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BS EN 16242:2012

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Conservation of cultural heritage. Procedures and instruments for measuring humidity in the air and moisture exchanges between air and cultural property

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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-12-2012

$520.16
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Quantities characterising humidity in air
5 Considerations and recommendations related to
  measuring methods
6 Main features of the hygrometers
7 Instrument calibration
Annex A (informative) - Formulae for calculating relative
        humidity and related variables
Annex B (informative) - Examples for indoor climate
        measurements
Annex C (informative) - Instrumental errors
Bibliography

Describes guidance and specifies procedures and instruments for the measurement of relative humidity (RH) in air, in outdoor or indoor environments.

Committee
B/560
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 11/30239716 DC. (12/2012)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
34
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

This European Standard gives guidance and specifies procedures and instruments for the measurement of relative humidity (RH) in air, in outdoor or indoor environments. It indicates how RH can be directly measured or how it can be calculated from air temperature, wet-bulb temperature and dew-point temperature. This standard contains recommendations for accurate measurements of ambient conditions and moisture exchanges between air and cultural heritage objects. It is addressed to anyone in charge of environmental diagnosis, conservation or maintenance of buildings, collections or single objects.

EN 15757:2010 Conservation of Cultural Property - Specifications for temperature and relative humidity to limit climate-induced mechanical damage in organic hygroscopic materials
ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
BS 1339-3:2004 Humidity Guide to the measurement of humidity
NFX 15 117 : 1999 MEASUREMENT OF AIR MOISTURE - MECHANICAL HYGROMETERS
BS 1339-1:2002 Humidity Terms, definitions and formulae
ISO/TR 18931:2001 Imaging materials - Recommendations for humidity measurement and control
ISO 7726:1998 Ergonomics of the thermal environment Instruments for measuring physical quantities
NFX 20 521 : 81 FD GAS ANALYSIS - DETERMINATION OF THE WATER DEW POINT OF NATURAL GAS - COOLED SURFACE CONDENSATION HYGROMETERS
ISO 2533:1975 Standard Atmosphere
UNI 11131 : 2005 CULTURAL HERITAGE - FIELD MEASUREMENT OF THE AIR HUMIDITY
EN 15758:2010 Conservation of Cultural Property - Procedures and instruments for measuring temperatures of the air and the surfaces of objects
ISO 4677-1:1985 Atmospheres for conditioning and testing Determination of relative humidity Part 1: Aspirated psychrometer method
ISO/IEC Guide 99:2007 International vocabulary of metrology Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM)
NFX 15 119 : 1999 MEASUREMENT OF AIR MOISTURE - SALT SOLUTION HUMID AIR GENERATORS FOR THE CALIBRATION OF HYGROMETERS
EN 60751:2008 INDUSTRIAL PLATINUM RESISTANCE THERMOMETERS AND PLATINUM TEMPERATURE SENSORS
ASTM D 4230 : 2002 : EDT 1 Standard Test Method of Measuring Humidity with Cooled-Surface Condensation (Dew-Point) Hygrometer
ASTM E 337 : 2015 : REDLINE Standard Test Method for Measuring Humidity with a Psychrometer (the Measurement of Wet- and Dry-Bulb Temperatures)
IEC 60751:2008 Industrial platinum resistance thermometers and platinum temperature sensors
BS 1339-2(2009) (CD-ROM) : 2009 COR 2012 HUMIDITY - HUMIDITY CALCULATION AND TABLES - USER GUIDE
ISO/IEC Guide 98-3:2008 Uncertainty of measurement — Part 3: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM:1995)

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