APPENDIX

D
A-, B-, C- and
D-weighting
curves

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Appendix D
Centre
frequency
(Hz)
10
12.5
16
20
25
31.5
40
50
63
80
100
125
160
200
250
315
400
500
630
800
1000
1250
1600
2000
2500
3150
4000
5000
6300
8000
10000
12500
16000
20000

A-weighting
curve [179]
(dB)
70.4
63.4
56.7
50.5
44.7
39.4
34.6
30.2
26.2
22.5
19.1
16.1
13.4
10.9
8.6
6.6
4.8
3.2
1.9
0.8
0.0
0.6
1.0
1.2
1.3
1.2
1.0
0.5
0.1
1.1
2.5
4.3
6.6
9.3

B-weighting
curve [179]
(dB)
38.1
33.2
28.5
24.2
20.4
17.1
14.2
11.6
9.3
7.4
5.6
4.2
3.0
2.0
1.3
0.8
0.5
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.7
1.2
1.9
2.9
4.3
6.1
8.4
11.1

A-, B-, C- and D-weighting curves

C-weighting
curve [179]
(dB)
14.3
11.2
8.5
6.2
4.4
3.0
2.0
1.3
0.8
0.5
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.5
0.8
1.3
2.0
3.0
4.4
6.2
8.5
11.2

D-weighting
curve [178]
(dB)
26.6
24.6
22.6
20.6
18.7
16.7
14.7
12.8
10.9
9.0
7.2
5.5
4.0
2.6
1.6
0.8
0.4
0.3
0.5
0.6
0.0
2.0
4.9
7.9
10.4
11.6
11.1
9.6
7.6
5.5
3.4
1.4
0.7
2.7

Table D.1: One-third octave band free-field relative frequency responses for
A-, B-, C- and D- weighting curves according to [178, 179]. Note that for each
relative frequency response point there is an associated measurement tolerance,
which can be found from the associated recommendation. Reproduced by
permission of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).60
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