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Selected Laboratory and Measurement Practices and Procedures for Length Calibrations (2014 Ed)

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Author(s)

Jose A. Torres-Ferrer, Georgia L. Harris

Abstract

This publication contains good measurement practices and standard operating procedures for length calibrations as performed in state weights and measures laboratories. It contains previously published materials from NIST Handbook 145 (1986).
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 8028
Report Number
8028
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8028
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Keywords

calibration, length, rigid rules, tapes, weights and measures
Metrology and Dimensional metrology

Citation

Torres-Ferrer, J. and Harris, G. (2014), Selected Laboratory and Measurement Practices and Procedures for Length Calibrations (2014 Ed), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8028, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=917404 (Accessed April 23, 2024)

Created October 21, 2014, Updated October 12, 2021