Reference materials and measurements - news


Call for experts for Certification Advisory Panels published
28/05/2010
IRMM is looking for experts to participate in the review process during reference material certification. Deadline for applications is 31 August 2010 12:00 CET. Read the call.

Hendrik Emons becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
21/05/2010

New reference materials to support food labelling
24/03/2010
JRC-IRMM has released a series of new reference materials certified for food proximates and essential elements, supporting European legislation on labelling of foodstuffs.

First announcement of reference materials symposium in Geel, Belgium, 23-25 Nov 2010
02/02/2010
The symposium aims at mapping out the current and upcoming measurement and testing needs for which challenging demands on reference materials are envisaged. Forward-looking contributions are invited on the scientific and technological demands and developments for the design, preparation and certification of such measurement standards. For more information, click here.


JRC-IRMM announces official distributors for its reference materials, 2010-2019
08/01/2010

New cotton and maize GMO reference materials available
18/12/2009

Latest news from the Turkey metrology project
27/11/2009
The Fifth VERMI Young Researchers Workshop on the Standardisation of Radionuclides took place in Ankara, Turkey 1-6 November. This workshop was the first in a series of many training events to be carried out during the three-year project.

Read more: JRC-IRMM Turkey metrology project webpage.


New reference material application note available online
26/11/2009
JRC-IRMM has released Application Note 6 on the correct use of ERM certificates and materials. The note describes some practical aspects associated with handling and use of certified reference materials (CRMs) in laboratories, and is now also available in all EU languages, as well as in Chinese and Japanese. The various values provided on a certificate, re-use of materials, applying a moisture correction and interpretation of the traceability statement are also explained.

JRC-IRMM User support - ERM Application Notes


H. Emons receives Reference Material Achievement Award from AOAC INTERNATIONAL
03/11/2009
H. Emons received the Reference Material Achievement Award from AOAC INTERNATIONAL, for a sustained broad range of highly significant activity in the International Metrology Community including valuable contributions to the TDRM and the BERM Symposia series.

New EU-Turkey metrology project launched
27/10/2009
A new three-year project has been launched which will bring together European and Turkish experts in measurement science.

Reference material producers set up global consortium
07/09/2009

RoHS Directive: New tools to measure polybrominated flame retardants
11/02/2009
JRC-IRMM has released two new certified reference materials (CRMs) to help analytical laboratories better detect two classes of flame retardants banned under the RoHS Directive.

New uranium isotopic reference materials
10/07/2008



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