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 Title 7 - Agriculture
 Subtitle B - Regulations of the Department of Agriculture
 Chapter XXXIII - Office of Transportation, Department of Agriculture
 Part 3300 - Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to Be Used for Such Carriage (ATP); Inspection, Testing, and Certification of Special Equipment
 Subpart B - Procedures for Testing of Equipment

  § 3300.10 - Measurement of the K-coefficient of an insulated body.  

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  • § 3300.10 Measurement of the K-coefficient of an insulated body.

    The K-coefficient shall be measured according to the procedures in ATP, Annex 1, Appendix 2, paragraphs 1-28, and the following shall apply:

    (a) The internal heating method shall be used.

    (b) In ATP, Annex 1, Appendix 2, paragraph 8, last line, “about + 20 °C for the mean temperature of the walls of the body shall be interpreted to mean between +19 °C (+66 °F) and 21 °C (+70 °F).

    (c) A report of each test shall be completed on a form corresponding to the pertinent test report model prescribed in ATP, Annex 1, Appendix 2. Report forms may be obtained by a request to the ATP manager.