Metrology is an integral part of the structure of today’s
world: navigation and telecommunications require highly accurate
time and frequency standards; human health and safety relies on
authoritative measurements in diagnosis and treatment, as does food
production and trade; global climate studies also depend on
reliable and consistent data. Moreover, international trade
practices increasingly require institutions to display demonstrated
conformity to written standards and specifications.
As such, having relevant and reliable results of measurements
and tests in compliance with mutually recognised standards can be a
technical, commercial and statutory necessity for a company. This
book, the results of a working group from the French College of
Metrology and featuring chapters written by a range of experts from
a variety of European countries, gives a comprehensive and
international treatment of the subject. Academics involved in
metrology as well as people involved in the metrology capacities of
companies and institutions will find this book of great
interest.
Table of Content
Preface.
Foreword.
Chapter 1. Analysis of Metrological Requirements Needed to Ensure Quality.
Chapter 2. Organization of Metrology: Industrial, Scientific, Legal.
Chapter 3. Mastering Measurement Processes Approach to the Setting up of a Metrology Function.
Chapter 4. Handling of a Bank of Measuring Instruments.
Chapter 5. Traceability to National Standards.
Chapter 6. Calibration Intervals and Methods for Monitoring Measurement
Processes.
Chapter 7. Measurements and Uncertainties.
Chapter 8. The Environment of Measuring.
Chapter 9. About Measuring.
Chapter 10. Organization of Metrology at Solvay Research and Technology.
Chapter 11. Metrology within the Scope of the ISO 9001 Standard.
Chapter 12. Training for the Metrology Professions in France.
The Authors.
Index.
About the author
Dominique Placko is Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France, where he teaches applied physics and electronic sciences. He is the writer of over 100 scientific papers in the past 25 years, including contributions to international journals and conferences. He has also published eight books and is co-inventor for 15 patents. He received the Blondel award in 1998.
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