • 3.33. Hydrocarbon Gas Vapor-Measuring Devices DOC | PDF
  • 3.34. Cryogenic Liquid-Measuring Devices DOC | PDF
  • 3.35. Milk Meters DOC | PDF
  • 3.36. Water Meters DOC | PDF
  • 3.37. Mass Flow Meters DOC | PDF
  • 3.38. Carbon Dioxide Liquid-Measuring Devices DOC | PDF
  • 3.39. Hydrogen Gas-Measuring Devices – Tentative Code DOC | PDF
  • 3.40. Electric Vehicle Fueling Systems – Tentative Code DOC | PDF

Section 4

  • 4.40. Vehicle Tanks Used as Measures DOC | PDF
  • 4.41. Liquid Measures DOC | PDF
  • 4.42. Farm Milk Tanks DOC | PDF
  • 4.43. Measure-Containers DOC | PDF
  • 4.44. Graduates DOC | PDF
  • 4.45. Dry Measures DOC | PDF
  • 4.46. Berry Baskets and Boxes DOC | PDF

Section 5

  • 5.50. Fabric-Measuring Devices DOC | PDF
  • 5.51. Wire- and Cordage-Measuring Devices DOC | PDF
  • 5.52. Linear Measures DOC | PDF
  • 5.53. Odometers DOC | PDF
  • 5.54. Taximeters DOC | PDF
  • 5.55. Timing Devices DOC | PDF
  • 5.56 (a). Grain Moisture Meters DOC | PDF
  • 5.56 (b). Grain Moisture Meters DOC | PDF
  • 5.57. Near-Infrared Grain Analyzers DOC | PDF
  • 5.58. Multiple Dimension Measuring Devices DOC | PDF
  • 5.59. Electronic Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems and/or Devices DOC | PDF
  • 5.60. Transportation Network Measurement Systems – Tentative Code DOC | PDF

Appendices

  • A. Fundamental Considerations DOC | PDF
  • B. Units and Systems of Measurement DOC | PDF
  • C. General Tables of Units of Measurement DOC | PDF
  • D. Definitions* DOC | PDF
    *Note: In the bound, hard-copy edition of the 2019 Edition of NIST Handbook 44, the headers in Appendix D are erroneously labeled as “Handbook 44 - 2018” rather than “Handbook 44 – 2019;” the content of the Appendix is the 2019 version. The headers have been corrected in the electronic versions of Appendix D posted to this website.

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Created January 8, 2020, Updated December 27, 2023