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LBI/1/2 - Laboratory Equipment

Sector: Manufacturing

Categories: Acids | Glass. General | Chemical technology | Management. Human resources | Surfaces. Properties | Chemical laboratories. Equipment | Microbiology. Other | Rubber and plastics products. Other | Glass and ceramics industries | Raw materials. Raw glass | Bottles. Pots. Jars | Graphical symbols. Specific equipment | Statistical methods. Application | Medical equipment. Diagnostic | Glass | Technical drawings. Other | Laboratory medicine | Technical product documentation | Fibres and cables | Measuring instruments. Temperature | Fibre optic interconnecting devices | Blood and urine. Analysis | Measurement. Thermodynamics and temperature | Pipelines and fittings. Other materials | Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Metrology and measurement. | Colour coding | Glass in building | Pharmaceutics. Other | Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Laboratory medicine. General | Geology. Meteorology. Hydrology | Glass and ceramics industries. Processes | Valves. Other | Glass. Products | Metrology and measurement. General | Testing. General | Laboratory | Paints and varnishes | In vitro diagnostic test systems | Lamps. Fluorescent and discharge | Analytical chemistry | Heat. Calorimetry

Overview: Under the direction of LBI/1, the national committee LBI/1/2 is responsible for the preparation and maintenance of British Standards for laboratory equipment (including glass and plastic laboratory ware) and co-ordinating the GB response to CEN/TC 332 (with the exception of CEN/TC 332/WG 2 Fittings and fixtures, and, CEN/TC 332/WG 4 Fume cupboards which are the responsibility of LBI/1/1 Laboratory furniture and fittings) and ISO/TC 48 along with its subcommittees

Committee standards activity

In Progress (7)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

ISO/TC 48 N 1318, ISO/PWI 4787 Laboratory glassware - Volumetric instruments - Methods for testing of capacity and for use

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Measurement and Science | Metrology and measurement | Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Testing | Manufacturing | Glass and ceramics industries | Glass | Glass. Products

Proposal begins : 2020-05-13
Proposal
ISO/TC 48 N 1252, Piston-operated volumetric apparatus - Part 10: Part 10: User guidance, andrequirements for competence, training, and POVA suitability

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Measurement and Science | Metrology and measurement | Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Healthcare | Medical equipment

Proposal begins : 2019-10-24
Proposal
ISO/NP 23525 Revision of ISO 649-2:1981 Laboratory glassware — Density hydrometers for general purposes — Part 2: Test methods and use

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Measurement and Science | Metrology and measurement | Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Manufacturing | Chemical technology | Laboratory

Proposal begins : 2023-07-19
Proposal
BS ISO 6706 Plastics laboratory ware — Graduated measuring cylinders

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-10-31
Drafting
BS ISO 1776 Glass — Resistance to attack by hydrochloric acid at 100 degrees C — Flame emission or flame atomic absorption spectrometric method

Categories: Unclassified documents

Proposal begins :
Proposal
BS EN ISO 22916 BS EN ISO 22916 Microfluidic devices — Interoperability requirements for dimensions, connections and initial device classification

Categories: Unclassified documents

Proposal begins :
Proposal
BS EN ISO 1042 Laboratory glassware — One-mark volumetric flasks

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-10-31
Drafting
Published (44)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

PD ISO/TS 6417:2025 Microfluidic pumps. Symbols and performance communication

Categories: Graphical symbols. Specific equipment | Laboratory

Published standard begins : 2025-06-18
Published standard
PD ISO/TR 6037:2024 Automated liquid handling systems. Uncertainty of the measurement procedures

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Laboratory

Published standard begins : 2024-05-17
Published standard
PD ISO/TR 20461:2023 Determination of uncertainty for volume measurements of a piston-operated volumetric apparatus using a gravimetric method

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity

Published standard begins : 2023-02-27
Published standard
PD ISO/TR 16153:2023 Determination of uncertainty for volume measurements of a piston-operated volumetric apparatus using a photometric method

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity

Published standard begins : 2023-02-27
Published standard
BS ISO 8655-10:2024 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus. User guidance, and requirements for competence, training, and POVA suitability

Categories: Management. Human resources | Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity

Published standard begins : 2024-03-04
Published standard
BS ISO 5215:2022 Laboratory plastic ware. Volumetric flasks

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity

Published standard begins : 2022-08-09
Published standard
BS ISO 3507:1999 Laboratory glassware. Pyknometers

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Laboratory

Published standard begins : 1999-08-15
Published standard
BS EN ISO 8655-9:2022 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus. Manually operated precision laboratory syringes

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Laboratory

Published standard begins : 2022-06-07
Published standard
BS EN ISO 8655-8:2022 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus. Photometric reference measurement procedure for the determination of volume

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Laboratory

Published standard begins : 2022-06-07
Published standard
BS EN ISO 8655-7:2022+A1:2024 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus. Alternative measurement procedures for the determination of volume

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity

Published standard begins : 2025-01-05
Published standard
Withdrawn (24)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

PD ISO/TR 20461:2001 Determination of uncertainty for volume measurements made using the gravimetric method

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Laboratory

Withdrawn begins : 2012-11-13
Withdrawn
BS ISO 4803:2021 Laboratory glassware. Borosilicate glass tubing

Categories: Laboratory

Withdrawn begins : 2023-04-17
Withdrawn
BS ISO 3819:1985 Laboratory glassware. Beakers

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Laboratory

Withdrawn begins : 2016-01-06
Withdrawn
BS ISO 23783-3:2022 Automated liquid handling systems. Determination, specification and reporting of volumetric performance

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Laboratory

Withdrawn begins : 2023-10-09
Withdrawn
BS ISO 23783-2:2022 Automated liquid handling systems. Measurement procedures for the determination of volumetric performance

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Laboratory

Withdrawn begins : 2023-10-09
Withdrawn
BS ISO 23783-1:2022 Automated liquid handling systems. Vocabulary and general requirements

Categories: Chemical technology | Laboratory

Withdrawn begins : 2023-10-10
Withdrawn
BS ISO 22916:2022 Microfluidic devices. Interoperability requirements for dimensions, connections and initial device classification. General

Categories: Laboratory

Withdrawn begins : 2023-03-16
Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 8655-7:2022 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus. Alternative measurement procedures for the determination of volume

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity

Withdrawn begins : 2025-01-05
Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 8655-6:2022 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus. Gravimetric reference measurement procedure for the determination of volume

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity

Withdrawn begins : 2022-09-16
Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 8655-6:2002 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus. Gravimetric methods for the determination of measurement error

Categories: Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Laboratory

Withdrawn begins : 2009-06-15
Withdrawn