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KEY COMPARISON

Update of the BIPM comparison BIPM.RI(II)-K1.Ho-166m activity measurements to include the IRA and the NPL and a re-evaluation of the degrees of equivalence for the APMP.RI(II)-K2.Ho-166m comparison

C Michotte et al 2009 Metrologia 46 06008   doi: 10.1088/0026-1394/46/1A/06008  Help


C Michotte1, G Ratel1, S Courte1, Y Nedjadi2, C Bailat2, L Johansson3 and Y Hino4
1 Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), Pavillon de Breteuil, 92312 Sèvres cedex, France
2 Institut de Radiophysique Appliquée, Switzerland
3 National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Middlesex, UK
4 National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Abstract. The IRA and the NPL have submitted ampoules of 166Hom to the International Reference System (SIR) for activity comparison at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, thus becoming the third and fourth participants since 1989. The five samples of known activity of 166Hom now recorded in the SIR have activities between about 70 kBq and 500 kBq. The new results have enabled a re-evaluation of the key comparison reference value, and the degrees of equivalence between each equivalent activity measured in the SIR and the key comparison reference value (KCRV) have been calculated. The results are given in the form of a matrix for these four NMIs together with the recalculated degrees of equivalence of an APMP regional comparison held in 2000, comparison identifier APMP.RI(II)-K2.Ho-166m for six other NMIs. A graphical presentation is also given.

Main text. To reach the main text of this paper, click on Final Report. Note that this text is that which appears in Appendix B of the BIPM key comparison database kcdb.bipm.org/.

The final report has been peer-reviewed and approved for publication by the CCRI Section II, according to the provisions of the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA).

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