• API MPM CH15 : 2001(R2015)

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    MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 15: GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI) IN THE PETROLEUM AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  19-06-2019

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2015

    Publisher:  American Petroleum Institute

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    15.0 INTRODUCTION
    15.1 SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
    15.2 REFERENCES
    15.3 THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI)
         15.3.1 General
         15.3.2 SI Base Units
         15.3.3 SI Supplementary Units
         15.3.4 Derived Units
         15.3.5 Other Allowable Units
         15.3.6 Decimal Multiples and Submultiples of SI Unit
         15.3.7 Use of Letter Symbols
    15.4 USE OF CONVERSION TABLES IN SECTION 15.5
         15.4.1 Categories
         15.4.2 Corrections
         15.4.3 Preferred Units
         15.4.4 Equivalent Units
         15.4.5 Notation
         15.4.6 Significant Digits
         15.4.7 Horsepower, Calorie & BTU
         15.4.8 Reference Conditions
         15.4.9 Amount of Substance
         15.4.10 Density
         15.4.11 Attachments to Units
         15.4.12 Exceptions
         15.4.13 Nomenclature
    15.5 TABLES OF RECOMMENDED SI UNITS AND CONVERSION FACTORS
    15.6 EXAMPLES
    15.7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    APPENDIX A - METRIC CONVERSION OF LIQUIDS
    APPENDIX B - METRIC CONVERSION OF NATURAL GAS
    APPENDIX C - BIBLIOGRAPHY
    APPENDIX D - ORGANIZATION NAMES, ABBREVIATIONS,
                 AND FUNCTIONS

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    Encourages and facilitate uniformity of metric practice within the petroleum industry.

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    Development Note Supersedes API 2564. (02/2002)
    Document Type Standard
    Product Note Reconfirmed 2015
    Publisher American Petroleum Institute
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ASTM E 380 : 1993 Standard Practice for Use of the Internation System of Units (SI) (the Modernized Metric System) (Withdrawn 1997)
    IEEE 260-1978 IEEE Standard Letter Symbols for Units of Measurement (SI Units, Customary Inch-Pound Units, and Certain Other Units)
    CSA Z234.1 : 0 METRIC PRACTICE GUIDE
    ISO 2955:1983 Information processing — Representation of SI and other units in systems with limited character sets
    IEEE/ASTM SI_10-2010 American National Standard for Metric Practice
    ANSI Z210.1 : LATEST METRIC PRACTICE GUIDE
    IEEE 268-1992 American National Standard for Metric Practice
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