Transverse Disciplines in Metrology

Transverse Disciplines in Metrology......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 15
Chemistry – Statistics/Gas Analysis......Page 17
Certification of a reference material for herbicides in water by way of inter laboratory comparison......Page 19
Determination of aflatoxin M1 using liquid chromatographic method: comparison between uncertainty obtained from in house validation data and from proficiency test data......Page 33
Purity analysis in gas metrology......Page 47
Comparison of two different approaches to evaluate the on line gas chromatography for natural gas......Page 57
Performance characteristics of GF-ASS and some metrological aspects of trace element determination......Page 67
The influence of water density and conductivity variation in a gravimetric calibration method......Page 79
Hydraulic Quantities......Page 89
Uncertainty estimation of free surface flow rates determined by ADCP or current meter gauging......Page 91
Influence of the insertion depth on the response of a hot film anemometer in different wind tunnels......Page 105
Recent Development of the ITS......Page 117
The characterization of relative humidity and temperature probes for use in interlaboratory comparisons......Page 119
High temperatures: new fixed points and thermodynamic temperature......Page 127
Implementation of a polyvalent measurement set-up for temperature and humidity used to characterize thermal and climate chambers: presentation of results......Page 139
The SI, Now and Tomorrow......Page 149
Determination of the Avogadro constant: a contribution to the new definition of mass......Page 151
Development and application of the femtosecond frequency comb......Page 163
Recent development in time metrology......Page 171
Original monolithic device of 4-crossed axis with flexure pivots to be used for the French watt balance experiment......Page 183
The practical realization of the meter in Portugal......Page 199
Toward an important evolution of the international system of units: what practical impact?......Page 209
Health and Safety......Page 217
Using proficiency testing results latest alternative method for uncertainty evaluation: application in clinical chemistry......Page 219
Facilitating reliability and traceability of measurement results in laboratory medicine by certified reference materials......Page 231
Dosimetric standard for continuous x-rays radiation fields of low and mediumenergies (< 300 kV)......Page 237
Metrological Tools and Means......Page 249
The international vocabulary of metrology, 3rd edition: basic and general concepts and associated terms. Why? How?......Page 251
Current problems of independant laboratories in Europe......Page 255
The harmonized European gas cubic meter for natural gas as realized by PTB, NMi-VSL and LNE-LADG and its benefit for the user and metrology......Page 269
Environment......Page 287
Traceability of environmental chemical analyses: can fundamental metrological principles meet routine practice? Example of chemical monitoring under the Water Framework Directive......Page 289
Main standard for refrigerant liquid leak throughputs......Page 301
Quality aspects of determining key rock parameters for the design and performance assessment of a repository for spent nuclear fuel......Page 317
Environment protection measurements by the technical inspection of vehicles......Page 329
Dimensional Metrology and Uncertainty......Page 343
Behavior of touch trigger dynamic probes: correction and calibration methods......Page 345
Angular measurements at the primary length laboratory in Portugal......Page 357
Uncertainty of plane angle unit reproduction by means of ring laser and holographic optical encoder......Page 367
Advanced 2D scanning: the solution for the calibration of thread ring and thread plug gauges......Page 379
Geometry and volume measurement of worn cutting tools with an optical surface metrology device......Page 389
Innovation and Knowledge Transfer......Page 399
The iMERA/EUROMET joint research project for new determinations of the Boltzmann constant......Page 401
The “Measurement for Innovators” programme: stimulating innovation in the UK through improved understanding and appreciation of measurement issues......Page 415
Uncertainty......Page 427
Variance model components for the analysis of repeated measurements......Page 429
Optimized measurement uncertainty and decision-making......Page 439
Giving early ideas to tests: uncertainty project implementation in the field of railway testing......Page 449
Interlaboratory comparisons in Europe: which way to choose?......Page 463
Common approach to proficiency testing and interlaboratory comparisons......Page 473
Sensory Metrology......Page 483
A European project SysPAQ......Page 485
Metrology of appearance......Page 497
Electricity......Page 503
Measurement of the reflectivity of radio-wave absorbers......Page 505
Calibration of the spectral density of CISPR (16-1-1) impulse generators......Page 515
Binary Josephson array power standard......Page 527
A 100 MΩ step hamon guarded network to improve the traceability level of high resistance up to 1Ω......Page 541
Traceability of voltage and resistance measurements in Estonia......Page 549
Set up and characterization of reference measuring systems for on-site live verification of HV instrument transformers......Page 559
Testing/calibrating electrical measuring instruments under non-sinusoidal conditions at the national institute of metrology, Romania......Page 573
Characterization of high resistance standards in MIKES......Page 581
Automation to guarantee traceability and improve productivity in the reference laboratory of Mexico’s federal electricity commision......Page 593
Legal Metrology......Page 601
An industrial view on global acceptance of measuring instruments in legal metrology......Page 603
Views from a notified body towards global acceptance......Page 613
Monte Carlo......Page 617
Limits of the uncertainty propagation: examples and solutions using the Monte Carlo Method......Page 619
High resolution modeling for evaluation of measurement uncertainty......Page 631
Evaluation of uncertainty using Monte Carlo simulations......Page 643
Mass......Page 655
Weighing small samples on laboratory balances......Page 657
Design and performance of the new Sartorius 1kg-prototype mass comparator for high precision mass determination and research applications......Page 673
Series of pressure balances for industrial use......Page 685
Fully automatic mass laboratory from 1 mg up to 50 kg – robots perform high precision mass determination......Page 693
Interlaboratory comparison of seven standard weights in several Romanian laboratories......Page 713
Automatic testing facility for determining the density of liquids and solids; and determining the volume of E1 weights......Page 725
Use of balance calibration certificate to minimize measurement uncertainty in mass determinations performed in physico-chemical laboratories......Page 739
Optic – Time Frequency......Page 745
Experimental study of the homogenity of a polychromatic light spectrum......Page 747
Statistics......Page 757
An innovative method for the comparison of measurement results......Page 759
Calibration and recalibration of measuring instruments: a Bayesian perspective......Page 771
Using the correlation analysis in electrical measurements......Page 783
Overview......Page 791
Automation of testing procedures in accredited metrology laboratories......Page 793
Validation of industrial measurement processes......Page 807
iMERA and the impact of metrology R&D on society......Page 819
Index of Authors......Page 827