BS EN ISO 80000-1:2022

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What is BS EN ISO 80000-1 - Quantities and units about?

The first in a multi-part international series, BS EN ISO 80000-1:2022 gives general information and definitions concerning quantities and units for general use by scientists and technologists.

Who is BS EN ISO 80000-1 - Quantities and units for?

Relevant across a wide range of disciplines such as international trade, manufacturing, human health and safety, protection of the environment, global climate studies and scientific research; specific users include:

• Electronics/telecommunications equipment and components manufacturers
• Aerospace component manufacturers
• Healthcare providers and medical equipment manufacturers
• Measuring equipment manufacturers
• Test/sampling laboratories
• Heat treatment service providers
• Casting foundries

What does BS EN ISO 80000-1 - Quantities and units cover?

BS EN ISO 80000-1 gives general information and definitions concerning quantities, systems of quantities, units, quantity and unit symbols, and coherent unit systems, especially the International System of Quantities, ISQ.

The principles laid down in BS EN ISO 80000-1 are intended for general use within the various fields of science and technology, and as an introduction to other parts of this international standards’ series.

NOTE: The BS EN ISO 80000 series does not, as yet, cover ordinal quantities and nominal properties.

Why should you use BS EN ISO 80000-1 - Quantities and units?

• It transposes the International System of Units (SI) – the only globally recognized system of measurement units – for use in standardization
• It creates a single coherent set of units for global use, saving time and supporting a recognized system relevant to any technical audience engaged in making and expressing measurement results for industry
• It’s up to date, reflecting a recent major change to how some of the SI base units are defined and realized

BS EN ISO 80000-1 contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 on quality education and Goal 9 on industry, innovation and infrastructure.

What’s new about BS EN ISO 80000-1:2022?

This is a significant revision of BS EN ISO 80000-1:2013. The major changes in BS EN ISO 80000-1:2022 involve a greater focus on concepts and terminology based on a system of quantities, particularly following the recent major revision of the International System of Units (SI) and the proposed revisions of the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM). 

At the same time, subclauses of previous editions of the document that essentially reproduced content from other sources – particularly metrological vocabulary, descriptions of SI units and compilations of fundamental constants – have been removed from the present edition in accord with a series of ISO/TC 12 resolutions made in 2020.