IS 1885 : Part 15 : 2008 /IEC 60050-482 : 2004 Electrotechnical Vocabulary - Part 15 : Primary and Secondry Cells and Batteries

[Amalgamating IS 1885 (Part 8) : 1986]

Reaffirmed 2018

National Foreword

This Indian Standard (Part 15) (Second Revision) which is identical with IEC 60050-482 : 2004International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - Part 482 : Primary and secondary cells and batteriesissued by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) was adopted by the Bureau of IndianStandards on the recommendation of the Basic Electrotechnical Standards Sectional Committee andapproval of the Electrotechnical Division Council.

This standard was first published in 1967. The first revision was published in 1983 and the secondrevision has been undertaken after amalgamating IS 1885 (Part 8) :1986 Electrotechnical vocabulary :Part 8 Secondary cells and batteries (first revision) in order to bring it in line with the latest IEC publication60050-482 :2004. After the publication of this standard IS 1885 (Part 8) : 1986 shall be treated aswithdrawn.

The text of IEC Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard withoutdeviations, Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attentionis particularly drawn to the following:

a) Wherever the words International Standard appear referring to this standard, they shouldbe read as Indian Standard.

b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the currentpractice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.

In this adopted standard, reference appears to certain International Standards for which Indian Standardsalso exist. The corresponding Indian Standards which are to be substituted in their respective placesare given below along with their degree of equivalence for the editions indicated: