CorrectionGaugeTablesForIncrustationAPIRECOMMENDEDPRACTICE2556SECONDEDITION,AUGUST1993REAFFIRMED,NOVEMBER2013CorrectionGaugeTablesForIncrustationMeasurementCoordinationAPIRECOMMENDEDPRACTICE2556SECONDEDITION,AUGUST1993REAFFIRMED,NOVEMBER2013SPECIALNOTES1.APIPUBLICATIONSNECESSARILYADDRESSPROBLEMSOFAGENERALNATURE.WITHRESPECTTOPARTICULARCIRCUMSTANCES,LOCAL,STATE,ANDFEDERALLAWSANDREGULATIONSSHOULDBEREVIEWED.2.APIISNOTUNDERTAKINGTOMEETTHEDUTIESOFEMPLOYERS,MANU-FACTURERS,ORSUPPLIERSTOWARNANDPROPERLYTRAINANDEQUIPTHEIREMPLOYEES,ANDOTHERSEXPOSED,CONCERNINGHEALTHANDSAFETYRISKSANDPRECAUTIONS,NORUNDERTAKINGTHEIROBLIGATIONSUNDERLOCAL,STATE,ORFEDERALLAWS.3.INFORMATIONCONCERNINGSAFETYANDHEALTHRISKSANDPROPERPRECAUTIONSWITHRESPECTTOPARTICULARMATERIALSANDCONDI-TIONSSHOULDBEOBTAINEDFROMTHEEMPLOYER,THEMANUFACTURERORSUPPLIEROFTHATMATERIAL,ORTHEMATERIALSAFETYDATASHEET.4.NOTHINGCONTAINEDINANYAPIPUBLICATIONISTOBECONSTRUEDASGRANTINGANYRIGHT,BYIMPLICATIONOROTHERWISE,FORTHEMANU-FACTURE,SALE,ORUSEOFANYMETHOD,APPARATUS,ORPRODUCTCOV-EREDBYLETTERSPATENT.NEITHERSHOULDANYTHINGCONTAINEDINTHEPUBLICATIONBECONSTRUEDASINSURINGANYONEAGAINSTLIABIL-ITYFORINFRINGEMENTOFLETTERSPATENT.5.GENERALLY,APISTANDARDSAREREVIEWEDANDREVISED,REAF-FIRMED,ORWITHDRAWNATLEASTEVERYFIVEYEARS.SOMETIMESAONE-TIMEEXTENSIONOFUPTOTWOYEARSWILLBEADDEDTOTHISREVIEWCYCLE.THISPUBLICATIONWILLNOLONGERBEINEFFECTFIVEYEARSAF-TERITSPUBLICATIONDATEASANOPERATIVEAPISTANDARDOR,WHEREANEXTENSIONHASBEENGRANTED,UPONREPUBLICATION.STATUSOFTHEPUBLICATIONCANBEASCERTAINEDFROMTHEAPIAUTHORINGDEPART-MENT[TELEPHONE(202)682-8000].ACATALOGOFAPIPUBLICATIONSANDMATERIALSISPUBLISHEDANNUALLYANDUPDATEDQUARTERLYBYAPI,1220LSTREET,N.W.,WASHINGTON,D.C.20005.Copyright©1993AmericanPetroleumInstituteiiiFOREWORDIncrustationisdefinedasanymaterialthatadherestotheinternalverticalsidewallsur-facesofatankwhenthetankisotherwiseempty.Thepurposeofthisrecommendedprac-ticeistogivesomeproceduresformeasuringandcorrectingvolumetricerrorscausedbyincrustrationintanks.APIpublicationsmaybe...
