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Below is a list of documents - mostly written standards - concerned with good measurement practice in thermal expansion and density. (A fuller list is available through a search of Documents.)

THERMAL EXPANSION
Title	Document type	Identifier/Author	Publisher
Advanced technical ceramics - monolithic ceramics - thermophysical properties Part 1, Determination of thermal expansion	written standard	CEN 821-1
Bestimmung thermischer Längenänderung fester Körper, Grundlagen	written standard	DIN 51045 T1
Bestimmung der Längenänderung fester Körper unter Wärmeeinwirkung - Prüfung gebrannter feinkeramischer Werkstoffe	written standard	DIN 51045 T2
Bestimmung der Längenänderung fester Körper unter Wärmeeinwirkung - Prüfung ungebrannter feinkeramischer Werkstoffe	written standard	DIN 51045 T3
Bestimmung der Längenänderung fester Körper unter Wärmeeinwirkung - Prüfung gebrannter grobkeramischer Werkstoffe	written standard	DIN 51045 T4
Bestimmung der Längenänderung fester Körper unter Wärmeeinwirkung - Prüfung ungebrannter grobkeramischer Werkstoffe	written standard	DIN 51045 T5
Glass - Determination of mean linear thermal expansion coefficients	written standard	ISO 7991
Standard Test Method for Temperature Calibration of Thermomechanical Analyzers	written standard	ASTM E 1363-97
Standard Test Method for Linear Thermal Expansion of Solid Materials by Thermomechanical Analysis	written standard	ASTM E 831-93
Test Method for Linear Thermal Expansion of Solid Materials with a Vitreous Silica Dilatometer	written standard	ASTM E 228
Standard practice for specimen preparation for determination of linear thermal expansion of vitreous glass enamel frits by the dilatometer method	written standard	ASTM C 824
Standard practice for making reference glass-metal sandwich seal and testing for expansion characteristics by polarimetric methods	written standard	ASTM F 144
Standard guide for testing thermal properties of advanced ceramics	written standard	ASTM C 1470
Recommended values for the thermal expansivity of silicon from 0 to 1000 K	Journal Article Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data 12 (1983), 2, 179-182	C A Swenson
A calibration method for measuring thermal expansion with a push-rod dilatometer	Journal Article, Measurements Science and Technology 12 (2001), 2121-2129	N Yamada, R Abe, M Okaji

DENSITY
Title	Document type	Identifier/Author	Publisher
Plastics - methods of determining the density of non-cellular plastics Part 1	written standard	ISO 1183-1
Advanced technical ceramics - monolithic ceramics - physical properties Part 2: density and open porosity	written standard	EN 623-2
Standard test method for apparent porosity, water absorption, apparent specific gravity and bulk density of burned refractory brick and shapes by boiling water	written standard	ASTM C 20
Bulk density of granular refractory materials	written standard	ASTM C 357
Standard test method for density of glass by buoyancy	written standard	ASTM C 693
Standard test method for density of glass by sink-float comparator	written standard	ASTM C 729
Standard test method for water absorption, bulk density, apparent porosity, and apparent specific gravity of fired ceramic whiteware products	written standard	ASTM C 373
Specification for electrotechnical ceramics Part 2: test methods	written standard	EN 60672-2

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