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AS 2900.62002ISO 31-6:1992/Amd.1:1998

Australian Standard

Quantities and units

Part 6: Light and relatedelectromagnetic radiations

AS

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This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee ME-071, Quantities, Unitsand Conversions. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australiaon 21 June 2002 and published on 5 August 2002.

The following are represented on Committee ME-071:

CSIRO, Telecommunications and Industrial Physics

National Standards Commission

National Association of Testing Authorities Aust raliaThe University of Melbourne

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AS 2900.62002

Australian Standard

Quantities and units

Part 6: Light and related

electromagnetic radiations

Originated as AS 2900.61986.

Second edition 2002.

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means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without the written permission of thepublisher.

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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee ME-071, Quantities, Units and

Conversions, to supersede AS 2900.61986, Quantities, units, and symbols, Part 6: Quantities and

units of light and related electromagnetic radiations.

This Standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO 31-6:1992/Amd.1:1998,

Quantities and units, Part 6: Light and related electromagnetic radiations.

The amendment to ISO 31-6:1992 is included in this document and is shown by a bar line set against

the affected text.

The objective of this Standard is to provide users with names and symbols for quantities and units of

heat.

Users of this Standard are advised by Standards Australia, under arrangements with ISO and IEC, as

well as certain other Standards organizations, that the number of this Standard is not reproduced on

each page; its identity is shown only on the cover and t itle pages.

For the purpose of this Standard, the ISO text should be modified as follows:

(a) Terminology The words this Australian Standard should replace the words this International

Standard wherever they appear.

(b) Decimal marker Substitute a full point for a comma where it appears as a decimal marker.

(c) References The reference to the International Standards should be replaced by reference to the

following Australian Standard:

Reference to International Standard or other

Publication

Australian Standard

ISO AS31 Quantities and units 2900 Quantities and units

31-8 Part 8: Physical chemistry and molecular

physics

2900.8 Part 8: Physical chemistry and molecular

physics


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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ IV1 SCOPE.........................................................................................................................................1

2 NORMATIVE REFERENCE..........................................................................................................1

3 NAMES AND SYMBOLS ..............................................................................................................1

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