Thermometer Calibration Procedure Kansas State

Hb 145 was developed as a source of calibration procedures for weights and measures laboratories and covered mass length and volume calibrations for field.

Thermometer calibration procedure kansas state.

Taylor and henry v. Flores n boyle e thermometer calibration guide kansas state university january 2000. National institute of standards and technology good measurement practice. In some critical applications calibration against a certified.

10 1 annual thermometer calibration reports for nist traceable thermometers sections 7 1 7 2 and 7 3 are stored in the thermometers calibration certificates. Accurate thermometers can be used as a reference thermometer ex. Thermometer calibration log references. Oppermann is out of print and the majority of content has been updated and published in the publications noted below.

Thermometers that cannot be easily calibrated through direct immersion in either. 9 0 sample handling and storage. National institute of standards and technology nist. Traceable thermometers are certified annually by a contractor outside of the opp microbiology laboratory.

In calibration labs like the a2la accredited thermoworks calibration laboratory in american fork utah technicians use industrial black bodies like the ir 500 portable ir calibrator to calibrate infrared thermometers. Boyle department of animal sciences and industry kansas state university weber hall manhattan ks 66506 kansas state university agricultural experiment station and cooperative extension service mf 2439 january 2000. Boyle ph d associate professor kansas state university agricultural experiment station and cooperative extension service temperature is a critical measurement for ensuring the safety and quality of many food products. In most applications a thermometer should be within 1 f or 0 5 c when compared to the reference thermometer used for calibration.

There are a variety of commer. Thermometer calibration guide nancy c. This is an especially important consideration when bringing a thermometer in from the outside. Nbs handbook 145 1986 handbook for the quality assurance of metrological measurements by john k.

Not applicable 10 0 procedure and analysis. Infrared thermometers can be calibrated for accuracy just like other thermometers. Properly calibrating an infrared thermometer. A model for state calibration laboratories 6 2 1 6 nist special publication 819 a procedure for the effective recalibration of liquid in glass thermometers.

Record the results using actual values on the thermometer calibration log along with the date and initials of the person performing the calibration procedure. Capital health environmental public health services operational standards and procedures sf24. Thermometer calibration guide k state research and extension animal sciences and industry n c.