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NIST Handbook 105-2: Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standard and Field Standard Weights and Measures (2021 Ed.)
Published
Author(s)
Georgia L. Harris, Micheal Hicks
Abstract
Handbook 105-2 is part of the Handbook 105-series of specifications and tolerances identified in NIST Handbooks 44, 130, and 133 for use as field standards in weights and measures enforcement actions. This handbook covers the specifications and tolerances for glass flasks used primarily in package testing commodities as a part of weights and measures enforcement activities conducted by legal weights and measures jurisdictions.
Harris, G.
and Hicks, M.
(2022),
NIST Handbook 105-2: Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standard and Field Standard Weights and Measures (2021 Ed.), Handbook (NIST HB), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.HB.105-2e2021, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=933925
(Accessed October 9, 2025)