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This discussion puts a case of advocatus diaboli: that the Treaty of the Metre, its associated administrative apparatus and the International System of measurement units
(SI) has basically failed for chemical measurement and is largely irrelevant to modern analysis, much of practical measurement
in modern economies and much of recent technology. The practical use of the chemical unit termed the mole, the introduction
to the SI units of the thermodynamic mole and the invention of a new physical quantity called “amount of substance” are each
reviewed with the conclusion that the current means of expressing the results of chemical measurements are unsatisfactory
in both practice and theory and are imposing large and readily avoidable costs on all advanced economies. 相似文献
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Proposals in draft form have been circulated for new Système International (SI) measurement units that are expected to be
official instruments of the Treaty of the Metre by 2015. This review outlines the substance of the proposals and examines
some of the consequences of the continuing evolution of the SI toward inter-dependence of base units and quantities since
its introduction in 1960. The proposals in question fix at an exact value a number of inter-related fundamental natural constants
such as the speed of light, the Planck constant, the elementary charge and Boltzmann’s constant. All SI units are then so
defined that their magnitude is set by those fixed values. Notably, the ongoing confusions about chemical measurements and
the thermodynamic ‘mole’ are exacerbated. On the big principles of the basic purpose of the SI to facilitate communication
and the fixing of fundamental physical constants of nature, there are significant problems and unanswered questions. They
risk: damage to the enterprise of science; wide economic loss including increased transaction costs and barriers to global
trade; barriers to new technologies and to improvements in measurement accuracy; loss of measurement compatibility or consistency;
and a circular global measurement system vulnerable to undetectable systematic errors with serious adverse consequences for
environmental decision making among many other vital human activities. The New SI requires frank and open discussion throughout
science, technology, industry, trade, and global policy well before irreversible decisions are made. 相似文献
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Proposals in draft form have been circulated for new Système International (SI) measurement units that are expected to be official instruments of the Treaty of the Metre by 2015. This review outlines the substance of the proposals and examines some of the consequences of the continuing evolution of the SI toward inter-dependence of base units and quantities since its introduction in 1960. The proposals in question fix at an exact value a number of inter-related fundamental natural constants such as the speed of light, the Planck constant, the elementary charge and Boltzmann’s constant. All SI units are then so defined that their magnitude is set by those fixed values. Notably, the ongoing confusions about chemical measurements and the thermodynamic ‘mole’ are exacerbated. On the big principles of the basic purpose of the SI to facilitate communication and the fixing of fundamental physical constants of nature, there are significant problems and unanswered questions. They risk: damage to the enterprise of science; wide economic loss including increased transaction costs and barriers to global trade; barriers to new technologies and to improvements in measurement accuracy; loss of measurement compatibility or consistency; and a circular global measurement system vulnerable to undetectable systematic errors with serious adverse consequences for environmental decision making among many other vital human activities. The New SI requires frank and open discussion throughout science, technology, industry, trade, and global policy well before irreversible decisions are made. 相似文献
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The paper (Parts I and II) reports the results of a survey carried out to assess the current situation in the field of metrology
in chemistry within Europe and to identify future needs for work at the European level. Responses to a questionnaire covering
17 economic sectors and distributed to 17 countries plus the European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC JRC), together
with input from a project group, EURACHEM and EUROMET, provided the basis of the study. Part I covers the protocol for the
study and reports current activities. Part II reports suggestions for future work, a strategy for metrology in chemistry and
recommendations for the EC Fifth Framework Programme. 相似文献
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The basic concepts of traceability as they are defined by the Comité Consultatif pour la Quantité de Matière (CCQM) are difficult
to apply to some chemical results. For instance, for some environments or chemical analyses measurement results are expressed
in conventional units. Such units are realized on conventional scales relying on two fundamental pillars: reference materials
and standard specification. The octane number of fuel or water turbidity measurements are typical examples of such units.
Traceability concepts are discussed in terms of their practical applicability for turbidimetric analysis. Some outcomes on
the validation of the metrological performance of turbidimeters and the comparability of turbidity measurement results are
also presented.
Received: 8 June 1999 / Accepted: 13 December 1999 相似文献
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To facilitate just and sound decisions legal measurements must be reliable. The aim of this paper is to explore how this is
currently achieved and how it might be better done. It considers the different types of legal proceedings, the role of chemical
measurement, level of proof, the different types of chemical measurement, measurement units, the role of government, the chemical
measurement industry and its control, legal metrology and the development of a measurement system based on metrological principles.
It is argued that recent developments provide the basis for a robust support system, that but more needs to be done. It is
also argued that the conventional approach to legal metrology has little place in chemical measurement, but that some controls
are needed in some areas. In particular, a harmonised approach to international measurement standards is advocated.
Received: 29 December 2000 Accepted: 8 January 2001 相似文献
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In continuing their attempt to bring general issues concerned with trustworthy chemical measurements to review and international
discussion, the authors propose basic aims and requirements for protocols of chemical-measurement procedures with traceability
to the SI or, where this is not possible, to units of internationally recognized measurement scales. Documents describing
such protocols could be useful in science, technology, law, or trade. Concepts and definitions for protocols have been introduced
in Part I of this contribution. Part II here deals with the development and application of protocols for intended in-laboratory,
commercial, national, or international recognition. Protocols deal with measurement methods, instrumentation, and the estimation
of uncertainties from all possible sources of measurement errors. Uncertainties define the quality of all links in a traceability
chain starting from the value of a measurand in a sample, often through a certified value in a reference material, either
to the SI, or – if this is not possible – to a value on a suitable, internationally agreed measurement scale. A protocol may
concern itself with the complex interplay between uncertainties, tolerances, and any limit values introduced by the set aims
of specific measurements.
Received: 23 April 1997 Accepted: 27 April 1997 相似文献
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In literature as well as in environmental reports of many companies of the chemical industry, phrases like „sustainability”︁ and „sustainable development”︁ are proposed strategies for a better future. Such strategies should be the solution for global environmental problems with regard to economic and social needs of the present and future generations. In order to be successful, these strategies should include integrated pollution control as well as responsibility for both resources and products. Examples for new approaches are cleaner production and green chemistry. 相似文献
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The morphology in mixed bulk‐heterojunction films are compared using three different quantitative measurement techniques. We compare the vertical composition changes using high‐angle annular dark‐field scanning transmission electron microscopy with electron tomography and neutron and x‐ray reflectometry. The three measurement techniques yield qualitatively comparable vertical concentration measurements. The presence of a metal cathode during thermal annealing is observed to alter the fullerene concentration throughout the thickness of the film for all measurements. However, the absolute vertical concentration of fullerene is quantitatively different for the three measurements. The origin of the quantitative measurement differences is discussed. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2014 , 52, 1291–1300 相似文献
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The paper (Parts I and II) reports the results of a survey carried out to assess the current situation in the field of metrology
in chemistry within Europe and to identify future needs for work at the European level. Responses to a questionnaire covering
17 economic sectors and distributed to 17 countries plus the European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC JRC), together
with input from a project group, EURACHEM and EUROMET provided the basis of the study. The questionnaire responses clearly
indicated that only a minority of countries had clearly defined responsibilities for policy, funding and technical leadership.
Similarly only a small number of countries was able to provide any information about levels of funding. Nonetheless, a variety
of work is in progress and in some countries the effort is considerable. In other countries discussion is in progress and
/or work is beginning. Part I covers the protocol for the study and reports current activities. Part II reports suggestions
for future work, a strategy for metrology in chemistry and recommendations for the EC Fifth Framework Programme.
Received: 11 January 1999 / Accepted: 4 January 2000 相似文献
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Primary methods of measurement have a central function in metrology. They are an essential component in the realisation of
the SI units and therefore are indispensable for establishing traceability of measurements of all kinds of physical quantities
to the corresponding SI units. This is also true for chemical analysis. Gravimetry, titrimetry, coulometry, and isotope dilution
mass spectrometry (IDMS) are evaluated with regard to their potential to be primary methods according to a general definition
of primary methods recently given by the Comité Consultatif pour la Quantité de Matière (CCQM). Optical absorption spectrometry
and methods based on colligative properties are also considered. A general scheme for establishing traceability of chemical
measurements to the SI units using primary methods is discussed.
Received: 17 April 1997 · Accepted: 9 August 1997 相似文献
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The global recognition that quality is an economic issue is requiring analytical chemists to look at the chemical measurement process in a way that has not been done before. Much work has been done in certifying reference materials, writing measurement protocols, creating measurement networks, developing analytical measurement techniques and other efforts to make good measurements. This article explores the meaning of quality in chemical measurements and discusses quality in terms of credibility, reliability, traceability and comparability. The importance of understanding the contribution of comparability and traceability to quality in chemical measurements and chemical metrology is emphasized. 相似文献
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National measurement systems are infrastructures to ensure, for each nation, a consistent and internationally recognised
basis for measurement. Such complex systems have historical, technical, legal, organisational and institutional aspects to
connect scientific metrology with practical measurements. Underlying any valid measurement is a chain of comparisons linking
the measurement to an accepted standard. The ways the links are forged and the etalons (measurement standards) to which they
connect are defining characteristics of all measurement systems. This is often referred to as traceability which aims at basing
measurements in common measurement units – a key issue for the integration of quantitative chemical analysis with the evolving
physical and engineering measurement systems. Adequate traceability and metrological control make possible new technical capabilities
and new levels of quality assurance and confidence by users in the accuracy and integrity of quantitative analytical results.
Traceability for chemical measurements is difficult to achieve and harder to demonstrate. The supply of appropriate etalons
is critical to the development of metrology systems for chemical analysis. An approach is suggested that involves the development
of networks of specialised reference laboratories able to make matrix-independent reference measurements on submitted samples,
which may then be used as reference materials by an originating laboratory using its practical measurement procedures.
Received: 31 July 1995 Accepted: 19 August 1995 相似文献
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Traceability is an essential property of a measurement result. However, it is recognized that the results of chemical measurements
can be lacking in this property. In this paper we try to show how to understand and establish traceability in chemical measurement.
The traceability connotation and the necessity of tracing back to SI units are described by means of comparability well-known.
The roles and interrelationships of quality assurance, accreditation, calibration, reference material, analytical method,
comparison and uncertainty in establishing traceability are explained with the aid of a block diagram. The paper also includes
diagrams illustrating the Chinese situation and experience of establishing traceability for chemical measurement in China. 相似文献
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It is the central aim of the current activities of metrology in chemistry to build confidence in the reliability of chemical measurement results so that they are accepted without costly duplication being necessary. An important prerequisite for such confidence is comparability based on traceability to recognised common references, ideally the SI units. Since metrology is organised within a national framework according to the national laws and regulations, a two-step procedure is to be followed to achieve international comparability for chemical measurements which is increasingly required as a result of the globalization of trade and economy: (1) establishment of national traceability structures for chemical measurements and (2) mutual recognition of the national traceability structures on the basis of equivalence criteria. The first step is at present being taken in many countries. Examples are presented for Germany. The second step has been initiated by the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) of the Meter Convention for national measurement standards and measurements and calibrations provided by national metrology institutes, which is based on international comparison measurements (key comparisons) carried out on the national standards level. Chemical analysis is included in this process through the Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance (CCQM). 相似文献
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It is the central aim of the current activities of metrology in chemistry to build confidence in the reliability of chemical measurement results so that they are accepted without costly duplication being necessary. An important prerequisite for such confidence is comparability based on traceability to recognised common references, ideally the SI units. Since metrology is organised within a national framework according to the national laws and regulations, a two-step procedure is to be followed to achieve international comparability for chemical measurements which is increasingly required as a result of the globalization of trade and economy: (1) establishment of national traceability structures for chemical measurements and (2) mutual recognition of the national traceability structures on the basis of equivalence criteria. The first step is at present being taken in many countries. Examples are presented for Germany. The second step has been initiated by the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) of the Meter Convention for national measurement standards and measurements and calibrations provided by national metrology institutes, which is based on international comparison measurements (key comparisons) carried out on the national standards level. Chemical analysis is included in this process through the Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance (CCQM). 相似文献
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Traceability to the System International (SI) is an important prerequisite for international comparability and uniformity
of chemical measurements to ensure mutual recognition of the results. In theory, all measurements can be traced back to the
seven base units of the SI. Although the traceability system works well for most physical measurements, in many analytical
and in some spectrophotometric measurements this system is not satisfactory. This paper describes the particular and practical
problems and the contribution of the Romanian National Institute of Metrology in this field. The paper discusses the following
concepts: clearly defined targets in the form of requirement specification, knowledge of trueness and/or measurement uncertainty,
and traceability through an unbroken chain of calibration to primary standards. Traceability and uncertainty being two concepts
inherently coupled, two examples of assessment of the uncertainty of measurement results are given for two spectrophotometric
methods currently used in chemical laboratories.
Received: 17 July 1996 Accepted: 2 September 1996 相似文献
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Economic and technological change, regional and international trade and the globalisation of industry have led to intense
pressures for improvements to analytical quality, reliability and comparability. Of central importance are national traceability
structures connecting chemical measurements in the field with internationally accepted measurement units and their practical
realisations. Australia has a developed physical and engineering measurement system, a legislative framework for analytical
traceability and, in the National Association of Testing Authorities, a recognised laboratory accreditation system. The need
has been identified to develop the technical capability to perform matrix-independent reference measurements for the certification
of traceable reference materials, useable as practical analytical etalons to establish metrological control systems in field
measurements for amounts of substance. Recently, a unique collaborative consortium has proposed a National Analytical Reference
Laboratory (NARL). The NARL is designed to be a metrological mass spectrometry facility for the transference of measurement
units to more widely useable chemical measurement standards and reference materials.
Received: 10 October 1995 Accepted: 26 October 1995 相似文献
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The International System of Units (SI) was first adopted in 1960, as the more recent implementation of the Metre Treaty signed in 1875. Basic features of the original SI are that (a) seven units are chosen as “base units”, all the others being “derived units”, and (b) the definitions of the base units should not create interdependence. This way, the SI conforms to the basic principle of the Metre Treaty that each signatory country can realise its choice of primary national standards of the very definitions of the units without needing to resort to calibrations obtained from another country, and without obligation to have them realised for all the units. A mismatch already occurs to some extent with respect to the above features in the present definitions of SI base units. This contribution, strictly based on metrological considerations, illustrates how the present proposal concerning new definitions for the base units, called “New SI”, would extend the mismatch. In this frame, also the meaning is discussed of the concepts of hierarchy and traceability in metrology. By outlining some of the consequences, a discussion is stimulated related to the status of base unit, to the meaning of calibration at the level of the standards of the unit definitions, and to the interdependence of countries’ standards. 相似文献
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