Metrology, Good Chemical Measurement Practices, Traceability, etc:OIML (International Organisation for Legal Metrology):
http://oiml.org/ BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures) – organization that oversees traceability to the SI Units, (This includes being the custodian of the last remaining SI unit that is defined as a physical entity. “Le kilo” resides in Paris and all traceable calibration masses are linked to this.):
http://www.bipm.fr/en/home/ ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation):
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Analytical Chemistry):
http://www.iupac.org/index_to.html EuraChem (oversee analytical chemistry and quality matters for EU & EFTA):
http://www.eurachem.ul.pt/ CITAC (Co-operation on International Traceability in Analytical Measurement):
http://www.citac.cc/ EuroMet (European Collaboration in Measurement Standards):
http://www.euromet.org/ Glossary of terms used in measurement and metrology:
http://www.sp.se/metrology/eng/terminology.htm EU Metrology Training Homepage:
http://www.trainmic.org/ Uncertainty of measurement and traceability information – site run by CITAC:
http://www.measurementuncertainty.org/ EA – European co-operation for Accreditation: co-ordinates national accreditation bodies activities on a European-wide basis. Publications’ section has wealth of high quality information on accreditation, traceability and metrology:
http://www.european-accreditation.org UK National Physics Laboratory:
http://www.npl.co.uk/ Information on temperature measurement, including the ITS-90 temperature scale:
http://www.its-90.com/ Virtual Institute of Reference Materials: web-based confederation of Reference Materials’ producers. Site contains database of RMs and a wealth of metrology information:
http://www.virm.net/ E-calibration: e-news page for those interested in calibration and metrology:
http://www.ecalibration.com/ecalibration/index.htm BMTA (British Measurement & Testing Association) – Metrology Trade Association:
http://www.bmta.co.uk/ VAM – Valid Analytical Measurement (part of UK Department of Trade and Industry): high quality information on obtaining the correct result:
http://www.vam.org.uk/home.asp |
