NATIONAL MEASUREMENT REGULATIONS 1999 - SCHEDULE 2 Additional legal units of measurement
NATIONAL MEASUREMENT REGULATIONS 1999 - SCHEDULE 2
Additional legal units of measurement(regulation 6)
Part 1 -- Additional Australian legal units of measurement
Item | Quantity | Name | Symbol | |
1.1 | length | inch | in | 0.9144/ 36 m |
1.2 | length | foot | ft | 0.9144/ 3 m |
1.3 | mass | troy ounce | oz tr | 480 ï´ 0.453 592 37/ 7000 kg |
1.4 | power | horsepower | hp | 745.7 W |
1.5 | pressure | millibar | mb or mbar | 100 Pa |
1.6 | pressure | millimetre of mercury | mmHg | 133.322 19 Pa |
1.7 | velocity | foot per minute | ft/min | 0.3048/ 60 m/s |
1.8 | work and energy | kilocalorie | kcal | 4.1868 ï´ 10 3 J |
1.9 | concentration | Degrees Brix | º Bx | concentration in grams of solute per 100g of an aqueous solution of pure sucrose, having the same density as a sugar solution at the same temperature |
1.10 | concentration | Degrees Z | º Z | concentration equivalent to 0.26g of sucrose per 100g of an aqueous solution of pure sucrose |
1.11 | concentration | Pol | Pol | concentration in grams of solute per 100g of an aqueous solution of pure sucrose having the same optical rotation as a sugar solution at the same temperature |
1.12 | mass concentration |
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| grams of alcohol per 210 litres of exhaled breath |
Part 2 -- Purposes for which additional legal units of measurement may be used
Item | Name | Purpose |
2.1 | inch | (a ) automotive tyres or rims; or (b ) equipment used, or intended for use, in the manufacture or repair of automotive tyres or rims; or (c ) precision pipes, precision tubes, precision fittings or precision screw threads; or (d ) spare parts for equipment constructed using measurements other than metric measurements; or (e ) equipment used, or intended for use, in the manufacture of equipment referred to in paragraph ( c) or (d); or (f ) defence equipment; or (g ) equipment used, or intended for use, in aviation; or (h ) equipment used, or intended for use, in the computer industry; or (i ) equipment used, or intended for use, in the electronics industry; or (j ) components of equipment referred to in subparagraphs ( a) to (i) inclusive |
2.2 | foot | (a ) altitude in aviation; or (b ) vertical separation in aviation; or (c ) submarine depth |
2.3 | troy ounce | the mass of precious metals |
2.4 | horsepower | engine ratings: (a ) in the aviation industry; or (b ) in defence equipment |
2.5 | millibar | air pressure in the aviation industry |
2.6 | millimetre of mercury | blood pressure |
2.7 | foot per minute | vehicular vertical speed |
2.8 | kilocalorie | food energy values |
2.9 | Degrees Brix | measurements of sugar concentration |
2.10 | Degrees Z | measurements of sugar concentration |
2.11 | Pol | measurements of sugar concentration |
2.12 |
| measurement of the mass concentration of alcohol in exhaled breath |