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इंटरनेट मानक Disclosure to Promote the Right To Information Whereas the Parliament of India has set out to provide a practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, and whereas the attached publication of the Bureau of Indian Standards is of particular interest to the public, particularly disadvantaged communities and those engaged in the pursuit of education and knowledge, the attached public safety standard is made available to promote the timely dissemination of this information in an accurate manner to the public. “जान1 का अ+धकार, जी1 का अ+धकार” “प0रा1 को छोड न’ 5 तरफ” Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan Jawaharlal Nehru “The Right to Information, The Right to Live” “Step Out From the Old to the New” IS 15085 (2001): Decimeter Cube (for use in Schools) [PGD 22: Educational Instruments and Equipment] “!ान $ एक न’ भारत का +नम-ण” Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda ““IInnvveenntt aa NNeeww IInnddiiaa UUssiinngg KKnnoowwlleeddggee”” “!ान एक ऐसा खजाना > जो कभी च0राया नहB जा सकता हहहहै””ै” Bhartṛhari—Nītiśatakam “Knowledge is such a treasure which cannot be stolen” Indian Standard DECIMETER CUBE (FOR USE IN SCHOOLS) — SPECIFICATION ICS 03.180;17.060 !,. I 0 BIS2001 I BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG NEW DELHI 110002 December 2001 Price Group 2 I I Educational Instruments and Equipment Sectional Committee, BP22 FOREWORD This Indian Standard was adopted bythe Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by the Educational Instruments and Equipment Sectional Committee had been approved by the Basic and Production Engineering Division Council, The decimeter cube isused in schools especially inPhysics Laboratories incarrying out various experiments. For the purpose of deciding whether aparticular requirement of this standard is complied with, the final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance with IS2:1960 ‘Rules for rounding off numerical values (revised)’. The number ofsignificant places retained inthe rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value inthis standard. 1S 15085:2001 Indian Standard DECIMETER CUBE (FOR USE IN SCHOOLS ) — SPECIFICATION 1 SCOPE 5.2 Construction and Finish This standard covers the requirements for decimeter 5.2.1 The decimeter cube shall be regular inshape, ~ cube upto one Iitre capaci~, This standard specifies smoothly finished and free from distortions due to the terminology, nominal capacity and dimensions, unequal cooling. ,,!.d. etc. 5.2.2 Baseandfoursidesshallbeuniforminthickness. 2 REFERENCE Eachsideshallbeperpendiculartothebaseandadjacent The following standard contains provision which sides. Two opposite sides shall have markings as through reference in this text, constitutes provision shown inFig. Iwhich shall besunkandcolour filled. ofthisstandard. Atthetime&fpublicationYtheedition S.3 Dimensions indicated was valid. All standards are subject to kevision, and parties to agreements based on this The recommended dimensions ofdecimeter cube are standard are encouraged to investigate thepossibility given beiow (see also Fig. 1): of applying the most recen$ edition of the standard indicated below: Nominal External Overall Wali Capaciy Dimensions Thickness ISNo. Title 1269 Legalmetrology—Materialmeasure 1000mi 104mmx104mm Xl12mm 2mrn (Part 1): 1997 oflength:Part 1Wovenmetallicand 5.3.1 Thewalithickness shaiibeuniform throughout. glass fibre tape measures (second revision ) 5.4 Graduations andGraduation Lines 3 DEFINITION 5.4.1 The graduation lines and inscription shali be .. 3.1 Forthepurpose ofthis standard adecimeter cube engraved on the decimeter cube and coloured. shal1mean a hollow plastic cubic container with 5.4.2 The thickness ofthegraduation lines shali not graduations to understand the inter-relationship of exceed 0.5mm[see IS1269(Part 1)]. Thegraduation length, area and volume, lines shali beofuniform thickness and parailei tothe 3.2 Thegeneralrequirements forthis t ypeofdecimeter edgesofthedecimeter cube. Theerror ingraduations cube are illustrated inFig. 1. shail not exceed 1percent of indicated capacity. 4 NOMINALCAPACITY 5.4.3 The highest graduation iine shali indicate the 4.1 The plastic decimeter ,cube for use in school nominal capacity whereas the lowest graduation shall laboratories shall have 1000 mlnominal capacity. indicate 10percent ofthe nominal capacity. 4.2 OverFlowCapacity 5.4.4 One side of decimeter cube shall be divided equaiiy intoeleven equai parts byten horizontal lines Theoverflowcapacity shallbe 10percentgreaterthan whereas its opposite sides shall have similar nine itsnominal capacity. verticai iinesuptotenthmarkinaddition tohorizontal 5 REQUIREMENTS iines in order to form 100 squares each measuring 1cm2(see Fig. 1). 5.1 Material 5.4.5 The aiternate graduation lines shali be figured The decimeter cube shall beconstructed ofgenerally 1,2, 3... on right and ief?alternatively as shown in non-brittle transparent or semi-transparent plastic Fig. 1. material of suitable chemical andthermal propet lies and shall be free from moulding defects andstresses. 5.4.6 The figure ( 1000 ) indicating the nominal 5.1.1 The recommended material are polycarbonate capacityofthedecimetercubeshaiibemoreprominent fortransparent andpolypropylene forsemi-transparent than other figures and shall be followed by the decimeter cube. inscription ‘mi’. . & —. IS 15085:2001 6 MARKING AND PACKING 6.2.1 The use of the Standard Mark isgoverned by the provisions of the Bureau of Indian Standards 6.1 The following marking on the outer surface of Act 1986, and the Rules and Regulations made the decimeter cube shall be engraved: thereunder. The details of conditions under which a) The nominal capacity inml; the Iicence for the use of the Standard Mark maybe b) Manufacturer’s name ortrade-mark, ifany; granted to manufacturers or producers may be and obtained from the Bureau of Indian Standards. c) The word ‘For use in schools only’ in bold 6.3 Packing letters, 6.2 BISCertification Marking The decimeter cube shall be packed inacorrugated The product may also be marked with the Standard box of suitable size soasto allow no risk of damage ‘~1 to graduations and body. Mark. _- .-. .au ‘ - - % 3 & T-ccc1 — 1 — — _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ ...i 111IIIIi I “g S ~ ~ 8 1 5 0 8 5 : 2 0 0 1 Bureau of Indian Standards BIS is a statutory institution established under the Bureau oflndian Standards Act, 1986 to promote harmonious development of the activities of standa~ization, marking and quality certification of goods and attending to connected matters in the country. Copyright BIShasthecopyright ofallitspublications. Nopartofthesepublications maybe reproduced inanyformwithout the prior permission inwriting of BIS. This does not preclude the free use, inthe course of implementing the standard, of necessary details, such as symbols and sizes, type or grade designations. Enquiries relating to copyright be addressed to the Director (Publications), BIS. Review of Indian Standards Amendments are issued to standards astheneed arises onthebasis ofcomments. Standards are also reviewed periodically; astandard along with amendments i$reaffirmed when such review indicates that no changes are needed; ifthereview indicates that changes are needed, itistaken upfor revision, Users of Indian Standards should ascertain that they are inpossession ofthe latest amendments oredition byreferring to the latest issue of ‘BIS Catalogue’ and ‘Standards :Monthly Additions’. This Indian Standard has been developed fiorn Doc :NO.BP22 (0066). 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