DocumentCode
2945671
Title
International recognition of national measurement standards and calibration certificates
Author
Robertson, A.R.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Nat. Meas. Stand., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fYear
1998
fDate
6-10 July 1998
Firstpage
243
Lastpage
244
Abstract
The international recognition of national measurement standards and calibration certificates issued by different National Metrology Institutes can be tested by inter-laboratory comparisons backed by a defined statistical model. However, such comparisons cannot rigorously prove equivalence and must, therefore, be supplemented by additional methods of establishing mutual confidence.
Keywords
accreditation; calibration; certification; measurement standards; measurement uncertainty; accreditation; calibration certificates; equivalence; inter-laboratory comparisons; international recognition; mutual confidence; national measurement standards; statistical model; traceability to SI; uncertainty; Accreditation; Calibration; Laboratories; Measurement standards; Measurement uncertainty; Metrology; NIST; Temperature; Testing; Transportation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1998 Conference on
Conference_Location
Washington, DC, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5018-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CPEM.1998.699888
Filename
699888
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