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conventional mass

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 698433 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain metrology
  • a weight taken at 20o C, the conventional mass is the mass of a reference weight of a density of 8 000 kg/m3 which it balances in air of a density of 1 72 kg/m3
conventional mass preferred
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  • Account should be taken of the draft international recommendation, "valeur conventionnelle du résultat des pesées dans l'air", of the International Organization of Legal Metrology, May 1973, in respect of the concept of conventional mass.

Metroloogia terminibaas

ID 574694 Last modified 07.01.2026
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Domain Standardisation - Metrologymeasuring procedures
  • keha mass taandatud tihedusele 8 000 kg m-3 leppetihedusega 1,2 kg m–3 õhus tugitemperatuuril 20 oC
  • for a weight taken at a reference temperature of 20 °C, the conventional mass is the mass of a reference weight of a density of 8 000 kg m–3 which it balances in air of a reference density of 1,2 kg m–3
  • conventional mass value is equal to the mass of a standard, of conventionally chosen density at a conventionally chosen temperature, which balances this body at this reference temperature in air of conventionally chosen density
leppemass preferred
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  • 20 °C võrdlustemperatuuril oleva objekti massi puhul on leppemass niisugune mass, mis tasakaalustab tihedusväärtusega 8 000 kg m–3 tugimassi 1,2 kg m–3 tihedusväärtusega õhus.
tavamass
kokkuleppeline mass variant
conventional mass
Usage examples
  • For a weight taken at a reference temperature of 20 °C, the conventional mass is the mass of a reference weight of a density of 8 000 kg m–3 which it balances in air of a reference density of 1,2 kg m–3

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