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OBJECT AND SCOPE

The purpose of this Code is to provide the necessary information and data to comply with the requirement of PTC 1 that "all individual codes shall conform to the Code on Definitions and Values (PTC 2),"

This Code contains standards for terms, units, values of constants, symbols and technical nomenclature, which, where applicable, are to be component parts of all individual test codes.

By necessity all the information contained in this document represents the state-of-the-art at the time of its preparation. In order that the Performance Test Codes may continue to be dynamic useful documents, any part of this Code is automatically superseded by any or all of the following:

(a) Approval by ASME Council of new or revised units, values of constants or fluid properties.

(b) Inclusion in the Performance Test Code series of equipment not covered by this Code.

(c) Approval by the Supervisory Committee of an individual test code not conforming to this document.

The exceptions described in Par. 1.03 will be published in Mechanical Engineering as they occur, and this Code will be amended as soon thereafter as practical.