The brakaway torque also is provided by the manufacturer
however a guideline is provided in the valves handbook by By Philip Skousen with some formulae too detailed to write here, but you can try to get in some e-store.
Again some ANSI standards are there eg ANSI/AWWA C404, M89 etc
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