ASTM E1094-98(2003)
(Specification)Standard Specification for Pharmaceutical Glass Graduates
Standard Specification for Pharmaceutical Glass Graduates
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1.1 This specification covers glass graduates suitable for laboratory, pharmaceutical, and other uses, in both conical and cylindrical shapes.
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Designation: E 1094 – 98 (Reapproved 2003)
Standard Specification for
Pharmaceutical Glass Graduates
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 1094; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
NOTE 1—The term millilitre (mL) is commonly used as a special name
1. Scope
for the cubic centimetre (cm ) in accordance with the International System
1.1 This specification covers glass graduates suitable for
of Units (SI). (The inch-pound fluid ounce is equivalent to 29.5735 mL,
laboratory, pharmaceutical, and other uses, in both conical and
hence, the fluid dram is equivalent to 3.6967 mL and the minim is
cylindrical shapes.
equivalent to 0.0616 mL).
2. Referenced Documents
4. Material and Annealing
2.1 ASTM Standards:
4.1 Graduates shall be made of borosilicate glass conform-
E 438 Specification for Glasses in Laboratory Apparatus
ing to the requirements of Type 1, Class A of Specification
E 671 Specification for Maximum Permissible Thermal Re-
E 438.
sidual Stress in Annealed Glass Laboratory Apparatus
4.2 Maximum residual thermal stress shall be such as to
E 694 Specification for Laboratory Glass Volumetric Appa-
conform to Specification E 671.
ratus
5. Design
E 920 Specification for Commercially Packaged Laboratory
Apparatus 5.1 Style—Graduates having a capacity of more than 15 mL
E 921 Specification for Export Packaged Laboratory Appa-
(4 fluid drams) may be either conical or cylindrical. Those
ratus having a capacity of 15 mL or less shall be cylindrical.
E 1133 Practice for Performance Testing of Packaged Labo-
5.2 Dimensions—The inside measurement from the bottom
ratory Apparatus for United States Government Procure- of the graduate to the top capacity graduation shall be not less
ments
than five times the inside diameter on a cylindrical graduate
E 1157 Specification for the Sampling and Testing of Reus-
and two times on a conical graduate. The inside measurement
able Laboratory Glassware from the bottom of the graduate to the point representing one
2.2 Other Document:
fourth of the capacity shall not be less than the inside diameter
NIST Handbook 44, Section 4.44 Graduates at that point.
5.3 Pour-Out Spout—All graduates shall have a pour-out
3. Classification
spout that ensures delivery of an unbroken stream of liquid
3.1 Graduates shall be in the following types and sizes:
without wetting the outside wall of the graduate.
3.1.1 Type 1—Graduated in metric scale only.
5.4 Base—The base shall be hexagonal in shape and shall
3.1.1.1 Sizes—5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, and 1000 mL.
be perpendicular to the vertical axis of the graduate. The base
3.1.2 Type 2—Graduated in both metric and inch-pound
shall be large enough so that the empty graduate will stand on
scales.
a surface 15° from the horizontal.
3.1.2.1 Sizes—5 mL and 60 minims, 10 mL and 120
6. Graduations
minims, 15 mL and 4 fluid drams, 25 mL and 8 fluid drams, 50
mL and 2 fluid oz, 100 mL and 4 fluid oz, 250 mL and 8 fluid
6.1 Each graduate shall have clear graduation markings
oz, 500 mL and 16 fluid oz, and 1000 mL and 32 fluid oz. perpendicular to the vertical axis of the graduate and parallel to
each other. They shall conform to the requirements of Speci-
fication E 694.
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E41 on
6.1.1 No graduation line shall extend less than one fourth
Laboratory Apparatus and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E41.01 on
the circumference of the graduate. Graduates shall have an
Apparatus.
Current edition approved Oct. 10, 1998. Published March 1999. Originally initial interval that is not subdivided, equal to not less than one
published as E 1094 – 91. Last previous edition E 1094 – 94.
fifth and not more than one fourth of the capacity of the
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.04.
graduate. Except for this interval, the values of all graduated
Available from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
intervals shall be the same. Each main graduation line shall be
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E 1094 – 98 (2003)
TABLE 2 Graduation Line Details
marked to indicate its value; intermediate lines shall not be
Double-Scale Graduates
marked. Numerals shall be uniformly positioned, either di-
Least Graduation Numbers at
rectly upon or immediately above the graduation line to which
Capacity Subdivision
Line Each
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