Calibration Procedures for Weights and Measures Laboratories

Published

May 29, 2019

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris

Abstract

This publication contains standard operating procedures for calibrations that were not previously published in other NIST Office of Weights and Measures publications and are included here in support of weights and measures laboratory program requirements to ensure suitable metrological traceability, and uncertainty in calibrations. The current and proposed procedures cover a variety of measurement parameters including: time and frequency, electricity, mass, force, volume, dimensional, thermodynamic, pressure, liquid and solid density, and magnetism in mass standards. This publication was compiled from procedures submitted by weights and measures laboratories that have been validated and used by the laboratory to perform calibrations in support of legal metrology. The Office of Weights and Measures has compiled this set of procedures with the intent to standardize the format and content, and to recognize nationally validated and adopted procedures.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 8250

Report Number

8250

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8250

Keywords

calibration procedures, weights and measures

Citation

Harris, G. (2019), Calibration Procedures for Weights and Measures Laboratories, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8250 (Accessed May 8, 2026)

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