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PUBLICATIONS

Isn’t it time to get serious about standards?

Published

Author(s)

Kristine A. Bertness

Abstract

Current methods of composition measurement lack the ability to produce consistent results from laboratory to laboratory and across companies. NIST has developed AlGaAs SRMs to make standardization possible, but the standards need to be used. This opinion piece outlines some of the history of composition measurements and suggestions to move forward.
Citation
Physics Today
Volume
19
Issue
7
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

composition standards, aluminum gallium arsenide
Polymers

Citation

Bertness, K. (2013), Isn’t it time to get serious about standards?, Physics Today (Accessed October 11, 2025)

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Created November 18, 2013, Updated February 19, 2017
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