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11/8/12 ASTM Style Manual Introduction For spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, use Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary.? For words that do not appear in that dictionary, use Websters Third International Dictionary. For engineering units, SI units should be used, although common units may be given if accompanied by equivalent SI units.? ASTM Committees???? ASTM committees should be cited as?ASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants. Subsequent references can be cited as Committee D02. No space or dashes should be included. The format is D02, C17, etc.??? Abbreviations and Unit Symbols In the text, use unit symbols after numbers denoting a definite quantity.? Example:? The tensile strength is 45,000 psi (310 MPa).Use unit symbols in tables and figures, and in lists defining symbols used in equations.Use unit symbols and abbreviations in the singular only.? Thus fifty kilograms shall be designated 50 kg, not 50 kgs.? Exceptions:? Figs., Nos., Eqs, Refs, Vols.When a long word or phrase for which there is no standard abbreviation is used frequently, it may be replaced by an abbreviation that is explained when it first occurs.? Examples:? below top dead center (btdc), relative centrifugal force (rcf).Commonly accepted abbreviations for names of societies, associations, government agencies, etc., may be used, and provided the name is spelled out the first time it is used.? Use no periods and run together.? Examples:? ASTM International, TAPPI, NASA, ARPA.The standard unit symbols and abbreviations for use in Society publications in the list below are so common that they may be used without explanation.? For proper form and style for SI units see IEEE/ASTM SI-10 Standard for Use of the International System of Units (SI):? The Modern Metric System. absolute abs academic degrees use periods and run together (M.S., Ph.D., etc.) alternating current ac American Am. a American wire gage AWG ampere A ampere hour Ah angstrom A ante meridian