The Eurachem reading list

1. Introduction to metrology and terminology

Websites and web resources

Standards

  • BIPM, IEC, IFCC, ILAC, ISO, IUPAC, IUPAP, OIML. JCGM 200:2012 (JCGM 200:2008 with minor corrections), International vocabulary of metrology – Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM3) (www.bipm.org) (Earlier version printed as ISO Guide 99:2007 (www.iso.org)
  • ISO 80000-1:2009. Quantities and units – Part 1: General (and Corrigendum 1:2011) (www.iso.org)

Guides

  • V. Barwick, E. Prichard (Eds), Terminology in analytical measurement – Introduction to VIM3, Eurachem, 2011, ISBN 978 0 948926 29 7 (www.eurachem.org/index.php/publications/guides)
  • A beginner’s guide to measurement, v3, Good practice guide no. 118, NPL, 2010, ISSN: 1368-6550 (www.npl.co.uk)
  • Metrology – In short, 3rd Edition, EURAMET, 2008 (www.euramet.org)
  • The International System of Units (SI), 9th Edition, 2006 (updated in 2019) (www.bipm.org)

Books

Leaflets

  • Eurachem information leaflet
  • AMC Technical Briefs, RSC,
    (www.rsc.org/Membership/Networking/InterestGroups/Analytical/AMC/TechnicalBriefs.asp):
    • AMC TB 86-2019 Revision of the International System of Units (Background paper)
    • AMC TB 76-2016, Chemical metrology
    • AMC TB 19-2005, Terminology – the key to understanding analytical science. Part 2: Sampling and sample preparation
    • AMC TB 13-2003, Terminology – the key to understanding analytical science. Part 1: Accuracy, precision and uncertainty

 Articles and reports

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