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An Accuracy Statement for a Facility Used to
Calibrate Static Pressure Transducers and
Differential Pressure Transducers at High
Base Pressure

C. F. Sindt
J. F. laBrecque

Thermophysical Properties Division

National Engineering Laboratory
National Bureau of Standards
Boulder, Colorado 80303

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, Ernest Ambler. Director

Revised June 1982

 National Bureau 01 Standards Technical Note 1052 (Revised)
Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Tech. Note 1052 (Revised), 44 pages (June 1982)
CODEN: NBTNAE

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1982
 An Accuracy 'Statement for a Facility Used to Calibrate Static Pressure
Transducers and Differential Pressure Transducers at High ~Base Pressure
C. F. Sindt and J. F. LaBrecque
National Bureau of Standards
Boulder, Colorado 80303

A facility has been developed to calibrate pressure transducers

that are used in the NBS Gas Mass Flow Facility. Both static and
differential pressure transducers can be calibrated. An air dead
weight tester is the standard for static transducers in the range from
3.8 to 4.5 MPa. An air dead weight tester is also the standard for
the differential pressure transducers in the range of 2.5 kPa to 50
kPa; a cistern manometer provides the transfer for tne standard to a
base operating pressure of 4.1 MPa. The calibration of the air dead
weight gage by NBS-WaShington contributes ±65 ppm to the uncertainty
of the calibration of the static pressure transducers. The
calibration of the air dead weight gage adds ~69 ppm to the
calibration of the cistern manometer. This, plus the uncertainties in
the high pressure corrections 'to the cistern manometer and our
measurement of the mercury temperature, contributes ±690 ppm to the
uncertainty of the differential pressure transducer calibrations.

Key Words: calibration; differential manometer; piston gage; pressure

difference; pressure transducer; standards.

1. Introduction
This accuracy statement describes the equipment used for differential and
static pressure transducer calibrations and the tracibility of the accuracy of
this equipment to the National Bureau of Standards. The purpose of the pressure
calibration facility is to calibrate both the static pressure transducers and
the differential pressure transducers used in the Gas Mass Flow Reference Facil-
ity. The calibration facility is designed to calibrate the transducers in place
using the transducer signal conditioning equipment as used for data gathering in
the flow facility. The equipment included in the calibration of the transducer
and its signal conditioning system is a transducer, an electrical power supply
for the transducer, an analog-to-digital voltage converter, a channel
multiplexer and a mini-computer.
The pressure range of the calibration facility to calibrate the static
pressure transducers is 3.8 (550 psi) to 4.27 MPa (620 psi}, and an air dead
weight tester provides the calibration standard. The differential pressure
transducers are calibrated with a mercury manometer which can be used at base
pressures as high as 34 MPa. For our'use, the base pressure at 4.1 MPa (600

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 psi) is applied to both sides of the mercury manometer and the differential
pressure transducer, then the desired differential is added to the base
pressure. These differential pressure transducers are calibrated in the range
of Z.5 kPa (10 in. HZO) to 50 kPa (ZOO in. HZO). We have examined
experimentally the accuracy to which this manometer can calibrate these
transducers.

Z. SURllla ry
By using an air dead weight gage as the transfer standard between
NBS-Washington and NBS-Boulder, we have been able to establish a calibration
facility that contributes no ~re than ~ 690 ppm of systematic error to the
total uncertainty of the calibration of differential pressure transducers at 50
kPa and no more than ~ 65 ppm to that of the static pressure transducers. The
total uncertainty of measurements made with a pressure transducer also contains
the uncertain~ in the correction relationship between readings made on the
transducer and the corresponding readings of the standard, plus the random
imprecision of the pressure transducer. In examples given in the text of actual
calibrations of pressure transducers, a static pressure transducer is calibrated
with a total uncertainty of ~ 570 ppm at 4.1 MPa, and a differential pres'sure
transducer is calibrated with a total uncertainty of ~ lZ54 ppm at 50 kPa. The
differential pressure transducer calibration uses a cistern-type mercury
manometer, which is calibrated with the air dead weight gage. The direct
calibration of the cistern manometer is made at ambient pressure; the correction
at the base pressure of 4.1 MPa has been verified by using two air dead weight
gages, one as a reference and the calibrated gage as the measuring device.

3. Static Pressure Transducer Calibration Facility

Some early work was done using Bourdon tube gages to calibrate the static
pressure transducers, however, these gages were deemed inadequate and have been
replaced by an air dead weight tester.
The dead weight gage uses a precision ground piston in a mating cylinder as
the pressure measuring device. Weights are added to the piston for measurement
of various pressures. The piston has an extended stem at the top end to
accommodate the weights. The bottom end of the cylinder connects via a tube to
the instrument that is to be calibrated. Gas is introduced into the dead weight

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gage from a clean gas source until the piston rises in the cylinder. As a min-
ute amount of gas flows past the piston it drops slowly with time, but the
pressur~ is maintained as the piston falls. The piston is rotated either
manually or via a built-in motor drive. Rotation of the piston eliminates
static friction between the piston and cylinder, so the piston is floating on a
gas column and is lubricated at the cylinder walls with a gas film. The level
of pressure measured is set by the weight of the piston and the weights added
to it. The dead weight gage thereby uses the basic measurement units of mass
and pi stan area to measure pressure. The ai r dead wei ght gage used for our
calibrations has two piston-cylinder sizes. The smaller piston has a pressure
range to 4.27 MPa (620 psi). The larger piston measures pressure to 107 kPa
(15.5 psi). The smaller piston is used to calibrate the static pressure
transducers before each day of tests. The larger piston is used at ambient base
pressure to calibrate the cist~rn manometer. This in turn is used to calibrate
the differential pressure transducers before each day's tests.
Both of the piston-cylinder assemblies were calibrated by the National
Bureau of Standards' National Measurement Laboratory at Gaithersburg, MD. The
calibrations determine the effective area of each piston at the specified test
conditions. The specified conditions and the calibrations are included as
AppendiK A. As described in AppendiK A, a number of models were fit to the
calibration data. The model
Force = Area K Pressure
has been selected as adequate for both piston assemblies to determine the
effective piston area. Also note that the ranges reported in AppendiK A are
slightly less than we have available on our gage. This discrepancy resulted
because NBS-Gaithersburg did not calibrate the weight set and, therefore, was
not aware of the weights available in our set. Our weight set was calibrated at
the State of Colorado Metrology Laboratory, Denver, CO. The report of this
calibration is included as Appendix B. Note that the masses are reported as
apparent mass versus brass. This calibration technique of using apparent mass
versus brass corrects for the air buoyancy of weights of unknown density,
provided we use this mass and the air buoyancy correction for brass to calculate
the force on the piston of the air dead weight gage. The air buoyancy
correction is then

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b

where a is the local air density and b is the density of the standard brass
weight which is 8.4 g/cm3 •
Besides the air bouyancy correction for the weights, several other
corrections must be considered for each data. point for accurate pressure
measurement using the dead weight gage. They include corrections for the
thermal expansion of the piston and cylinder, corrections for local gravity,
and corrections for the elasticity of the piston and cylinder. As noted in
Appendix A, these corrections have been applied to the calibrations at
NBS-Gaithersburg. The'thermal expansion correction is made for each gage
reading by measuring the gage temperature using a built in thermometer and
applying the correction using the coefficient of thermal expansion of the piston
and cylinder material. The gravity correction is constant and is applied to
each reading using the local acceleration of gravity. The piston and cylinder
were calibrated at ~BS at pressure so a~ elastic deformation is, in effect,
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included in the caliibration. Table I gives the error uncertainties for these
corrections.
Having calibrated a pressure transducer at, say, a fixed set of conditions
against the air dead weight gage, the total uncertainty of the ave~age of n
measurements made with the calibrated transducer at this same set of conditions
is defined here as:

Total Uncertainty limit '" SE s + 2.576 (tip + tlcjt)

where SE s is the systematic error limit for the standard, "/3 is the standard
deviation of the correction of the readings of the calibrated meter to those of
the standard, "c is the standard deviation for readings made with the
calibrated gage, n is the number of readings made at the fixed, set of conditions
and 2.576 1s the 99.5 percentile of the standard normal distribution. The "8
and "c are not ~dded in quadrature because the correction is now fixed and its
uncertainty be~omes a systematic error for future measurements using the
calibrated gage.
Most often "/3 and "c are unknown and must be estimated from the data,
that is, "13 is estimated from the data used to calibrate the transducer and
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ac is estimated from pressure measurements made with the transducer. Then the
total uncertainty limit (T.U.L.) for an average of n measurements made with the
calibrated tranducer is defined as:

T.U.L. = SE s + 2.576 (A ~ + B~~)

where ~ and ~ are the estimated standard deviations, and A and B are factors
greater than 1 which increase the limit in proportion to our uncertainty of the
estimates. These values of A and B decrease toward 1 as the number of
observations used in making each of the estimates increases. The value of
2.576A is taken from the table of the 99.5 percentiles of the student-t
statistics and B is derived using the table of the 0.01 percentiles of the
chi -square di stribution. Both A and B are functions of the number of
observations used. See NBS Handbook 91 [1).
For the high pressure piston, SE s equals 57 ppm for the piston area, plus
3 ppm uncertainty for the weights, plus 5 ppm uncertainty for the gage
corrections (65 ppml. The two flow system static pressure transducers are
calibrated using a first degree least squares fit to six replicated pressure
values (12 points). The same values, to a close approximation, are used for
each calibration, and the values are in the range of 3.8 MPa to 4.27 MPa. From
our experience with the two static pressure transducers in over a dozen
calibrations, we can ascribe for our example the nominal values of 100 ppm and
200 ppm to the estimates of afj and ac, respectively. We use the value A = 1.2
because of using 12 points in each calibration, and the value B = 1.2 because we
have over a dozen such calibrations (i.e. over 100 pointsl. In our example of
how these numbers are used, we consider an average of n=10 values, then

T.U.L = [65 + 2.576 (1.2'" 100 + 1.2 * 200/ ~J ppm

• 570 ppm (.057% at 600 ps i)

A /',
The estimates of afj and ac were obtained from linear least squares fits of the
transducer data to the corresponding air dead weight data. The uncertainty in
the calibration of the air dead weight gage, SE s =65 ppm, adds little to the
T.U.L.
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 4. Differential Pressure Transducer Calibration Facility
We are using a high-base-pressure cistern-type mercury manometer to
calibrate the transducers used to measure pressure drop across orifice plates.
Using this manometer, the transducers can be calibrated at the base pressures
used duri ng gas flow tests. The range of the di fferenti al pressure transducers
are 25 kPa (100 in. H20) and 50 kPa (200 in. H20). They are both calibrated
using a base pressure of 4.1 MPa (600 psi).
Amercury height sensing element is incorporated on the low pressure side
(tube side) of the cistern manometer. The manometer is constructed of stainless
steel so that the sensing element must detect a magnetic fl oat on the mercury
surface by sensing the change in inductance in a wire coil. The coil sensing
unit is driven by an electrical servo system, and it tracks the float and is
attached to a perforated metal band which pulls around a cog wheel. The wheel
drives a counter that displays the column height in inches. The ratio of the
cistern volume change to the low pressure side or column volume change is 20 to
1; the cistern level change is included in column height display through the
choice of gear ratios in the gear train between the cog wheel and the readout
counter.
Early in the program the manometer became e~ratic, especially at zero
differential pressure. After experimenting with several configurations of
floats, a steel ball 3.2 mm smaller in diameter than the inside diameter of the
manometer tube was selected. All data in the report were obtained using this
float.
When measuring mercury height at high base pressures, corrections must be
applied to the manometer readings relative to low base pressure conditions. A
head correction to the mercury column is required to account for the difference
in density in the two gas columns from the ~op of the mercury column to the
pressure transducer level. For the maximum mercury displacement used, 387 mm
(207 in. H20), the correction is -0.03 mm 1-0.016 in. H20}. This correction
is linear with height and independent of base pressure if we assume perfect gas
laws apply. At high base pressure, the pressure acting on the manometer tube
expands it slightly. The ratio of wall thickness to the inside diameter of the
cistern is similar to that of the tube and presumably expands a commensurate
amount. At the high base pressures, the gas column in the high pressure side of
the manometer contributes significantly to the ~rcury column height. This
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requires a correction if the true mercury height corresponding to the

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differential pressure across the manometer is desired. The corrected mercury
column height hcor is

where hobs is the column height read, and PN and PHg are the
nitrogen gas and mercury liquid densities, respectively, at the temperature and
pressure of the measurement. At the base pressure at which the transducers will
be calibrated, 4.1 MPa, the correction amounts to 0.4% or 1.6 mm (0.86 in.
H20) for a 400 mm Hg column height.
Compressibility of the mercury, which increases density, must also be
considered when using a mercury manometer at elevated pressure. From NBS
Monograph 8 [2], the density of mercury increases 0.02% at 4.1 MPa. Table 2
gives the uncertainties of the errors associated with these corrections to the
cistern manometer.
The cistern manometer has no redundancy to test for proper operation of the
readout machinery. Therefore, the air dead weight gage with the low pressure
piston is included in the calibration system to provide a means of monitoring
the performance of the cistern manometer.
Use of the air dead weight gage and the low pressure piston does not permit
us to check the high pressure corrections to the cistern manometer at the
desired base pressure. Therefore, we elected to perform a limited number of
calibrations of the cistern manometer at high base pressure by using two air
dead weight gages. When using two air dead weight testers for calibrating a
differential pressure device, one instrument is used as the reference or base
pressure measurement and the other instrument measures the base pressure plus
the differential. Since both instruments are first balanced at the base
pressure the reference instrument does not need to be calibrated. Therefore, we
used the calibrated instrument for the base plus differential pressure. Because
the instrument must operate at the base plus the desired differential pressure
the high pressure piston must be used in this calibrating scheme. This means
that the precision for this calibration is limited to the precision of the high
pressure piston and not the low pressure piston as is the case for ambient base
pressure calibration.

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 The method using two air dead weight gages required a null device for zero
differential to determine when both gages are at equal pressures, since porting
two gage~ together produces an unstable condition allowing one gage to fall and
the other to rise. The minuscule difference in pressure produced by elevation
etc. is not enough to produce a stable condition. By using a null device to
separate the two gages, one can experimentally balance both gages at the same
pressure. To control the pressures at various gage settings and at the null,
several gas displacers are required. A schematic of the system is shown in
figure 1. Each time one displacer is adjusted the other must also be adjusted
since the mercury in the manometer transfers pressure.
To determine the absolute sensitivity of the dual piston method, we first
raised the system pressure to about 4.1 MPa with the cross-over valve open. We
then determined the null reading for the null measuring transducer. We selected
a base pressure so that the calibrating gage and not the reference gage was
balanced using preselected gage weights. Next we closed the crossover valve and
added weights to the reference gage and adjusted the displacers until both gages
were floating and the null device read the same as its previous null point. We
then added an additional 20 mg weight to the reference gage. This was easily
discernable by the null device. Twenty mg weight on the piston gage is
equivalent to 23.4 Pa (0.09 in. H20) so the balance method should be able to
detect 23.4 Pa, which is 0.05% of the range of the 50 kPa transducer.
The problem with using the dual piston method fOr high base pressure is
that the random variation over a number of days of measurements made at a
nominal pressure is four or five times that for similar measurements made at
atmospheric pressure. This allows us to only check for relatively gross errors
in the high pressure corrections. The random uncertainty for a correction at
41.3 kPa (166 in. H20), for example, is 55 Pa (!P.22 in. H20). The number
of days at which measurements were made at high base pressure is five, and some
of the uncertainty is likely due to learning the new procedures. Within this
limitation, however, we see no need for changes in the high pressure corrections
for the cistern manometer.
The cistern manometer is calibrated at ambient base pressure against the
air dead weight tester using nine specified pressure values; these values range
from 2.8 kPa (11 in. H20) to 52 kPa (207 in. H20). This ambient base pres-
sure calibration is performed in the same manner as the static pressure calibra-
tion described in section 3, except that the low pressure piston is used. All
correction to the air dead weight gage values still apply and are considered.
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The two differential pressure transducers are in turn calibrated against

the cistern manometer at 4.1 MPa base pressure using the same differential
pressure values; only six of the pressures are used for each transducer (see
Tables 3 "and 4). Before each day's use on the Gas Mass Flow Facility, each
transducer is checked using the cistern manometer. During this operation, each
of the six differential pressure values is used twice for a total of 12 points.
If the calibration of a transducer has not changed significantly in the last n
checks, then all 12 n experimental values can be used for the calibration. A
first degree least squares fit is made to the 2 n replicated six pressure
values, and this linear relationship is the new calibration. In computing the
total uncertainty limit of the average of k differential pressure transducer
readings, we have

T.U.L • • SEp + SEc: + 2.576(A68 + B ~/~).

where SE p is 60 ppm systematic error for the low pressure piston plus 5 ppm
for corrections, plus 4 ppm uncertainty for the weights used, plus 400 ppm
uncertainty for high pressure and temperature corrections to cistern manometer
(469 ppm) and SEc = 2.576A'~, where ~ is our estimated standard deviation
for this correction to the cistern manometer reading and A' is as A is described
in the section 3 and depends on the number of readings that have gone into the
estimate~. The values for ~, A, ~, and B are as described in section 3
and are based on the fit to the n calibrations as mentioned above.
Table 3 presents these values for the 100 in. meter and Table 4 does the
same for the 200 in. meter. A large part of the systematic error of the
facility is due to the uncertainty in the temperature correction for the mercury
in the cistern manometer. We expect to improve our accuracy of this measurement
in the future.

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High Pressure
Gas Supply

Trim
Displacer

Equalizer
Displacer

Reference
Deadweight Deadweight High Pressure
Tester Tester Cistern Manometer

Figure 1. System schematic for calibration of the cistern manometer.

 Tab1e 1. Uncertainties of Corrections for Air Dead Weight Gage

Uncertainty in Measurement % Error

Temperature + 0.25 K + 0.0004

Gravity !. 0.001 cm/s 2 + 0.0001
Buoyancy in ai r !. 2.0 x 10-5 g/ cm 3 + 0.0002
Error in quadrature + 0.0005

Tab1e 2. Uncertainties of High Pressure Corrections for Cistern Manometer

Uncertainty in Measurement % Error

Re1ative compressibi1ity of Hg + 1.6 x 10- 4 + 1.6 x 10- 2

Temperature correction for Hg + 2°C + 0.036
Tube expansion + 5 x 10- 5
Base pressure reading + 69 kPa + 0.0047
Error in quadrature + 0.040

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Table 3a. Cistern Manometer Corrections and Total Uncertainty Limit for 100 in. meter (inches of water)

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AP Correction (added) ~ A' 17m A .-.!iL B SEp+SE c T.U.L.
11.0 .049 .0051 1.36 .0043 1.79 .023 1.37 .020 .021 .15
19.6 .054 .0091 1.36 .011 1.79 .020 1.37 .020 .04B .16
41.4 -.029 .0192 1.30 .0024 1.79 .015 1.37 .020 .028 .12
60.8 .073 .0282 1.36 .0098 1.79 .014 1.37 .020 .063 .15
82.5 .122 .0382 1.14 .0060 1.79 .019 1.37 .020 .056 .16
102.7 .049 .0477 1.36 .0071 1.79 .025 1.37 .020 .073 .21
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Table 4a. Cistern Manometer Corrections and Total Uncertainty Limit for 200 in. meter (inches of water)

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Correction (added) £ 17m T.U.L.
AP
~ A ~ B ~ SEp+SE c
11.0 .049 .0051 1.36 .0043 1. 79 .015 1.31 .043 .021 .14
41.4 -.029 .0192 1.30 .0024 1.79 .010 1.31 .043 .028 .12
82.5 .122 .0382 1.14 .0060 1.79 .011 1.31 .043 .056 .15
124.7 .038 .0579 1.44 .032 1.79 .011 1.31 .043 .176 .27
166.0 .096 .0770 1.14 .0053 1.79 .010 1.31 .043 .093 .19
207.4 .142 .0962 1.21 .015 1.79 .016 1.31 .043 .143 .26
 Table 3b. Cistern Manometer Corrections and Total Uncertainty Limit for 100 in. meter (kPa)

A A A
LlP Correction (added) ~ A' 17m A 3L B ~ SEp+SEc T.U.L.
2.73 .012 .0013 1.36 .0011 1. 79 .0057 1.37 .0050 .0052 .037
4.88 .013 .0023 1.36 .0027 1. 79 .0050 1.37 .0050 .0119 .040
10.30 -.007 .0048 1.30 .0006 1. 79 .0037 1.37 .0050 .0070 .030
15.13 .018 .0070 1.36 .0024 1.79 .0035 1.37 .0050 .0157 .037
20.53 .030 .0095 1.14 .0015 1.79 .0047 1.37 .0050 .0139 .040
25.56 .012 .0119 1.36 .0018 1.79 .0062 1.37 .0050 .0182 .052

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Table 4b. Cistern Manometer Corrections and Total Uncertainty Limit for 200 in. meter (kPa)

A A A
~P Correction (added) -lli A' 17m A --i... B ~ SEp+SEc T.U.L.
2.73 .012 .0013 1.36 .0011 1.79 .0037 1.31 .011 .0052 .035
10.30 -.007 .0048 1.30 .0006 1. 79 .0025 1.31 .011 .0070 .030
20.53 .030 .0095 1.14 .0015 1.79 .0027 1.31 .011 .0139 .037
31.03 .009 .0144 1.44 .0080 1.79 .0027 1.31 .011 .0438 .067
41.31 .023 .0192 1.14 .0013 1. 79 .0025 1.31 .011 .0231 .047
51.61 .035 .0239 1.21 .0037 1.79 .0040 1.31 .011 .0356 .065
 5. References
[1J Natre11a, M. G.; Experimental Statistics. Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.) Handb.
91;· January 1963.
[2J Brombacker, W. G.; Johnson, D. P.; Cross, J. L.; Mercury Barometers and
Manometers. Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.) Monogr. 8; May 1960.

14

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APPENDIX A (Part 1)
APPENDIX A (Part 2)
APPENDIX B

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 APPENDIX A (Part 1)
PAGE 1

RGD U.S. DEPARTMENT OF CnMMERC~

P-7772 NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS
~2200/52:>C~07 NATIONAL MEASUREMENT LABORATORY
WASHINGTION. D.C. 20234

REP 0 R T 0 F CAL I BRA TID N

ONE DOUBLE -RANGE DEAD WEIGHT PISTON GAGE

SUBMITTED flY

NBS-BOULDER

INSTRUMENT RECEIVED:MAY 18,1981 TEST COMPLETED:JUNE 5.1981

PEcF€RENCE: COST CENTER
NO.7732571

OE SCI' I I'll ON

NBS IDENTIFICATION NO.: P-7772B

MANUFACTURER: RUSKA
MANUFACTURER'S SERIAL NO.: NONE
MANUFACTURER'S TYPE NO.: NONE
WEIGHTS WERE NOT RECEIVED WITH THE INSTRUMENT.

PISTON NO.: V-501 PRESSURE RANGE: 13.7 TU 4137 KPA

CYLINDER NO.: V-501 CYLINOER TYPE: SIMPLE
NOMINAL SIZE: ~E-6 SQ. METER

REFERENCE TEMPERATURE. TIS) = 23.0 DEGREES C.

ThE INSTRUMENT WAS LEVELED 50 THAT THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE

PISTON ~AS VERTICAL.

OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE WITH MANUAL POTATION OF THE wEIGHTS ON THE

TEST GAGE.

THE TEMPERATURE WAS MAINTAINED NEAR 23 DEGREES C AND CORRECTIONS

WfRF BASED eN READINGS OF AN ATTAC~EO THERMO~ETER.

NAS WEIGhTS "ERE USED IN ThE (ALIBRATION.

REfERENCE LEVEL AND PISTON POSITICN. ThE REFERENCE LEVEL IS

0.003 METER BELOW THE LOWER EDGE OF THE WEIGHT 11 .. NGER.
THE GA~E V.AS OP~RATr:D WITH TH~ LOWER EDGE OF THE WEIGHT
HANGER AT T~E LEVEL OF THE INDEX LINE MARKED ON THE
PISTO~/CYLINDCR HEAD ASSEMBLY.

T~~ INSTRuMENT WAS CALIBRATED WITH NITROGEN

usee AS TrE PRESSURE TRANSMITTING FLUID.

IF A TAFE ERROR IS INDICATED,IT SHOULD BE AO~ED ALGEBRAICALLY,

IN PA, TO T~E PRESSURE DEVELOPED BY THE GAGE.

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VALUES OF Cl'iARACTERl STlC PARAMETERS OF THE INSTRUMENT WITH THE ES-

TIMATED UNCERTAINTY OF THE OETERMlr-ATION ARE GIVEN IN THE FCLLOWING
TAflLEIS). EXPLANA TOR Y INFOR"lATION IS GIVSN IN THE ENCLOSED • 'SUP-
PLFMENT FOR REPORTS ON DEAD WEIGhT PISTON GAGES' • •

TO fAe IL IT AT E THE DETECTION Of fTRORS THE WEIGHT NU"lSERS. GAGE

TEMP"'RATURES. DIRECT ION CF ~OTATION (1. =cw. -1.=CCW) AND JACKET
PRESSl"RE P-J ARE LISTED FCR ALL D8SERVAT IONS. OBSERVATION NUt-l8ERS
101 Tn 199 REFER TO Tl-<E STANDARD. AND 201 TO 299 REFER TO THE TEST
INSTRU"1ENT. MASS AND DENSITY OF THE OlE IGHTS ARE LI STt:OD IN THE
wEIGHT TA8LE.

(lBS. NP. TEI"P(C) f< OT P-J(PAI WEIGHT NllMBER S

101 • 23.54 1. O. 400. 428. 52t.• 527. 529.

330. 531. 488. 489. 294.
296. 298. 299. 301.
l02. 23.55 1• O. 400. 428. 526. 527. 529.
530. 531. 48e. 489. 294.
295. 298. 299. 300. 301.
103. 23.53 1• O. 400. 428. 521. 522. 526.
'527. 529. 530. 531. 488.
490. 493. 494. 294. 295.
298.
104. 23.56 1• O. 400. 428. 521. 512. 523.
524. 526. 527. 529. 530.
531. 488. 491. 493. 494.
2<;5. 297.
105. 23.43 1• O. 400. 428. 521. 5.~2. 523.
524. 525. 526. 527. 529.
530. 531. 488. 491. 495.
2. 94.
106. 23.43 1• O. 400. 428. 521. 522. 523 ..
524. 525. 526. 527. 529.
530. 5'H. 488. 491. 4'15.
2<;4.
107. 23.42 1• O. 400. 428. 521. 522. 523.
526. 527. 529. 530. 531.
488. 490. 494. 294. 297.
298.
108. 23.44 1• O. 400. 428. 5?1. 526. 527.
529. 530. 531. 488. 490.
492. 493. 295.
201. 23.32 1• O. 600. 552.
202. 23.39 - 1. O. 600. 55? •
203. 23.19 1• O. 600. 552. 553. :554.
204. 23.42 1. O. 600. 552. 553. '554. 5'5'0.
5?6.
205. 23.27 1. O. 600. 552. 553. 554. 555.
5 '5c. 557. 558. 5'59.
206. 23.28 -1 • O. 600. 552. 553. 554. 555.
556. 557. 558. 559.
207. 23.30 1• O. 600. 552. 553. 554. 555.
i? 08. 23.31 t • O. 600. 5'5?.. 553.

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P 4G E 3

WEIGHTS NOT LISTED IN T~E WEIGHT TABLE ARE ASSIGNED NU~SERS 600 TO
699. THeSE USED IN THIS RUN ARE LISTEu ON THIS PAGE. THEY INCLUDE
PISTON, WEIGHT HANGERS ETC OF THE INSTURMENT UNDER TEST. ALSO LISTED
ARt T~E ChARACTERISTICS OF THE STANDARD USED IN THIS TEST AND AVAIL-
ABLE CATA FOR THE INSTRUMENT UNDER TEST.

NUMBER MASS DE"lStTY

600. .0117910456 10.240

CHARACTERISTICS OF T~E STANDARD

1.1300000+02 STANDARD
8.3893592-06 ARE" IN 101**2
0.0000000 PRESSURE COEFFICIENT S IN PAC-I)
0.0000000
0.0000000
0.0000000 CIRCU~FERENCE OF PISTON IN M
0.0000000 OIL BUOYANCY (VOLUMN) CORRECTION ABOVE CYLINDER
5.0 00 OOOO-Oc THERMAL EXPANSIVITY OF PISTON /DEG C
5.0000000-06 THERMAL EXPANSIVITY OF CYLINDER /DEG C
0.0000000
2.3000000+01 REFERE~Cr TEMPERATURE OF STANDAR0 OEG C
0.0 COOOOO PZ (PA)
0.0 00 0000 SZ ZERO CLEARA~CE JACKET PRESSURE COEFFS. PAIN
0.0 00 0000 QZ CPA.IN**Z)
0.0000000 o <l/PA'
0.0000000 E JACKET PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS
0.0000000 F
5.4000000-00 3 SIG'I.'\ A/A
0.0 0000 00 3 SIGMA 81
0.0000000 ;; SIGMA 82

2.0000000+02 INSTRUME~T UNDEh TEST

8.0000000-00 ARFA IN M**2
0.00110000 PRESSURE COEFFICIENT B FROM
PREVIOUS CALIERATION IN PA-!
0.0000000
0.0000000
0.0000000 CIRCUMFERENCE OF PISTON IN M
0.;)000000
<;.0000000-06 THERMAL EXPANSIVITY OF PISTUN luEG C
5.0000000-00 THERMAL EXPANSIVITY OF CYLINDER IDEG C
-6.0000000-03 DIFFERENCE IN REFERENCE LEVFLS IN M
:2.3000000+01 REFERENCE TEMPERATURE OF THE INSTRUMENT
UNDER TEST
1.1810000-03 DENSITY OF PRESSURE FLUID IN G/CM**3
<;.857 999Q-'0 I;, PRFSSURE COEFFICIENT OF DENSITY IN PA-!
0.0000000 SURFACE TENSIPN OF PRESSURE FLUID IN N/~

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THIS TAELE LISTS THE FORCE GENERATED AY THE LOAD ON THE STANDARD
INSTRUMENT. AN AIR BUOANCY CORRECTICN HAS BEEN APPLIED. ALSO LISTED
ARE THE CORRECTIOhS FOR SURFACE TENSION. TEMPERATURE. JACKET PRES-
SURE ANC PRESSURE COEFFICIENT OF THE STANDARD.

FORCE FLUID BUD. SURF. TEMP. JACKF.:T PRESS.

NO. STD (Nl STD T. (N) STD PRESSURE COEFF.

101. 5.8949(;+00 0.00000 0.00000 1.00001+00 1.00000+00 1.00000+00

102. 5.8 SS08+ 00 0.00000 0.00000 1.00001+00 1. 00000+00 1 .000 00+00
103. '1.74534+01 0.00000 0.00000 1.00001 +00 1.00000+00 1.00000+00
104. 1,2.90120+01 O. 0000 0 0.00000 1.00001+00 1.00000+00 1.00000+00
105. ,3.47<;12+01 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000+00 1.00000+00 1 .00000+00
106. ,3.47912+01
, '
0.00000 0.00000 1.00000+00 1.00000+00 1. 000 00+00
107. '2.3232(;+01 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000+00 1.00000+00 1.00000+00
108. ,'1.16141+01 O.OJOOO 0.00000 1.00000+00 1.00000+00 1.00000+00

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THIS TABLE LISTS THE FORCE GENERATED BY THE LOAD ON THE INSTRUMENT
UNDER TEST. AN AIR BUOANCY CORRECTION HAS BEEN APPLIED. ALSO LISTEO
ARE TH~ CORRECTI0~S FOR SURFACE TENSION.TE~PERATURE AND FLUIO HEAD
IN THE CONNECTING LINES BETWEEN THE TWO INSTRUMENTS.

fORCE FLUID BUO. SURF. TEMPERATURE HEAD

NO. Tf'S1 (N I TEST T • iN) TEST C. (PA )

201. • 58<; 76<;15+-01

.00000000 .00000000 .10000032+01 -.4810727+00
202. .58<;76915+01 .00000000 .00000000 .10000039+01 -.4810822+-00
203. .17461493+02 .00000000 .00000000 .10000039+-01 -.1424324+01
204. .2<;025611+02 .00000000 .00000000 .10000042+01 -.2367597+0 t
205. .34807494+02 .00000000 .00000000 .10000027+01 -.2839220+01
206. .34807494+02 .00000000 .00000000 .10000028+01 -.2839220+01
207. .2~243443+-02 .00000000 .00000000 .10000030+01 -.1895958+01
208. .1167<;504+02 .00000000 .00000000 .10000031+01 - .9526914+00

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AFTER CCMPUTATIDN OF T~E PRESSURE GENERA TEO BY THE STANDARD AT THE

RE~ERENCE LEVEL OF TH~ INSTRUMENT UNDER TEST THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS
ARE FITTED TO THE DA TA.
FIT 1 F=PA FIT 5 F=?All+B(llP+SI2IP**2)
FIT 2 F=P ...-T FIT 6 F=PAll+B(IIP+B(ZIP**21-T
FIT ::I F=PA(1+8(lIPI FIT 7 F=PAl1+B(2)P**2)
FIT 4 F=PA(1+8(1IP}-T FIT 8 F=PAl1+BI2}P**?I-T

WITH F FORCE ON TEST INSTRUMENT

P PRESSURE AT REF LEVEL
A EFFECTIVE AREA OF TEST INSTRUMENT
ell} AND 8(21 PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS
T TARE WEIGHT {FORCE).

THIS, TAELE LISTS TI-E OBSERVATION "lIMBERS. PRESSURE AND THE RESIDUALS
OF TI-E fITS CONVERTED TO THE EQUIVALENT PRESSURES.
I

OSS. PRESS,JRE RESIDUALS RESIDUALS RESIDUALS RESIDUALS

NO. KPA FITl.? ... FIT2.PA FIT3.PA FIT4.PA

O. .0000000 .0000000 .1312606+02 .0000000 • 739S8fl3+0 1

1 • .7026680+03 -.2944043+01 .12(;20<;7+01 .2451431 +01 .5602786+01
2. .1026820+03 -.1737308+02 -.716(;995+01 -.11 <;17752+02 -.8826239+0\
e. .1391527+04 -.3273608+01 .40(;9992+01 .4827752+01 .5062633+1>1
3. .20€0407+04 -.445(;,101+01 .2487628-01 .3793193+01 .2343860+01
7. .21t92fl9+04 -.89895(;5+01 -.7371220+01 -.:3150420+01 -.50516:12+01
4. .3458178+04 -.6690383+00 -.1913356+01 .2018073+00 -.91138383+00
5. .4147043+04 .6900561 +01 .2793680+01 .2452703+00 .1137468+01
6. .4147043+04 .6502879+01 .2395998+01 -.1524116+00 .7397863+00

0135. FRES SUR!:: RESIDUALS RESIDUALS RE SIDUALS RES ID'JALS

NO. I<PA FIT5.PA FIT6.PA FIT7.PA FIT8.PA

O. .0000000 .0000000 .2598365+02 .0000000 .8332308+01

I • .7026680+03 .323706CJ+Ol .6958885+01 .1004954+01 .5503114 +0 1
2. .7026820+03 -.1119188+02 -.7470347+01 -.1342401 T02 -.8925921 +0 1
8. .1391527+04 .5355329+01 .1244998TOI .3667 362T 01 • " 84 7 191 +0 1
3. • 20eO 40 7 +04 .3f02217+01 .29(;9260TOO .3741204+01 .2474354 +0 1
7. .27(;9289+04 -.3966511+01 -.3011262+01 -.2130964+01 -.4543565+(1I
4. .3458171'1+04 -.5<;2013::+00 .28 .. 7124+01 .1396449+01 -.4293719+00
5. .4147043+04 .1;;750021+00 -.2106509+00 -.1403981+00 .7839627+00
b. .4147043+04 .2773202+00 -.6083328+00 -.5380800+00 .3862808+00

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IN CRD!"R TO DETECT ANY EFFECT DUE TO THE ROTATION DIRECTION OF THE

PISTONS THE RESICUALS FROM FIT 6 ARE ~EPARATED WITH RESPECT TO THE
DIRECTICN OF ROTATION OF THE PISTONS AND TABULATED.

Des. PRESSURE 1 =C'II TEST TEST I=CW STD. STD.

NO. KPA -l=CC'II CW.PA CCIO.oA -l=CCW CW.PA CCW.OA

O. .0000 O. .0000 .0000 O. .0000 .0000

1. • 7027+03 1 • .6959+01 .0000 1. .6959+01 .0000
2. .7027+03 -1. .0000 -.7470+01 1. -.7470+01 .0000
6. .1392+04 1 • .1245+01 .0000 1. .1245+01 .0000
3. .2080+04 1• .2969+00 .0000 1. .2969+00 .0000
7. • 2769+04 1 • -.3011+01 .0000 1. -.3011+01 .0000
4. • 3458+04 1• .2697+01 .0000 1. .2897+01 .0000
S. .4147+04 1 • -.2107+00 • 0000 1 • -.2107+00 .0000
6. .4147+04 -1 • .0000 -.6083+00 1. -.c083+00 .0000

FIT 4 DETERMINES TrE EFFECTIVE AREA A. TrE FIRST PRESSURE COEFFI-

CIENT Bll). AND THE TARe T. TrE RESIDUALS OF THIS FIT. CONVERTED TO
PRtS5URE. ARE PLOTTED AS FU,,"CTION ("IF PRESSURE. TRENDS. EPRORS IN
INDIVIDUAL POINTS. TARE ERRORS. HYSTERESIS ETC CAN EASILY aE DE-
TECTED.

~nTE TH~T AN S-SHAPE OF A CURVE THROUGH T~E DATA INDICATES A QUA-

DRATIC TERM IN THE PRESSURE COEFFICIENT. WHICH IS INCLUDED IN FIT 6

FIT 6 DETERMINES T~E EFFECTIVE AREA A. THE TWO PRESSURE COEFFI

CleNTS E(I) AND B{2).AND T~E TARE T. THE RESIDUALS OF THIS FIT.
C~NVEPTED Te PRESSURE. ARE FLOTTF.C AS FUNCTION OF PRESSURE. TRENDS.
ERRORS IN INDIVIDUAL POINTS. TARE ERRORS. HYSTERESIS ETC CAN EASILY
BE: DETE:CTED.

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ABS-PR~SSLRE.KPA ORO-RES FIT1,PA

+---------+---------.---------+---------+----~----+------
---+

.690+01+ *+
*-

.205 +01 + +

-.281+01+
. +

-.766+01+ +

-,125+02+ +

-.174+02+ * +
+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
0.0000 6.9117+02 1.3823+03 2.0735+03 2.7647+03 3.4559+03 4.1470+03

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ABS-PRESSURE.KPA ORO-RES FIT2.PA

~---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+

.131+02+* +

.903+01+ +

.493+01+ +

.828+00+ +

*
-.327+01+ +

-.737+01+ * * +
+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
0.0000 6.9117+02 1.3823+03 2.0135+03 2.7647+03 3.4559+03 4.1470+03

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THE RESULTS OF THE TEST ARE COMPILED IN THIS TABLE. IT LISTS THE
COEfFICIENTS AND THEIR TRIPLED sTANOARD DEVIATIONS DUE TO RANDOM
SOURCES OF ERRORS AND. FOR THE HIGHEST PRESSURE. THE UNCERTAINTY IN
PRESS~RE DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN THESE COEFFICIENTS.
SELEC T I eN RULES:
ANY FIT FOR WHICH THE TRIPLED STANDARD DEVIATION OF A COEFFICIENT
IS LARGER THAN THE COEFFICIENT IS DISCARDED.
TH~ FIT wITH THE SMALLEST STANDARD DEVIATION OF THE RESIDUALS REP-
RESENTS THE DATA ~GST CLOSELY.
AMONG NEARLY EQUIVALENT FITS THE ONE WITH THE SMALLER NuMBER OF
COEFFIECIENT SHOULD BE USED.

CGEFF.FIT 1 COEFF.FIT 2 COEFF.F IT 3 CQEFF. FIT 4

8.3932<;1-06 8.393326-06 8.393211-06 8.3<;3'!69-06 AREA. M**2

0.000000 0.000000 2.695255-09 1.396792-09 PRES COEF Bl KPA-l
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 PRES COEF 82 KPA-2
O.OOOOCO 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
'0. 000000 1.101709-04 0.000000 6.207580-05 TARE. N

3.278385-06 4.500194-06 <;.528252-06 2.466510-05 3 STD DCV AlA

0.000000 0.000000 2.(:10492-09 4.995972-09 3 STD DEV 81 KPA-l
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 3 STD DEV 82 KPA-2
,
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.045358-04 0.000000 2.026503-04 3 STD OEV T. N

2.566283-02 1.697<;80-02 1.719967-02 1.7~218~-O2 3 RES STD OEV KPA

3.278385-06 703034<;,2-06 2.035407-05 5.120567-05 3 STO DEV
P-Io\AX/P MAX

COEFF.FIT 5 COEFF.FIT 6 CO~FF.FIT 7 COEFF.FIT 8

8.:3931<;3-06 8.393567-06 8.393242-06 8.393289-06 AREA. "1**2

4.35~4C5-09-1.576991-08 0.000000 0.000000 PREcS CQEF 81 KPA-l
-2.624117-13 2.359468-12 4.380851-13 2.183/'35-13 PRES COEF 62 KPA-2
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 2.180884-04 0.000000 0.993549-05 TARE. N

2.461'523-05 9.137254-05 6.506812-06 1.421'122-05 3 STo DEli AlA

1.7574<;3-08 4.305591-08 0.000000 0.000000 3 STO DEli 81 KPA-l
2.943438-12 5.882021-12 4.56<;781-13 6.672689-13 3 STO OEV 82 KPA-Z
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 4.344023-04 0.000000 1.616099-04 3 STD DEli T. N

1.8681e2-0Z 1.668562-02 1.797761-02 1.703261-02 3 RES STD DEV KPA

1.481704-04 3.,335(;('2-04 1.436591-0e 3.037987-05 3 STD OEV
P-MAX/P MAX

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THE TeTAL TRIPLED STANDARD DEVIATION OF A COEFFICIENT IS THE SUM OF

THE TRIPLED STAN~ARO DEVIATION DUE TO RANDOM SOURCES OF ERROR LIST-
ED eN T~E PRECEDING PAGE PLLS THE SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTY LISTED
BEL CW ~

COF"FFICIENT STST. U~CERTAINTY

A 5.40-05 AlA
81 0.00 KPA-l
0.00 KPA-2

WE SUGGEST TO USE FIT NUMBER: I

FOR TI<E DIRECTOR

N~TI'NAL MEASUREJENT LABORATORY

r<~~--<'F. SCHOOLEY
J~MES
;71. ~?,{,7
9HIEF. TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS
AND STANDARDS DIVISION
CENTER FOR ABSOLUTE PHYSICAL QUANTITI

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APPENDIX A (Part 2)
PAGE 1

RGD U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

1"-7772 NATIONAL AUREAU OF STANDARDS
52200/5220607 NATICNAL MEASUqEMENT LABORATORY
wASHINGTION. D.C. 20234

REP 0 R T 0 F CAL I BRA T ION

ON~ DOUBLE -RANGE DEAD WEIGHT ~ISTON GAGE

SUAM I TTED 'lY

NBS-SOUL DEI"

INSTRUMENT pECFIVED:MAY 18.1981 TEST COMpLETED:JUNE 5.1981

REFERENCE: COST CENTER
NO.773?571

DESCRIPTION

NBS IDENTIFICATICN NO.! p-7772A

MANUFACTURER: RUSKA
MANUFACTURER'S SERIAL NO.! NONE
MANUFACTURER'S TYPE NO.: NONE
WEIGHTS WERE NOT RECEIVED wITH THE INSTRUMENT.

PISTON ~O.: TL-497 pP",SSURE R"'NGE: 1.4 TO 103 KPA

CYLINDER NO.: TL-497 CYLIND~R TYPE: SIMPLF
NOMINAL SIZE: 3.4£-4 SQ. METER

RE"ERENCE TEMPERATURE. TIS) = 23.0 DEGREES C.

THE INSTRUMENT WAS LEVF.:LED SO THAT THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE

PISTON WAS VERTICAL.

OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE WITH MANUAL ROTATICN OF THE WEIGHTS ON THE

TEST GAGE.

THE TEMFERATURE WAS MAINTAINED NEAR 23 DEG~EES C AND CORRECTIONS

WERE EASED ON READINGS OF AN ATTACHED THERM1~ETER.

NBS WEIGHTS WERE USED IN T~E CALIBRATION.

REFERENCE LEVEL AND PISTCN PCSITI0N. THE REFERENCE LEVEL IS

0.010 MET":R ABOVE TH E LOWFR EDGE OF THE' YiE I GHT HANGER.
THE GAGE WAS OPERATED WIT~ THE LOWER EDGE OF THE WEIGHT
HANGER AT THE LEVEL OF THE INaEX LINE MARKED ON THF
PISTON/CYLIND~R HEAD ASSEMBLY.

THE INSTRUMENT WAS CALIBRATED wITH NITROGEN

useD AS THE PRESSURE TRA~SMITTING FLUID.
II
I: IF A TARE ERROR IS INC:ICATED.IT SHOULD BE ADDEO ALGEBRAICALLY.
IN 1"'. TO T~E PRESSURE DEVELOPED BY THE GAGE.

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VALUES CF CHA«AC TERI 5 TIC PARA'IETERS OF T .... E INSTFWMENT WITH THE ES-
TIMATED UNCERTAINTY OF THE DETEP"1INATION AR':: G IV EN IN TW, FOLLOWING
TA8LEISI. EXPLANATORY INFORMAT ION IS GIVF:N IN THE ENCLOSED • 'SUP-
PLEMENT FOP RE"OR 1 5 ON DEAD "'EIGHT PI STaN G-\GES" •

TO FACILITATE THE DETrCTION OF ERfWPS THE W" I GHT NUMBERS. G .. GE

TEMPERATURF.S. DIRECT ION CF ROTATION 11.=CW. -1.=CCW) ANf) JACKET
PRESSURE P-J ARE L ISTFD FOR ALL OBSERVATICNS. De SERVAT I ON NUMBERS
101 TO 199 RE""ER TO T,",F. STANDAR::J. "ND 201 TO ?99 REFER TO THE TEST
I NSTRU"IE'NT. MASS AND O,NS IT Y OF THE lI.':"IGHT<; ARF LIST'::') IN THE'
WEIGHT TABLE.

085. NO. TEMPIC I ROT P-JIPAI WEIGHT NUMflERS

101 • 23.58 1 • O. 601. 42fl. 528. 529. 530.

531. 481l. 489. 492. 495.
29t. ,:,qg.
102. 23.58 1 • O. 601. 428. 528. 529. 5"30.
531. 48A. 489. 492. 49'> •
2 c; 6. 298.
103. 23.61 1 • O. 601. 428. 521. 5 ~6. 5~9.
530. 531. 438. 489. 492.
4'14. 2Q4.
104. 23.62 1 • O. 601. 42'1.
, 521. 522. 523.
524. 525. 526. 527. 5?9.
530. 531. 488. 489. 491.
297.
105. 21.62- 1• O. 601. 428. 521. 5~2. 523.
524. 525. 526. 527. 5~9•
530. 531. 488. 489. 491.
297.
106. 23.e 5 1• O. 601. 4;>8. 521. 522. 523.
524. 526. 528. 529. 530.
5~1. 488. 4A9. 492. 493.
4<;5. 295. 299.
107. ,23.68 1• O. 601. 4~8. 521. 522. 5~3.
529. 530. 531. 468. 489.
4 )2. 493. ?94. 297. 298.
299.
108. 23.')8 1 • O. 601. 428. 521. c:; 22. 5~3.
529. 530. 531. 488. 489.
492. 493. :l94. 297. 298.
299.
201. 23.54 1. O. 600. 557.
202. 23.54 - 1. O. 600. 557.
203. 23.52 1• O. 600. 552. 557. 559.
204. ~3.51 1• O. 600. ?52. 553. 554. 555.
5~t. 557. 558. 559.
~05 • 23.50 -1. O. 600. 55"''' 553. 554. 555.
556. SST., 558. 559.
206. '2:3.50 1 • O. 600. 552. 553. 554. 51515.
~')5 7. 558.
207. 23.50 1• O. 600. 552. 553. 554. 559.
:: OR. 23.50 - 1• O. bOO. 552. 553. 554. 559.

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PAGE :3

WEIGHTS NDT LISTED IN THE wEIGHT TARLE ~RE ~SSIGNED NUM8ERS 600 TO
699. THeSE USED IN THIS RUN ARE LISTFD DN THIS PAGE. THEY INCLUDE
PISTON. WEIGHT HANGERS ETC OF THE INSTURMFNT UNDER TEST. ALSO LIST~)
ARE THE (H~RACTERISTICS OF TH~ STANDARD USED IN THIS TEST AND AVAIL-
.. aLE CAT~ FOR THE INSTRUMENT UNDER TEST.

NUMBER M"SS DENSITY

bOO. .04720762'> 1.670
601. .046982191 7.670

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STANDARD

1.2200000+02 STANDARD
3.357131\0- 04 AREA IN M**2
0.0000000 PRESSURE COEFFICIENT P IN PA(-I)
0.0000000
o. a OJ 00 00
0.0000000 CIRCUMFERENCE OF PISTON IN M
O.OOJOOOO Oll 8UOYANCY (VGLUMNI CORRECTION ABOVE CYLINDER
1.0000000-05 THERMAL EXPANSIVITY OF PISTn~ IDEG C
4.5500000-06 THERMAL EXPANSIVTTY OF CYLINDER IDEG C
0.0000000
2.JCOOOOO+Ol RECERENCE TEMPERATURE OF STANDARD DEG C
0.0000000 PZ (PAl
0.0000000 SZ ZERO CLEAR~NCE JACKET PRESSURE COEFFS. PAIN
0.0000000 QZ (PA/N**21
0.0000000 D (I/PAI
0.0000000 ~ JACKET PR~SSURE cnEFFICICNTS
0.0000000 F
5.7000000-05 3 SIG~A AlA
0.0 00 0000 3 SIGMA 81
" 0.0 000000 3 SIGMA 82
'I
,
2.0000000+02 INSTRUMENT UNDER TEST
3.4000000-06 APEA IN M**,2
0.0000000 PRESSURE cnFFFICIENT R FROM
PREVIOUS CALI8RATI8N IN P~-I
0.0000000
0.0000000
0.0000000 CIRCUMFERENCE OF PIST~N IN M
0.0000000
t.0000000-05 THERMAL EXPANSIVITY OF PISTON IDEG C
4.5500000-06 THERMAL ~XPANSIVITY nF CYLINDER IDEG C
-6.0000000-03 DIFFERENCE IN REFERENCE LEVELS IN M
2.3000000.01 R~F~RENCE TE.PERATURr nF THF INSTRUMENT
UNDER TEST
1.1810000-03 DENSITY OF PRESSURE FLUIO IN G/CM**3
s.e~79999-06 PRESSURE COEFFICIENT OF DENSITY IN PA-l
0.0000000 SURFACE TENSICN DF PRESSURE FLUID IN N/M

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PAGE 4

TH1S TABLE LISTS THE fORCE GENERATED BY THE LOAD ON THE STANDARD
I"lSTRUMENT. AN AIR OUCANCY CORRECTION HAS 8"OE'l APPL IE/). ALSO LI STED
ARE T~E CORRECTIONS FOP SURFACE TENSION, TEMPERATURE. JACKET PRES-
SUR~ AND PRESSURE COEFFICIENT OF THE STANDARD.

FOF.CE FLUID gun. SURF. TE"P. JACKET PRESS.

NO. STD ( N) 51') T. IN ) S1f1 PRESSURE COr::FF.

101 • 2.77549+00 0.00000 0.00000 1.00001+00 1.00000+00 1.00000+00

102. 2.77::49+00 0.00000 0.00000 1.00001 + 00 1.00000+00 1.00000+00
103. 9.71434+00 0.00000 0,00000 1 .00 00 I +0,) 1.00000+00 1.00000+00 1
i
104. 3.51569+01 0.00000 0.00000 1.00001+00 1.00000+00 1.00000+00
105. -".51E69+01 0.00000 0.00000 1.00001+00 1 .00000+00 1.00000 +00
106. 2.32171\+01 ',"00000 0.00000 1.00001+00 1. 00000+00 1 .00000+00
107. 1. 8~c62"'Ol 0.00000 0.00000 1.00001+00 1.00000+00 1.00000+00
108. 1.B9f62+01 0.00000 0.00000 1.00001+00 1.00000+00 1.00000+00

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.... _ __.__._------ -----------.......
.. .- --. ------ ·m

P~GF.: 5

THI S TAl?LE LI 5TS THE "OPC'" GENERAHD BY T.... E LOAD ON THE INSTRUME"!T
UNDER TEST. AN AIR BUC~NCY COFRECTICN HAS 8EEN APPLIED. ALSO LISTED
ARE T.... E CORRECTIONS FnR SURFACE TENSIrJN.TE~PER~TURE AND FLUID HEAD
IN THE crNNECTING LINFS BETWEEN T .... E TWO INSTRUMENTS.

FERCE FL UI 0 SUCh SURF. TEMPERATURE HE'AD

NO. TEST ("1 ) TEST T. ("1) TFST C. (RA )

201. .~7752383+01 .00000000 .00000000 .10000079+01 -.5660143-02

202. .27752383+01 .00000000 .00000000 .10000079+01 -.5660143-02
203. .97137386+01 .DOOOOOOO .00000000 .1000007b+Ol -.1981075-01
204 • .35154501+02 .00000000 .00000000 .10000074+01 -.7169649-01
205. • 35154501+02 .00000000 .00000000 .10000073+01 -.7169649-01
206. .28215921+02 .00000000 .00000000 .10000073+01 -.5754530-01
207. .1119104913+02 .00000000 .00000000 .10000073+01 -.3~67842-01
208. .189t4913+02 .00000000 .00000000 .10000073+01 -.3867842-01

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 PAGE 6

AFTER CCMPUTATION OF T~F. PRESSUR~ GENERATED BY THE STANDARD AT THE

RE~ERENCE lEVEL OF THE INSTRUMENT UNDER TEST THE FOllOWING FUNCTIONS
ARE FITTED TO THE DATA.
FIT 1 F=PA FIT 5 F=PA(I+9(I)P+B(21P**21
FIT 2 F=PA-T FIT 6 F=PAll+All1P+BI21P**?I-T
FIT 3 F=PAII+B(IIPI FIT 7 F=PA(I+R(21P**21
FIT 4 F=PA(I+8111Pl-T FIT R F=PAl1+R(21P**2)-T

WITH F fORCE uN TEST INSTRUMENT

P PRCSsUR~ AT R~F lEVEL
A EFFECTIVE AREA OF TFST INSTRUMENT
B( II AND B(2) RRESSUR~ COEFFICIENTS
T TARE WE[~HT (FORCEI.

THIS TAFlE LISTS THE fJRSERVATION NU\1FlF.RS. PRESSURE AND THE RESIDUALS
OF THE FITS CCNVERT~O TO THE EQUIVALENT PRESSURES.

OBs. PRESSURE R E"SIOU<\L S RESIDUALS RESIDUALS RES I DUALS

NO. KPA FITl.PA FIT2.PA FIT3.PA FIT4.PA

O. .0000000 .0000000 .142.185+00 .0000000 .2168070+00

1• .1"21';7363+01 -.2020515+00 -.7382170-01 -.1895215+00 -.3465071-01
2. .1:267363+01 -.2020515+00 -.7382170-01 -.1895215+00 -.3465071-01
3. .?893613+02 .1439494+00 .2354569+00 .1767322+00 • 211 8 01 7 +00
7. .5649477 +0 2 -.1,05441+00 -.8800017-01 -.9536394-01 - • 1 42 1 587 +0 0
8. .5<':49477+02 -.1005441 +00 -.B800017-01 -.9536.394-01 -.1421587+00
6. .E4052?6+02 • 2403270 +00 • ?339094+00 .24971140+00 • 2101202+00
4• .1047219+03 -.37C7709-01 -.~021859-01 -.6536945-01 -.4127884-01
5. .1047219+03 -.24"9294-01 -.674,443-01 -.52585;>9-01 -.2849469-0 I

08S. FRESSURE RESIDUALS RESIDUALS RESIDUALS RES I DUALS

NO. KPA FIT5.PA FIT6.PA FIT7.PA FIT8,PA

O. • CO 00000 .0000000 • 2180R 73+ 00 .0000000 .2015142+00

1• .1:;>6736,+01 -.1 ?10731 +00-.3430501-01 -.1966552+00 -.3709040-01
2. .8267363+01 -.1210731+00 -.3430501-01 -.1966552+00 -.3769040-01
.:. .2893613+02 .2736695 +00 .2112032+00 .1611284+00 .2206319+00
7. .5649477+02 -.1221'487+00 -.1422093+00 -.1072171+00 -.1416321 +00
8. .5649477 +0 2 -.1226487+00 -.1422083+00 -.1072171+00 -.1416321+00
6. .8405226+02 .15016R8+00 .2107139+00 .2500355+00 .2016979+00
4• .1047219+03 -.2946957-C1 -.414'494-01 -.5635694-01 -.3916290-01
5. • 1047219+03 -.1668541-01 -.2965078-01 -.4357278-01 -.2637875-01

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 PAGE 7

IN ORDFR TO DETECT ANY SFF~CT DVF T8 THE ROTATION DIRECTION OF THE

PISTONS THE RESI DUAL S FROM FIT 6 ARE SEP !IRATE!) 'II lTH RESPFCT TO THE
DIRECTICN OF ROTATION OF THE PISTCNS AND TA9ULATED.

(185. PRESSURE l=CI1I TEST TE<;T l=CI1I STD. STD.

NO. KPA -1 =COI CW,PA C(W.PA -l=CC\I/ CII , PA CCw,PA

O. .0000 o• .0000 .0000 O. .0000 .0000

1. • 8267+01 1 • -.3431-01 .0000 1. -.3431-01 • 000 0
2. .8267+01 -1 • .0000 -.3431-01 L • -.3431-01 .0000
3. .2894+02 1 • .2112+00 .0000 1• .2112+00 .0000
7. .5649+02 1• -.1~22+00 • 0000 1 • -.1422+00 .0000
8. • 5649+02 -1. .0000 - .1422+00 1. -.1422+00 .0000
6. .8405+02 1• .2107+00 .0000 1. .2107+00 .0000
4. .1047+03 1• -.4143-01 .0000 1. -.4143-01 .0000
5. .1047+03 -1 • .0000 -.2865-01 1. -.2865-01 .0000

FIT 4 DETERMINES THe EFFECTIVE AREA A. T~E FIRST PRESSURE CCEFFI-

CIENT 8(1), AND THE TARE T. THE RESIDUALS OF THIS FIT, CONVERTED TO
PRESSURE, ARE PLOTTED AS FUNCTION OF PRESSURE. TRENDS. ERRORS IN
INDIVIDUAL POINTS. TARE ERRORS. HYSTERESIS ETC CAN EASILY BE DE-
TECTED.

NOTE THAT AN S-SHAPE OF A CURVE THRCUGH THE DATA INDICATES A QUA-

DRATIC TERM IN THE PRESSURE COEFFICIENT. WHICH IS INCLUDED IN FIT 6

FIT 6 DETERMINES THE EFFECTIVE AREA A. THE TWO PRESSURE COEFFI

CIENTS Ell) AND 8(2) ,AND THF' TARE' T. THE RESIDUALS OF THIS FIT,
CCNVERTED TO PRESSURE. ARE PLOTTED AS FUNCTION OF PRESSUR~. TREN0S,
Ef-RORS IN INDIVIDUAL POINTS, T'\RE ERRORS, HYSTEPESIS ETC CAN EAsILY
RE OETECTE'D.

33
 Pto,GE f\

A8S-PRESSLRE.KPA ORD-RES FITl.PA

+---------~---------+---------+---------+---------+---
------+
.240+00+ * +

.152+00+
*

.634-01+ +

I
'I
I
I

-.251-01+
II
Ii

-.114+00+ +

-.202+00+ 2 +
+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
0.0000 1.7454+01 3.4907+01 5.2361+01 6.9815+01 8.7268+01 1.0472+02

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l
 PAGE 9

ABS-PRSSSURE.KPA ORD-RES FIT2.PA

~---------~---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
.235~00+ * * +

.171+00+ +

.10~+00+ +

.414-01+ +

-.233-01+ +

-.880-01+ 2
*-+
+---------+---------+---------+---------~---------+---------+
0.0000 1.7454+01 3.4907+01 5.23tl+01 6.9~15+01 8.7268+01 1.0472+02

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 PAGE 10
THE RES~L1S OF THE TEST ARE COMPILED IN THIS TA8LE. IT LISTS THF
COEFFICIENTS 4NO ThEIR TRIPLED STANDARD DEVI4T10NS DUE TO RANDOM
SOURCES OF ERRORS AND. FOR ThE HIGHEST PRESSUR~. THE UNCERTAINTY IN
PRESSURE CUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN THESE COEFFICIENTS.
SELECT leN RULES:
ANY FIT FOR ~HICH THE TRIPLED STANDARD DEVIATION OF A COEFFICIENT
IS LARGER THAN THE COEFFICIENT IS DISCARDED.
THE FIT WITH THE S"'ALL!:ST STANDARD DEVIATH1N OF THE RESIDUALS REP-
RESENTS THE DATA MOST CLOSELY.
A"'ONG NE4RLY EQUIVALENT FITS THE ONE WITH THE SMALLER NU"'BER OF
CO~FFIF(IENl SHOULD DE USED.

COEFF.FIT 1 COEFF.FIT 2 COEFF.FIT 3 (OEFF. FIT 4

3.356916-04 3.3569:< 2-04 3.3S6910-04 3.3,,6937-04 AREA. M**2

O.OvOOOO 0.000000 1.851413-08-4.007678-08 RRES COEF 81 KRA-l
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 PRES COEF 82 KPA-2
0.000000 a .oooot) a 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 4.797£54-05 0.000000 7.278028-05 T4RE. N

2. £33971 -06 4.521828-06 1.229878-05 2.002653-05 3 STO OEV V~

0.000000 0.000000 1.328606-07 1.722349-07 3 STD DEV 81 KPA-l
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 3 STI} DEV 82 KPA-2
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.023281-04 0.000000 1.508193-04 3 STI) DEV T. N

5. 022220-04 4.704085-04 5.348234-04 4.917515-04 3 RES srD DEV KP·'

2.633971-06 7.432660-06 2.t"!1220-05 4.2"3:;351-05 3 STO DEV
P-MAX/P MAX

COEFF.FIT 5 COEFF.FIT 6 COEFF.FIT 7 COEFF.FIT 8

3.356874-04 3.356937-04 3.356914-04 3.356931-04 AREA. "'**2

3.336919-07-4.304209-08 0.000000 0.000000 PRES COEF 81 KRA-l
-2.061204-09 1.712985-11 7.678588-11-2.339563-10 PRES COEF 82 ~P~-2
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 7.321007-05 0.000000 6.764661-05 TARE. N

3.395029-05 7.592434-05 7.952472-06 1.271211-05 3 STc> DEV A/A

9.380726-07 1.657469-06 o.oorooo 0.000000 3 STO DFV 81 KPA-l
6.073343-09 9.713267-09 8.673673-10 1.010118-09 3 STO DEV 8? KP~-2
O. 00 00 00 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 2.615948-04 0.000000 1.366206-04 'I STD DEV T. N

5.332904-04 5.497928-04 5.392947-04 4.921266-04 3 RES STD DEV KPA

1.987915-04 3.634609-04 1.746460-05 2.767606-05 3 STD DEV
P-MAX/P "'AX

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 PAGE 10 (CONT'D)

THE TC'TAL TRIPLeO STANDAR,) DEVIATION OF A OlEFFICIENT IS THE SUM f'lF

THE TRIPLED STANDARD DEVIATION DUE TO RANDOM SOURCES OF ERRCR LIST-
ED eN ThE PRECEDING PAGE PLUS THE SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTY LISTED
AElOW:

COEFFICIENT 5TST. UNCERTAINTY

A ~.70-05 AlA
81 0.00 KPA-I
82 0.00 KPA-2

WE SUGGEST TO USE FI T I\U,,"A":R: I

FOR THE DIRECTOR

NATI~AL ME~SUP~MJNT~A80RATORY
'c _::7f~7 /{:l
JAME"S";:< lH~~lEY
CH~EF, TrMPERATURE MEASURE~ENTS
AND STANDARDS DIVISION
CENTER FOR AOSOLUTE PHYSICAL QUANTITIES

37
 APPENDIX B

STATE OF COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
1525 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 60203
(303) 839-2811

September 14, 1981

Richard D. Lamm,
REPORT OF TEST Governor

Morgan Smith,
Commissioner
OWNER: National Bureau of Standards Cert. No: 7428
Donald Svedman,
Boulder, Colorado SIN: 28337 Deputy CommiSSioner

DESCRIPTION: Ruska dead weight tester weights. Agricultural Comml$SJ(

Henry Christensen,
Roggen
The standards described below have been tested and compared sith the
Ben Eastman,.
standards of the State of Colorado, and have been found to have the Hotrhktss
apparent mass vs brass corrections as indicated below. The effect John Mafloy,
Denver
of air bouyancy has been considered negligible. Elton Miller,
fort lupton
ITEM NUMBER APP. MASS VS BRASS UNCERTAINTY Don Moschew,
Center

1 1.30084 Ib 0.87 ulb William Stephens,

Cypsum
2 1.30078 " William Webster,
3 1.30073 Creeley
"
Cfede Widener,
4 1.30080 " Granada
5 1.30079 " Kenneth Wilmore,
7 0.520319 0.69 ulb Denver

8 0.520313 "
9 0.260165 "
10 0.130072 0.24 ulb
11\ 0.0520390 0.19 ulb
12 0.0520339 "
13 0.0260203 0.18 ulb
14 0.0130124 0.17 ulb
15 0.0065115 "
The uncertainty figure is an expression of the overall uncertainty using three standard
deviations as a limit of the effect of random errors of measurement, the magnitude of
systematic errors from known sources being negligible.
THESE CERTifiCATIONS ARE TRACEABLE TO THE
N!lTIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS.
ALL CERTifiCATES ISSUED BY THE COLORADO
, t< DfPf,RTMENT OF AGRICULTURE-METROLOGY LAB-
:RATORY EXPIRE ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF
F H Br
ISSUANCE.
Colorado Met ology
3125 Wyandot St.
Denver, Colorado 80211

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 __ J

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES·METROLOGY LABORATORY

3125 Wyandot Denver, Colorado 80211

(03)839-2845

Date: Sppt. 14, 1981

CERTIFICATE of weights and measures tested, sealed, calibrated.

OWNER National Bureau of Standards Identification or SlN:.--"2""8""-3""-3-'.-' _

ADDRESS Boulder, Colorado Makllldescription: Ruska dead '"eight tester wei ghts

SUBMlnED By:_-"C-"h,,-a,,-s!...-'S"'i"n."dc:t '--- _

AVdp. Grain-Gram-Etc. Volume Linear or

Weight Welahts Measures other measures Remarks
,

1000 lb. e oz. 1000 gal.

500 lb. 4 oz. 100 gal.
50 lb. 2 oz. 50 gal.
25 lb. 1 OZ. 25 gal.
20 lb. 1/2 oz. 20 gal.
10 lb. 1/4 oz. 10 gal.
5 lb. 118 oz. 5 gal.
3 lb. 1/16 oz. 3 gal.
2 lb. 1/32 oz. 2 gal.
1 lb. 1 gal.
-._- lb. 1/2 gal.
lb. 1 qt.
lb. 1 pI.
lb.
lb. SEE rlEPORT
.' TEST ATTACHE!:

x ) MASS: The test weights described above have been compared with the standards of the Slate 'of Colorado and found
, of S1andards.
(adjusted) to be within the tolerances for their class as prescribed by the National Bureau
( X ) See "Report of TesllCailbration" attached.
) LENGTH: The linear measures described abOve have been compared with the standards of the Iltate of Colorado and
found to be within the tolerances prescribed by the National Bureau of Standards for this type of equipment.
) VOLUME: The volumetric standards described above have been compared w~h the standards of !the State of Colorado
and found (adjusted) to deliver at OF.

This value appHes when a second drain period is useclJoliowing the cessation of the main flow.
) FREQUENCY: The luning fork described abOve has been compared with the standard frequency output of the National Bureau
of Standards. This is to certify the above described tuning fork has been tested and found to oscillate
at Hz. When used with a doppler radar traffic gun operating at _ _ MHz, tt will resutt In a reading
of mph.

e Metrologist
39
N~ 7428 l
 ....
NBS..1l4A {REV. 2 ..80)
U.S. DEPT. OF COMM, 1. PUBLICATION OR 2. Performing Organ. Report No. 3. publication Date
REPORT NO.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA NBS TN-1052
SHEET (See instructions) February 1982
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE

An Accuracy Statement for a Facility Used to Calihrate Static Pressure

Transducers and Different i a1 Pressure Transducers at High Base Pressure

5. AUTHOR(S)
C. F. Sindt and J. F. LaBrecque
6. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION (If Joint or other thon NBS. see instructions) 1. Contract/Grant No.

i NI\TIONAL BUREI\U OF STI\NDARDS

I DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 8. Type of Report & Period Covered

il WASHINGTON, D.C. 20234

il 9. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION NAME AND COMPLETE ADDRESS (S"'''. City, Stat., ZIP)

American Gas Association The Gas Research Institute

II 1515 Wilson Blvd. 10 West 35th Street
! Arlington, VA 22209 Chicago, IL 60616
10. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

o Document describes a computer program; SF-ISS, FIPS Software Summary, is attached.

11. ABSTRACT (A 200-word or less factual summary of most significant information. If document includes Q significant
bibliography or I!terature survey, mention It here)

A facility has been developed to calibrate pressure transducers that are

used in the NBS Gas Mass Flow Facil ity. Both static and differential pressure
transducers can be calibrated. An air dead weight tester is the standard for
static transducers in the range from 3.8 to 4.5 MPa. An air dead weight tester
is also the standard for the differential pressure transducers in the range of
2.5 kPa to 50 MPa; a cistern manometer provides the transfer for the standard to
a base operatin9 pressure of 4.1 MPa. The calibration of the air dead weight
gage adds .±69 ppm to the cali bra ti on of the ci stern manometer. This, pl us the
uncertainties in the high pressure corrections to the cistern manometer and our
measurement of the mercury temperature, contri butes .±690 ppm to the uncerta i nty
of the differential pressure transducer calibrations.

12. KEY WORDS (Six to twelve entries; alphabetical order; capitalize only proper names; and separate key words by semicolons)

calibration; differential manometer; pi stan gage; pressure difference; pressure

transducer; stqndqrds.
13. AVAILABILITY 14. NO. OF
PRINTED PAGES
~ Unlimited
o For Offl<::lal Distribution, Do Not Release to NTIS
44
l"'J Order From Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
15. Prrce
20402.

o Order From National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA. 22161 $6.50

~ * us. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1982-579-0071273 REGION No 8

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