In order to use the result of a chemical analysis for other purposes, its quality must be assessed. One important quality feature is the probability that the result coincides with the ‘true’ value. It ...

Every year an increasing number of laboratories using OES (Optical Emission Spectroscopy) spectrometers get accredited according to DIN EN ISO 17025. Compliance with DIN EN ISO 17025 has elevated the ...

Ensuring parts meet specification is crucial and so it helps to have confidence in your measurement system. Parts that don’t meet specification, whether gauging composition or measuring thickness, ...

Precision can be defined as the closeness in agreement of results during a series of repeat measurements under presumed identical conditions. These results are often expressed as a standard deviation.

ISA recently published the fifth edition of Measurement Uncertainty: Methods and Applications by Ronald H. Dieck. In this Q&A feature, Dieck highlights the importance of the book's new and enhanced ...

With today's applications requiring lower and lower noise-figure amplifiers, noise-source uncertainty becomes a bigger and bigger concern. Microwave modeling software ...