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Shunt Calibration of Strain Gage Instrumentation

Shunt Calibration Resistors

Gage Circuit Resistance, ohms Equivalent Microstrain*
120-ohm
599 880
119 880
59 880
29 880
19 880
14 880
11 880
5880
100
500
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
10 000
350-ohm
349 650
174 650
87 150
57 983
43 400
34 650
17 150
500
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
10 000
1000-ohm
999 000
490 000
249 000
165 666
124 000
99 000
49 000
500
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
10 000

* The "Equivalent Microstrain" column gives the true compressive strain, in a quarter-bridge circuit, simulated by shunting each calibration resistor across an active strain gage arm of the exact indicated resistance. These values are based on a circuit gage factor setting of 2.000.



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These shunt calibration resistors are available as Micro-Measurements M-Line Strain Gage Accessories.