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NIST's Engagement with CCQM Studies from 1992 to 2023: History and Performance
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Author(s)
David L. Duewer, Christina Cecelski, Megan Cleveland, Nancy Lin, Katrice Lippa, Jacqueline L. Mann, John L. Molloy, Michael Nelson, James E. Norris, Kenneth W. Pratt, Sumona Sarkar, Hratch G. Semerjian, Robert L. Watters
Abstract
This report documents the engagement and measurement performance of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in studies coordinated by the Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance: Metrology in Chemistry and Biology (CCQM) from 1992 to 2023. The data and graphical tools used to document performance are part of the CCQM_Retrospectoscope analysis system, https://doi.org/10.18434/mds2-2952.
Cell Analysis Working Group (CAWG), Consultative Committee for the Amount of Substance: Metrology in Chemistry and Biology (CCQM), Electroanalytical Working Group (EAWG), Gas Analysis Working Group (GAWG), Inorganic Analysis Working Group (IAWG), Isotope Ratio Working Group (IRWG), Key Comparison (KC), Nucleic Acid Analysis Working Group (NAWG), Protein Analysis Working Group (PAWG), Organic Analysis Working Group (OAWG), Surface Analysis Working Group (SAWG), pilot studies, Supplementary Comparison (SC).
Duewer, D.
, Cecelski, C.
, Cleveland, M.
, Lin, N.
, Lippa, K.
, Mann, J.
, Molloy, J.
, Nelson, M.
, Norris, J.
, Pratt, K.
, Sarkar, S.
, Semerjian, H.
and Watters, R.
(2024),
NIST's Engagement with CCQM Studies from 1992 to 2023: History and Performance, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8524, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957794
(Accessed October 9, 2025)