Traceability

Overview

To imply reliability, chemical standard manufacturers use the term traceability, but it is not always clear exactly what that means.

Traceability has been defined as "the property of the result of a measurement or the value of a standard whereby it can be related to stated references, usually national or international standards, through an unbroken chain of comparisons all having stated uncertainties¹."

This definition has achieved global acceptance in the metrology community. This section will discuss traceability as it is related to chemical measurement standards.

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