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IS 12580-1 (1989): Glass thermometers for precision use,

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 IS 12580 ( Part 1 ) : 1989
( Reaffirmed 2001 )
Indian Standard
GLASS THERMOMETERS FOR
PRECISION USE- SPECIFICATION
PART 1 SOLID-STEM THERMOMETERS

ma& mm

UDC 536.516

@ BIS 1989
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Laboratoryware and Related Apparatus Sectional Committee, CDC 33

FOREWORD

This Indian Standard was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on 16 January 1989, after
the draft finalized by the Laboratoryware and Related Apparatus Sectional Committee had been
approved by the Chemical Division Council.
To cater to the needs of the scientists in their precision scientific work on metrology, the committee
responsible for preparing this standard decided to formulate Indian Standards on long and short
solid-stem and enclosed scale thermometers, intended for general use in precision work, This
standard is based on IS 8787 : 1977 ‘Principles of design, construction and use of liquid-in-glass
thermometers’.
For ease of reference, each thermometer of this series has been allocated a designation which is a
combination of letters and figures indciating the type of thermometer, the value of the smallest
scale interval and the lower and upper limits of the nominal scale range. The letter abbreviations
are given below:
a) STL - Long solid-stem thermometers,
b) STC - Short solid-stem thermometers,
c) EL - Long enclosed-scale thermometers, and
d) EC - Short enclosed-scale thermometers.
Part 1 covers a series of liquid-in-glass long and short solid-stem thermometers for use in precision
work while Part 2 covers a series of liquid-in-glass long and short enclosed scale thermometers for
use in precision work.
In the formulation of Part 1 and Part 2 of this standard, assistance has been derived from the
following standards issued by the International Organization for Standardization ( IS0 ).
1) IS0 653-1980 Long solid-stem thermometers for precision use
2) IS0 654-1980 Short solid-stem thermometers for precision use
3) IS0 655-1980 Long enclosed-scale thermometers for precision use
4) IS0 656-1980 Short enclosed-scale thermometers for precision use.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with‘
the final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded
off in accordance with IS 2 : 1960 ‘Rules for rounding off numerical values ( raised )‘. The number
of significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified
value in this standard.
 IS 12580 ( Part 1) : 1989

Indian Standard
GLASS THERMOMETERS FOR
PRECISION USE- SPECIFICATION
PARTSOLID-STEM THERMOMETERS 1

1 SCOPE 5 DESIGNATION

‘This standard prescribes requirements and Each thermometer of this series has been allocat-
method of sampling and test for a series of ed a designation which is a combination of
liquid-in-glass solid stem thermometers for use in letters and figures indicating the type of the
precision work. thermometer, the value of the smallest scale
interval and the lower and upper limits of the
2 REFERENCES nominal scale range. For example, a long solid-
stem thermometer having the value of the
The Indian Standards listed below are necessary smallest scale interval as 0’1°C with the main
adjuncts to Ihis standard. scale from - 25 to f 5°C has been designated
is No. Tillc as STL,!O, I/ - 25/ -/- 5.

2627 : 1979 Glossary of terms relating to liquid- 6 TEMPERATURE SCALE

in-glass thermometers ( firJl revision >
The thermometer shall be graduated in degree
4610 : 1968 Specification for glass tubes for Celsius ( “C ).
general purposes and reference
thermometers 7 IMMERSION
6274 : 1971 Methods of calibrating liquid-in- The thermometers shall be adjusted for vertical
glass thermometers total ( TI ) or partial immersion ( PI ).
NOTES
3 TERMINOLOGY
1 Partial immersion thermometerr are very convenient
For the purpose of this standard, the definitions to use when the ambient temperature in the calibrating
given in IS : 2627- 1979 shall apply. laboratory is identical with that of the place of their
use. If this condition is not obtained, these thermo-
4 TYPES AND GRADES meters require a far more complicated correction than
total immersion thermometers ( SE@IS F274 : 1971 ). As
such, in general, the use of partial immersion thermo-
4.1 Types meters should be made with due dlxrvtion.

The thermometers shall be mercury-in-glass type 2 Adjustment at partial immersion is not permitted
with a solid stem and provided with enamel for thermometers with a scale extending below - 38°C
because of the large errors likely to be caused in a spirit
back. They shall be of two types: in-glass thermometer by variation in temperature around
a) Type 1 long solid stem thermometer not the emergent portion of the stem.
exceeding 375 mm in length 8 REQUIREMENTS
( STL); and
8.1 Materials
b) Type 2 short solid stem thermometer not
exceeding 250 mm in length 8.1.1 Glass Tubing
( STC).
The thor Inometer shall be maclc of suitable
4.2 Grades thermomett.ic glass having co-rfficient of linear
thermal expansion of ( 8.5 _L 0’3 ) x 10 * per
The thermometers of Type 1 and ‘Typo 2 shall degree for the thermornetcrs meant for uce up to
be of the following grades: 350°C and ( 5 0 rt 0.2 ) x 10e6 per degree for
a) Grade A thermometer having no contrac- the thermometers meant for USC between 350 to
tion chamber; 500°C I The glass or glasses compt-ising the
thermometer shall be selecterA and processed so
b) Grade B thermometer having a lower limit that the finished tllrrmorncfer shows the follow-
of the main scale above 0°C with ing character istics:
a contraction chamber; and
a) Stress in the glass of the bulb and capill-
c) Gradr c ( For Type 2 Only ) - Thermo- ary stem shall be reduced to a level
meter having a lower and upper sufficient to minimize the possibility of
limit of the main scale below 0°C fracture due to thermal or mechanical
and having a contraction chamber, shock.
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b) The bulb glass shall be stabilized by suit- d-2.4 Expansion Chamber ( Safety Chamber )
able heat treatment to ensure that the
An expansion chamber shall be provided at the
accuracy requirements of 8.5.2 to 8.5.4 are
top of the capillary tube except for thermo-
met.
meters STL/1/180/420, STL/210/600 and STCil/
4 The legibility of the reading shall not be 2901’410. The expansion chamber, if present for
impaired by devitrification or clouding in those thermometers, shall be pear-shaped with
the glass or stem. the hemisphere at the top.
4 The image of the meniscus shall be dis- 8.2.4.1 For thermometers STLjO’l/ - 251 -I- 5,
torted as little as possible by defects or
STL/O,l/ -- 5/ + 25, STL’O 2/ - 551 + 5, STL/
impurities in the glass.
0.21 - 35/ + 25, STC,O,l/ - 21/ - 9, STC/O*l/
8.1.2 Thermometric Liquids - II/ -j- 1, STC/O.l/ - l/ + 11, STC/‘O~li9/21,
STC0.21 - 38/ - 18, STC/O2/ - 22/ + 3,
Mercury shall be used as thermometric liquid, STC/O’P/ - 8/ + 22 and STCjO 5/ - 551 C 2,
with a scale extending below - 38°C for which the lower end of the expansion chamber shall be
the eutectic alloy of mercury and thallium ( 8.5 so elongated as to avoid the risk of a break in
percent thallium by mass ) shall be used. The the mercury column during storage at ambient
thermometric liquids shall be free from any temperature.
contamination likely to interfere with the proper
functioning of the thermometer. 8.2.4.2 The volume of expansion chamber above
the scale shall be at least equivalent to that
8.1.3 Gas Filling occupied by an interval of 50°C of the scale.

Thermometers having an upper nominal limit NOTE - Overheating is liable to change the zero point
above 100°C shall be filled with a dry, inert gas, of a thermometer and a determination will be necessary
above the liquid column. if it occurs.
preferably nitrogen,
The pressure of the gas shall be high enough to 8.2.5 Contraction Chamber
raise the boiling point of the thermometric
liquid sufficiently to minimize vaporization. Thermometers having a lower limit of the main
scale above 0°C shall be provided with a contrac-
8.2 Construction tion chamber to allow for the inclusion of an
auxiliary scale ( see Fig. 1, STL Grade B and
8.2.1 Shape Fig. 2, STL Grade B ). The contraction chamber
The thermometers shall be straight and their shall be so elongated and shall be as narrow as
external cross-section approximately circular. possible to avoid the risk of a break in the
mercury column at ambient temperature.
8.2.2 Top Finish 8.2.6 Position of Chambers
The top of the thermometer should preferably No enlargement of the bore shall be so located
be finished with a glass ring, the diameter of as to produce any variation ( greater than that
which shall not exceed that of the stem. Alter-
permitted in 8.2.3 ) in the cross section of the
natively, a plain finish may be provided, and capillary tube in the scale portion and in all
this is preferred for thermometers STL/I /I 80/120 cases, there shall be at least 5 mm of unchanged
and STL/‘L/O/GOO. capillary between any enlargement and the
nearest scale line. The distance from the top of
8.2.3 Cajillary Tube the contraction chamber to the first scale line of
The thermometer shall be made from capillary the scale immediately above it shall be not less
tube (see IS 4610 : 1968) which has been so than 13 mm except that for thermometers STL/
tested as to ensure that the requirements of 0’5/190/310, STL/1/180,‘420, STC/0,5/245/305,
8.2.3.1 and 8.2.3.2 are satisfied. STC;‘I/lYO, 310, and STC,‘1/L90/410, it shall be
not less than 30 mm.
8.2.3.1 ‘The cross-sectional area of the bore shall
not show variations from the average greater 8.3 Dimensions
than 10 percent, and the bore shall be wide
enough to ensure that the .jumping of the The dimensions of the thermometers shall be as
meniscus does not exceed one-fifth of the gradu- given in Table 1.
ation interval. 8.4 Graduation and Figuring
8.2.3.2 If the capillary tube incorporates an 8.4.1 The scale ranges with scale intervals arc
enamel backing, it shall be so positioned that it given in Tables 2 and 3.
lies behind the liquid column when the latter is
viewed in alignment with the right-hand ends of 8.4.2 The scale lines shall be clear and per-
the shortest scale lines and also when viewed in manent and shall be of uniform thickness not
alignment with the left hand ends of all of the exceeding 0.15 mm. The lines shall be at right
scale lines. angles to the axis of the thermometer.

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STL GRADE ‘A’ STL GRADE ‘B’

NOTE - The position of the top ring may be either as shown or at right angles to this.

FIG. 1 LONG SOLID-STEM THERMOMETERS FOR PRECISION USE

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T- D
0

21

-#

L
4F i
STC GRADE ‘n’ STC GRADE ‘El’ STC GRADE ‘C’

NOTE - The position of the top ring may be either as shown or at right angle to this.

Fro. 2 SHORT SOLID-STEMTHERMOMETERS

FOR PRECISION
USE
 IS 12580 ( Part 1 ) : 1989

Table 1 Dimensions of Long Solid-Stem ( Type 1 ) and Short Solid-Stem

( Type 2 ) Thermometers for Precision Use
( Claus: 8.3 )
_.
Sl Particulars Requirements for
r----------_--- >--_-- ___.I.__ --__ _ _~
No.
Type 1 Type 2
p_---_*__-__-~ r-V-----_h-_-___-___
-l
Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade
A n A n C

(0 12) (3) (4) (5) (6) !7)

i) Total length ( A ), mm, Max 375 375 250 250 250

ii) i)istnnce from top of bulb ( shoulder ) 20 - 20 - 20

toJw~~i,rominal limit of scale ( B ),

iii) Distance from top of bulb ( shoulder ) -. 20 - 20 -

to 0°C scale line ( B ), mm, Min

iv) Length of main scale ( nominal 240 195 120 95 95

limits ) ( C ), mm, Min

v) Distance from upper nominal limit of 25 25 25 25 --

scale to top of tbermomctcr ( D ),
mm, Min
- - --
vi) Distance from 0°C graduation line to - 25
top of thermometer ( D ), mm, Min
vii) Distance of stem ( E ), mm 5.5 to 8.0 5.5 to 8.0 5.5 to 8.0 5.5 to 8.0 p5 to 8.0
viii) External diameter of bulb ( F), mm,
&fin 5 5 5 5 5
Max --- Not greater than that of stem - - -

ix) Length of bulb to shoulder ( G ), mm, 15 15 15 15 15

Min

x) Distance from shoulder of bulb to 5 5 5 5 5

lower end of parallel sided capillary
tube ( H ), mm, Max

xi) Distance from top of bulb funnel to 13 13 13 13 13

lowest scale line ( 3 ), mm, Min

Distance -_
xii) . . fro-m bottom .of contraction - 5 5 5
chamber to hrghest scale line on scale
below it ( K ), mm, Alin

xiii) Distance from top Of contraction _~. 13* __ 13f 13

chamber to lowest scale line on scale
above it ( L ), mm, Min

xiv) Distance from highest scale line to 10 IO I0 10 10

g;o;,irf expansion chamber ( M),
I
*Except for thermometers STL/0.5/]90/310 and STL/ I/ 183/420 for which this distance shall be at least 30 mm.
+Except for thermometers STC/0’5/245/345, STC/l/l90/310 and STC/l/290/410 for which this dimension rha]] be at least
30 mm.

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Table 2 Graduation of Long Solid-Stem Thermometers for Precision Use

( Cluusr8.4.1 )

Designation Inscription Scale Interval Main Scale Auxiliary Scale Grade

DC “C *C

(2) (3) (5) (6)

STL/O’l/ - 251 + 5 STL 1 - 25 to + 5 -

STL/O*l/ - 5/ + 25 STL 2 - 5 to + 25 -
STL/O’1/20/45 STL 3 20 to 45 -0’5 to to.5
STL/O’ l/40/65 STL 4 40 to 65 -0.5 to $0.5
STL/O* 1/GO/85 STL 5 60 to -0.5 to $0.5
STL/O’l /SO/ 105 STL 6 80 to 1:; -0.5 to +0*5
STL/O*P/ - 55/ + 5 STL 7 -55to $5
STL/PZ/ - 351 + 25 STL 8 -35to +25 -
STL/O+2/ -- 15/ + 45 STL 9 -15to +45 -
STL/02/35/85 STL 10 35 to 85 -1 to+1
STL/0*2/75/125 STL 11 75 to 125 -1 to+1
STL/O*Z/ll5/165 STL 12 115 to 165 -1 to+1
STL/O’2/155/205 STL 13 155 to 205 -1 to-l-1
STL/O*S/ - 35/ + 115 STL 14 -35to +115 -
STL/0.5/90/210 STL 15 90 to 210
STL/0*5/190/310 STL 16 190 to 310 z; :::,‘g
STL/l/ - 30/ + 270 STL 17 -30 to +270 -
STL/1/180/420 STL 18 180 to 420 -5 to+5
STL/2/0/600 STL 19 : 0 to 600 -

Table 3 Graduation of Short Soild-Stem Thermometers for Precision Use

( Cfuusr 8.4.1 )

Sl Deoignation Inscription Scale Interval huil~Cy Scale

No. “C

(1) (2) (3) (5) (6)

STC/@l/ -21/ - 9 STC 1 -21 to -9 -0.5 to $0.5
:: STC/O*l/ -1 l/ + 1 STC 2 -11 to +1 -
STC/O*l/ --1/ f II STC 3 -1 to +11 -
:: STC/O*l/9/21 STC 4 9to 21 -0.5 to to.5
5. STC/0’1/19/31 STC 5 19to 31 -0.5 to $0’5
6. STC,0”1/29/41 STC 6 29 to 41 -0.5 to +0.5
STC/O*l/39/51 STC 7 39 to 51 -0.5 to +0.5
;: STC/O* l/49/61 STC 8 49to 61 -0.5 to +0.5
9. sTC/O* I/59/7 1 STC 9 59 to 71 -0.5 to +0.5
STC/O*1/69/81 SIC 10 69 to 81 -0’5 to -to.5
::: STCjO. l/79/9 1 STC I1 79 to 91 -0’5 to $0.5
12. STC/O+1/89/lOl STC 12 0.i 89 to 101 -0.5 to +0.5
13. STC/W2/ -381-18 STC 13 0.2 -38 to --18 -1 to+1
STC/O*2/ - 221 + 2 STC 14 0’2 -22 to -i-2 -
;dj: STC/O*2/ - 8/ + 22 STC 15 -8 to +22 -
STC 16 0”:; 18 to
STC/o*2/ 18142 -lto+l
::* STC/0.2/38/62 STC 17 38 to ;; -ltofl
STC 18 ;:; 58 to
18: STC/O.2/58/82 -lto+1
19. STC/0’2/78/102 STC 19 0.2 78 to 1:; -lto+l
STC/O*2/98/ 122 STC 20 0.2 98 to 122 -lto+t
Z: STC/O~2/118/142 STC 21 0.2 118 to 142 .--I to +1
STC/W2/138/162 STC 22 138 to 162 -1 to t-1
STC 23 ;:; 158 to 182
E: STC/O.Z/158/182 -1 to -4-l
24. STC/O.Z/ 178/202 STC 24 0.2 178 to 202 -1 to -1-l
STC/O.S/ - 551 + 2 STC 25 0’5 -55 to + 2 -
25.
26. STC/0’5/ z ;;/27;5 iTC 26 -- 38 to + 35 --
STC 27 g -- 5 to f 70 -
27. STC,‘O.S/
STC/0*5/45/ 105 STC 28 45 to 105 - 3totm3
ii: STC/O*5/95/ 155 STC 29 ;:: 95 to 155 3to-fi3
30. STC/O*5/145/205 STC 30 0.5 145 to -3 to $3
31. STC/O*5/195/255 STC 31 0.5 195 to ziz --3 10 -1-3
STC/0.5/245/305 STC 32 0.5 245 to 305 -3 to -+-3
ii* STC/l/ -3o/ / 120 STC 33 1 -- 30 to fm 120 -
34: STC/1/90/210 STC 34 1 90 to 210 -5 to .i 5
35. s’1-c/1/190/310 STC 35 190 to 310 -5 to -1-5
36. STC/l/290/410 STC 36 290 to 410 -5 to t-5

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8.4.3 When the thermometer is held in a vertical b) There shall be four medium lines equally
position and viewed from the front, the left-hand spaced between two consecutive long
ends of all the scale lines shall lie on an imagi- lines, and
nary vertical line. When the thermometer is
viewed so that the right-hand ends of the shortest cl There shall be one short line between two
consecutive medium lines or between con-
scale lines align with the left-hand side of the
secutive medium and long lines ( SL’CC of
bore, the medium and the longer lines referred
Fig. 3 ).
to shall extend towards the right hand side of
the bore.
8.4.6 The figures shall be placed either slightly
8.4.4 The length of the short scale lines shall be to the left or the right of the line to which they
approximately I mm. The medium scale lines refer, as preferred, in such a way that an exten-
shall be nominally 1.5 times the length of the sion of the line would bisect them or pass
short scale lines, and the long scale lines shall be immediately under them. The figures may be
nominally 2.3 times the length of the short scale placed either parallel to, or at right angles to,
lines. the axis of the thermometer, as preferred.
8.4.5 The arrangement of the scale lines shall be
NOTE - Figure 3 illustrates various type of graduation
as follows.
and figuring for the thermometers but these are not
intended to be mandatory.
8.4.5.1 On thermometers where the smallest
scale division is 1°C or O,l’C: 8.4.7 Every tenth scale line shall be figured.
a) Every tenth scale line shall be a long line, Thus, in the case of a smallest scale division of:
b) There shall b e a medium line midway a) O+l’C, the series of figures shall be: 1 - 2
between two consecutive long lines, and -3 - etc.
c) There shall be four short lines between b) l”C, the series of figures shall be: 10 -
consecutive medium and long lines ( ste A 20 - 30 - etc.
and D of Fig. 3 ).
c) 0*2”C, the series of figures shall be: 2 - 4
8.4.5.2 On thermometers where the smallest scale‘ -6 - etc.
division is 2°C or 0.2”C:
d) 2”C, the series of figures shall be: 20 - 40
4 Every fifth scale line shall be a long line, - 60 - etc.
and
e) 0.5”C, the series of figures shall be: 5 - 10
b) There shall be four short lines equally - 15 - etc.
spaced between two consecutive long lines
( see B, E and G of Fig. 3 ).
The auxiliary scale shall be figured at 0°C. Scale
lines at 0, 10 or 100°C should be emphasized
8.4.5.3 On thermometers where the smallest scale ( for example, by full figuring if either the first,
division is 0’5°C: or the first and the second digits are omitted at
a) Every tenth scale line shall be a long line, intermediate scale lines ).

- l-4
N

X-9

- m 01 _
1 --k 3 -8-l -a-

= 0 o= _
_ r-4 Iv_

- 0
_ ”

= _u) z- -
r-J--

-J- :
8 C E G
FIO. 3 ALTUSHNATIVE ‘I‘YPES OF GRADUATION AND FICURINQ

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8.4.8 The pigment filling shall remain in the exceed 0.7 of a scale division, and the scale error
scale lines, figures and inscriptions under normal shall remain within the limit of one scale divi-
conditions of use and under such other special sion specified in 8.5.2.
conditions as may be specified between the pur-
chaser and the manufacturer. 9 MAKING AND PACKING
8.4.9 Each end of the scale shall be extended by 9.1 Marking
two to five divisions beyond the nominal limits
of the scale. Each thermometer shall be legibly and perma-
8.4.10 All negative numbers should be indicated nently marked on its stem with the following:
by minus signs, for example, - 5 or 5 as prefer-
red, and shall be so placed that they are not
4 The letter ‘C’ near the top of the scale;
liable to be confused with the scale lines, or b) The maker’s name or his recognized trade
other markings. mark, if any;

83 Accuracy
Cl Serial number of the thermometer;
d) The year of manufacture;
8.5.1 The accuracy tests shall be carried out in
e) Schedule mark followed by TI or PI as
accordance with IS 6274 : 1971.
the case may be;
8.5.2 Scale Error f) Immersion line on partial immersion
The maximum permissible scale error shall be thermometers with an indication of its
not more than one scale division when the ther- depth of immersion for which the thermo-
mometer is in a vertical position and at the meter has been adjusted;
prevailing atmospheric pressure under the condi- g) Designation number ( see 5 ); and
tions of immersion after applying emergent stem
h) Gas filled, if any, for exampie, ‘NF’ for
correction. nitrogen filled.
8.5.3 Intercal Ertor 9.1.1 The thermometers may also be marked
with the Standard Mark. .
The absolute value of the algebraic difference
between the errors at any two points which are
9.2 Packing
not more than 50 divisions apart, shall not be
greater than one scale division. Each thermometer shall be suitably packed as
agreed to between the purchaser and the manu-
8.5.4 Change in <zero
facturer.
When a thermometer having an upper nominal
limit above lOO*C is maintained over a period 10 TESTING AND INSPECTION
of 24 hours at the highest temperature of the
scale, the change in the zero point, determined Each thermometer shall be tested for conformity
by the method prescribed in Annex A, shall not to all the requirements of this specification.

ANNEX A
( Clause 3J.4 )
METHOD OF DETERMINING CHANGE IN ZERO INDICATION

A-l PROCEDURE hour. Heat the thermometer again to a temper-

ature equal to its highest reading and keep it at
Heat the thermometer, immersed in a test bath,
this temperature for 24 hours. Allow the thermo-
to a temperature equal to its highest reading
meter lo COOI to the lower ofthc two temperatures
and keep it at this temperature for 5 UkIUteS.
referred to above, at the same rate as at the start
Allow the thermometer to cool either naturally
for cooling during the test and observe the change
in still air or slowly in the test bath ( at a
in zero under the same conditions.
reproducible rate ) to 20°C above ambient
temperature or to 5O”C, whichever is lower, and
[hen determine the zero. If natural cooling is IVOTE -This test ic approprinte for thptmrmeters
Used, the zero shor~ld be determined within 1 having an upper nominal limit above IOll’Y_!.
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Telephones : 331 01 31, 331 13 75 Telegrams : Manaksanstha
( Common to all Offices )

Regional Offices: Telephone

Central : Manak Bhavan, 9 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg

NEW DELHI 110002 I 331 01
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Eastern : l/l4 C. I. T. Scheme VII M, V. I. P. Road, Maniktola

CALCUTTA 700054 36 24 99

Northern : SC0 445-446, Sector 35-C, CHANDIGARH 160036

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Southern : C. I. T. Campus, IV Cross Road, MADRAS 600113
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Western : Manakalaya, E9 MIDC, Marol, Andheri ( East )
BOMBAY 400093 632 92 95

Branches : AHMADABAD. BANGALORE. BHOPAL.‘BHUBANESHWAR.

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