ASTM E617-97(2008)

Standard Specification for Laboratory Weights And Precision Mass Standards

ABSTRACT
This specification covers laboratory weights and precision mass standards including their principal physical characteristics and metrological requirements. Maximum permissible error, magnetic property, density, and surface roughness for each weight shall be within the limits indicated in this specification. Physical characteristics shall be based on construction, design, surface area, materials, magnetism, density, surface finish, weight adjustment, and marking.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers weights and mass standards used in laboratories, specifically classes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. This specification replaces National Bureau of Standards Circular 547, Section 1, which is out of print.
1.2 This specification further recognizes that International Recommendation R111 exists, that describes classes E1, E2, F1, F2, M1, M2 and M3. Users may choose to reference either R111 or this specification, depending on requirements.
1.3 This specification contains the principal physical characteristics and metrological requirements for weights that are used.
1.3.1 For the verification of weighing instruments;
1.3.2 For the verification of weights of a lower class of accuracy; and
1.3.3 With weighing instruments.
1.4 Tolerances and design restrictions for each class are described in order that both individual weights or sets of weights can be chosen for appropriate applications.
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Nov-2008
• ICS: 71.040.20 - Laboratory ware and related apparatus
• Technical Committee: E41 - Laboratory Apparatus
• Drafting Committee: E41.06 - Laboratory Instruments and Equipment

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM E617-97(2003) - Standard Specification for Laboratory Weights And Precision Mass Standards
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM E898-20 - Standard Practice for Calibration of Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM E2040-19 - Standard Test Method for Mass Scale Calibration of Thermogravimetric Analyzers
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM E458-08(2020) - Standard Test Method for Heat of Ablation
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM C114-22 - Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Hydraulic Cement
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D1203-22 - Standard Test Methods for Volatile Loss from Plastics Using Activated Carbon Methods
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM E2510-20 - Standard Test Method for Torque Calibration or Conformance of Rheometers
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM E1154-23 - Standard Specification for Piston or Plunger Operated Volumetric Apparatus and Operator Qualification
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D7551-10(2015) - Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Volatile Sulfur in Gaseous Hydrocarbons and Liquefied Petroleum Gases and Natural Gas by Ultraviolet Fluorescence
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM C1009-21 - Standard Guide for Establishing and Maintaining a Quality Assurance Program for Analytical Laboratories Within the Nuclear Industry
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D8293-22 - Standard Guide for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of Radiochemical Measurements
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D4298-22 - Standard Guide for Intercomparing Permeation Tubes to Establish Traceability
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D4753-15 - Standard Guide for Evaluating, Selecting, and Specifying Balances and Standard Masses for Use in Soil, Rock, and Construction Materials Testing
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM E542-22 - Standard Practice for Gravimetric Calibration of Laboratory Volumetric Instruments
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D8251-23 - Standard Practice for Determining Compressor Oil Carryover in Compressed Natural Gas Used as a Natural Gas Motor Vehicle Fuel
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:E617 −97(Reapproved 2008)
Standard Specification for
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Laboratory Weights and Precision Mass Standards
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E617; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 2.3 NCSL Standards:
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NCSL Glossary of Metrology—Related Terms
1.1 This specification covers weights and mass standards
NCSL Recommended Practice-12 Determining and Report-
used in laboratories, specifically classes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and
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ing Measurement Uncertainties
7. This specification replaces National Bureau of Standards
ANSI/NCSL-Z540-1-1994 American National Standard for
Circular 547, Section 1, which is out of print.
Calibration-Calibration Laboratories and Measuring and
1.2 This specification further recognizes that International 3
Test Equipment General Requirements
Recommendation R111 exists, that describes classes E1, E2,
2.4 NIST Standards:
F1, F2, M1, M2 and M3. Users may choose to reference either
NIST NVLAP Draft Handbook 150-2 National Voluntary
R111 or this specification, depending on requirements.
Laboratory Accreditation Program Calibration Laborato-
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1.3 This specification contains the principal physical char- ries Technical Guide
acteristics and metrological requirements for weights that are NIST NVLAP Handbook 150 National Voluntary Labora-
used. tory Accreditation Program (NVLAP), NIST Handbook
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1.3.1 For the verification of weighing instruments; 150, Procedures and General Requirements
1.3.2 For the verification of weights of a lower class of NISTTechnical Note 1297 (1994) Guidelines for Evaluating
accuracy; and and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement
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1.3.3 With weighing instruments. Results
2.5 OIML Standard:
1.4 Tolerances and design restrictions for each class are
OIML Recommendation 33 Conventional Value of the Re-
described in order that both individual weights or sets of
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sult of Weighing in Air
weights can be chosen for appropriate applications.
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
3. Terminology
standard.
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.1.1 accuracy class of weights—a class of weights that
2. Referenced Documents
meets certain metrological requirements intended to keep the
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2.1 ANSI Standard:
errors within specified limits.
B 46.1-1995 Surface Texture (Surface Roughness,
3.1.2 calibration—the acts of determining the mass differ-
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Waviness, and Lay) an American National Standard
ence between a standard of known mass value and an “un-
2.2 ISO Standards:
known” test weight or set of weights, establishing the mass
International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in
value and conventional mass value of the “unknown”, and of
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Metrology 1993, VIM, Geneve, Switzerland
determining a quantitative estimate of the uncertainty to be
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Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement
assigned to the stated mass or conventional mass value of the
ISO/DIS 4287-1, Edition 01-Jun-95, Geometric Product
“unknown”, or both. Set of operations that establish, under
Specification (GPS), Determination of Surface Texture by
specified conditions, the relationship between values of quan-
Profiling Methods, Part 1: Terms, Definitions and Param-
tities indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring
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eters
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Available from NCSL, National Conference of Standards Laboratories, 1800
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E41 on 30th Street, Suite 305B, Boulder, Colorado 80301.
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Laboratory Apparatusand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E41.06 on Available from NIST/NVLAP, National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation
Weighing Devices. Program, NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. HB 150 available on-line: http://
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2008. Published February 2009. Originally ts.nist.gov/nvlap and Technical Note 1297 available on-line: http://physics.nist.gov/
approved in 1978. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as E617 – 97 (2003). Pubs/guidelines/outline.html.
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DOI: 10.1520/E0617-97R08. Available from Organisation Internationale de Metrologie Legale, 11 Rue
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Available fromAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St., Turgot, 75009 Paris, France.
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4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org. Definition from OIML R111.
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system, or values represented by a material measure or a 3.1.13 uncertainty—parameter associated with the result of
reference material, a
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Designation:E617–97 (Reapproved 2003) Designation: E 617 – 97 (Reapproved 2008)
Standard Specification for
1
Laboratory Weights and Precision Mass Standards
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 617; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
1.1 This specification covers weights and mass standards used in laboratories, specifically classes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. This
specification replaces National Bureau of Standards Circular 547, Section 1, which is out of print.
1.2 This specification further recognizes that International Recommendation R111 exists, that describes classes E1, E2, F1, F2,
M1, M2 and M3. Users may choose to reference either R111 or this specification, depending on requirements.
1.3 This specification contains the principal physical characteristics and metrological requirements for weights that are used.
1.3.1 For the verification of weighing instruments;
1.3.2 For the verification of weights of a lower class of accuracy; and
1.3.3 With weighing instruments.
1.4 Tolerances and design restrictions for each class are described in order that both individual weights or sets of weights can
be chosen for appropriate applications.
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1ASTM Standards:
B46.1-1995Surface Texture (Surface Roughness, Waviness, and Lay) an American National Standard
2.1 ANSI Standard:
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B 46.1-1995 Surface Texture (Surface Roughness, Waviness, and Lay) an American National Standard
2.2 ISO Standards:
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International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology 1993, VIM, Geneve, Switzerland
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Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement
ISO/DIS 4287-1, Edition 01-Jun-95, Geometric Product Specification (GPS), Determination of Surface Texture by Profiling
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Methods, Part 1: Terms, Definitions and Parameters
2.3 NCSL Standards:
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NCSL Glossary of Metrology—Related Terms
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NCSL Recommended Practice-12 Determining and Reporting Measurement Uncertainties
ANSI/NCSL-Z540-1-1994 American National Standard for Calibration-Calibration Laboratories and Measuring and Test
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Equipment General Requirements
2.4 NIST Standards:
NISTNVLAPDraftHandbook150-2 NationalVoluntaryLaboratoryAccreditationProgramCalibrationLaboratoriesTechnical
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Guide
NIST NVLAP Handbook 150 National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP), NIST Handbook 150,
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Procedures and General Requirements
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NIST Technical Note 1297 (1994) Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results
2.5 OIML Standard:
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E41 on Laboratory Apparatus, and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E41.06 on Weighing
Devices.
Current edition approved Nov. 10, 1997. Published March 1998. Originally published as E617–78. Last previous edition E617–91.
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2008. Published February 2009. Originally approved in 1978. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as E 617 – 97 (2003).
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Available from ASME Service Center, 22 Law Drive, PO Box 2900, Fairfield, New Jersey 07007-2900.
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Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
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Available from American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036.
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Available from NCSL, National Conference of Standards Laboratories, 1800 30th Street, Suite 305B, Boulder, Colorado 80301.
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Available from NCSL, National Conference of Standards Laboratories, 1800 30th Street, Suite 305B, Boulder, Colorado 80301.
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Available from NIST/NVLAP, National Voluntary LaboratoryAccreditation Program, NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. HB 150 available on-line: http://ts.nist.gov/
nvlap and Technical Note 1297 available on-line: http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/guidelines/outline.html.
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OIML Recommendation 33 Conventional Value of the Result of Weighing in Air
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.1.1 accuracy class of weights—a class of weights that meets certain metrological requirements intended to k
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