BS EN ISO 8655-1:2002

1   Scope This part of ISO 8655 specifies the general requirements for piston-operated volumetric apparatus. It is applicable to piston pipettes, piston burettes, dilutors and dispensers. It furthermore defines terms for the use of piston-operated volumetric apparatus and gives user recommendations.

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   is not applicable to medical products intended for use on human beings, e.g. for
  medical syringes. 

    NOTE  For metrological requirements,  maximum permissible errors , requirements for marking and information to be provided for users for piston-operated
     volumetric apparatus, see [ISO 8655‑2](/search?q=ISO%C2%A08655%E2%80%912) for piston pipettes, see [ISO 8655‑3](/search?q=ISO%C2%A08655%E2%80%913) for piston burettes, see [ISO 8655‑4](/search?q=ISO%C2%A08655%E2%80%914) for dilutors and see [ISO 8655‑5](/search?q=ISO%C2%A08655%E2%80%915) for dispensers.  Conformity testing  (type evaluation) of piston-operated volumetric apparatus is given in [ISO 8655‑3](/search?q=ISO%C2%A08655%E2%80%913). Alternative test methods such as photometric and titrimetric methods are given in
     [ISO 8655‑7](/search?q=ISO%C2%A08655%E2%80%917). For all other tests (e.g. quality assurance by the  supplier , analytical and measuring equipment quality assurance by the user) see [ISO 8655‑6](/search?q=ISO%C2%A08655%E2%80%916) or alternative test methods.