Open AccessThe Role of Reference Materials in Chemical Metrology
Author(s) -
Thomas P. J. Linsinger,
Hendrik Emons
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2009.629
Subject(s) - traceability , metrology , certification , certified reference materials , measurement uncertainty , process engineering , computer science , systems engineering , biochemical engineering , environmental science , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , business , chemistry , software engineering , mathematics , statistics , political science , chromatography , detection limit , law
Reference materials play an important role in chemical metrology. Besides ensuring traceability of measurement results, they contribute to the uncertainty budget of measurement results. This paper discusses the main uses of reference materials (certified or not) and describes their impact on establishing traceability and uncertainty budgets.JRC.D.2-Reference material