API MPM CH7 : 2001

0 INTRODUCTION
1 SCOPE AND SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS
2 REFERENCES AND RELATED PUBLICATIONS
3 DEFINITION OF TERMS
4 SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5 EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS
6 STATIC TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION
7 DYNAMIC TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION
8 CALIBRATION VERIFICATION, AND INSPECTION
9 FACTORS THAT AFFECT TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
  UNCERTAINTY
APPENDIX A - EMERGENT-STEM CORRECTION FOR LIQUID-IN-GLASS
             THERMOMETERS
APPENDIX B - LOCAL DIRECT-READING THERMOMETERS
APPENDIX C - ACCURACY LIMITATIONS OF TANK TEMPERATURE
             MEASUREMENTS ONBOARD MARINE VESSELS
APPENDIX D - TEST PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING IMMERSION
             TIMES OF MERCURY-IN-GLASS TANK THERMOMETERS
             AND THEIR ASSEMBLIES

Defines the methods, equipment, and procedures for determining the temperature of petroleum and petroleum products under both static and dynamic conditions.