METROLOGY IN CHEMISTRY
| Autor: | Michael Freemantle, C En London |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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| Zdroj: | Chemical & Engineering News Archive. 77:29-32 |
| ISSN: | 2157-4936 0009-2347 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/cen-v077n022.p029 |
| Popis: | How reliable are analytical measurements? This is not a trivial question when one considers the pervasive role of chemical analysis in everyday life, for example, in determining the quality of the food we eat or the water we drink. "Nowadays, chemical measurements form the basis of many important economic, political, environmental, medical, and legal decisions," says Paul De Bievre, adviser on metrology in chemistry to the director of the Institute for Reference Materials & Measurements (IRMM) in Geel, Belgium, and retired head of the institute's isotope measurements unit. "Every day, millions of measurements are carried out throughout the world in order to implement regulations." IRMM is part of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, which is made up of eight institutes spread over five sites. The Geel institute initiated and coordinates the International Measurement Evaluation Program (IMEP), which enables participating laboratories to evaluate the reliability of their chemical measurements. S... |
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