Confronting ISO: On the Use of the dBA Symbol for A-Weighted Sound Levels
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recommends the symbol dB for all instances where decibel units are used, particularly in the cases of quantities such as the A-weighted and C-weighted sound pressure levels, ruling out the symbols dBA y dBC. In this paper several arguments...
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FIUBA
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://elektron.fi.uba.ar/elektron/article/view/216 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=elektron&d=216_oai |
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| Sumario: | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recommends the symbol dB for all instances where decibel units are used, particularly in the cases of quantities such as the A-weighted and C-weighted sound pressure levels, ruling out the symbols dBA y dBC. In this paper several arguments are put forward as to why such recommendation is mistaken and should be revised, taking into account that the dB prefix is used in the symbols of many substantially different units as well as the fact that there are examples of situations where the criterion hereby proposed is accepted. |
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