| Zugriffsnummer | 10073 |
| Dokumenttyp | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Titel | A national traceability system for chemical measurements |
| Autor(in); Institution |
Richter, Wolfgang; Braunschweig, GERMANY
Güttler, Bernd; 3.2, Chemische Physik, PTB-Braunschweig
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| Quelle/Jahr | Accreditation and Quality Assurance: 8 (2003), 10, 448 - 453 |
| ISSN | 0949-1775 (PRINT) ; 1432-0517 (ONLINE) |
| DOI | |
| Verlag | Heidelberg [u.a.]: Springer |
| Freie Schlagworte | national traceability system ; chemical calibration laboratories ; clinical chemistry ; electrochemistry ; elemental analysis ; gas analysis |
| Zusammenfassung | Current developments in Germany for establishing a traceability system for chemical measurements are reported. The focus is on a dissemination mechanism which employs chemical calibration laboratories accredited within the framework of the German Calibration Service (DKD) and acting as “multipliers” between the national standards level and the user level by providing the user with calibration means which are traceable to the SI via national standards. At the national standards level, a network of high-level chemistry institutes coordinated by the national metrology institute, PTB, provides the primary references for chemical measurements. The use of the metrological dissemination system provided by the DKD also for chemical measurements is a logical extension of a traceability mechanism successful for more than two decades in general metrology, to metrology in chemistry. In detail, traceability structures in clinical chemistry, electrochemistry, elemental analysis and gas analysis are described. This system has become an important part of the efforts made in Germany to support chemical laboratories in meeting the traceability requirements of the market and of legal regulations. Also published in: Traceability in chemical measurement. Berlin 2005, p. 141-146 |
