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Superseded

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BS EN 16242 - CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY - PROCEDURES AND INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING HUMIDITY IN THE AIR AND MOISTURE EXCHANGES BETWEEN AIR AND CULTURAL PROPERTY

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

31-12-2012

Superseded by

BS EN 16242:2012

Language(s)

English

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Symbols and abbreviations
5 Quantities characterising humidity in air
6 Recommendations relating to measuring
  methods
7 Recommendations relating to measuring
  instruments
8 Instrument calibration
9 Main features of the hygrometers
Annex A (informative) - Equations for computing
        relative humidity and related variables
Annex B (informative) - Examples of environmental
        diagnostics
Annex C (informative) - Instrumental errors
Bibliography

BS EN 16242

Committee
B/560
DocumentType
Draft
Pages
28
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
PREN 16242 : DRAFT 2011 Identical

EN 15757:2010 Conservation of Cultural Property - Specifications for temperature and relative humidity to limit climate-induced mechanical damage in organic hygroscopic materials
NFX 15 117 : 1999 MEASUREMENT OF AIR MOISTURE - MECHANICAL HYGROMETERS
ISO/IEC Guide 98:1993 Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM)
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
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
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)

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