FAQs & help topics

Recalibration

Why is it necessary to re-calibrate my thermometer (hydrometer)?

How often do I have to re-calibrate?  Suggested calibration intervals?

How do I choose calibration temperatures?

Thermometer terminology and use

Total Immersion.......Partial Immersion.....  what do these terms mean?

How do I rejoin mercury separations?    Instructions in English & Espaņol

Using a total immersion thermometer only partially immersed

Using a partial immersion thermometer in condition of total immersion

NEW - Using a partial immersion thermometer incorrectly immersed...

NIST Traceability

What does 'NIST traceability' mean?  What's needed to confer NIST traceability to a measurement device?

What is the "traceability chain"?

What is "True Mass"?  What is "Conventional Mass"?   Mass calibration (metrology) terms explained in plain English.

Hydrometers

Helpful hints for accurate hydrometer readings

ThermoProbe digital thermometers

ThermoProbe cable & sensor replacement and calibration instructions (in English & en Espaņol)

ThermoProbe calibration intervals: API recommendations

Have other questions?  Call us.  Technical questions: Jeff Kelly, Technical Director  800-713-6647 x 207

ICL Calibration Laboratories, Inc.

1501 Decker Avenue, Suite 118, Stuart, Florida 34994  USA