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NIST HB 143 - State Weights and Measures Laboratories Program Handbook, 6th Edition

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Author(s)

Elizabeth J. Benham

Abstract

This handbook provides the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) performance standards and formalized procedures for the voluntary recognition of State legal metrology laboratories. This 2018 edition supersedes the 2007 edition.
Citation
Handbook (NIST HB) - 143
Report Number
143
NIST Pub Series
Handbook (NIST HB)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs
Supercedes Publication
NIST HB 143 - State Weights and Measures Laboratories Program Handbook, 5th Edition

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Keywords

calibration, ISO/IEC 17025, laboratory recognition, State Laboratory Program, weights and measures
Weights and measures

Citation

Benham, E. (2019), NIST HB 143 - State Weights and Measures Laboratories Program Handbook, 6th Edition, Handbook (NIST HB), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.HB.143-2019 (Accessed October 8, 2025)

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Created May 7, 2019, Updated September 20, 2019
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