Supplementry Issue 1, 2001

Advances in Metrology

Resistance Measurement Systems with Sub ppm Accuracy from 1mW to 13 kW
Duane Brown
1
Non-Contact Dimensional Measurement in Relation to Precise Time Interval Measurement
K.P. Chaudhary and L.S. Tanwar
11
Measurement of 253.7 nm Radiation from Low Pressure Mercury Lamps
R.K. Garg and R.S. Ram
19
UV Transmission Measurement of Eye Protector/Welding Glass
R.K. Garg and R.S. Ram
23
Photometric Accuracy : Special Feature of FT-IR Spectrophotometer at NPL
D. Gupta and S.P. Varma
27
EPR Spectroscopy : A Technique for Quantitative Measurements of Spins Concentration in Materials
S.K. Gupta and Manju Arora
32
Unified Method of Expressing Temperature Dependence of Density of Water
S.V. Gupta
38
A Primary Dead-Weight Tester for Pressures (35-175 kPa) in Gage Mode
Kamlesh Jain, Yueqin Cen, Walter J. Bowers and James W. Schmidt
50
Simple Method of Measurement of Surface Roughness Using Spectral Interferometry
H.C. Kandpal and J.S. Vaishya
56
NPL (India) Humidity Standard
Hari Kishan
62
Humidity Generation Using Glycerine-Water and Sodium Hydroxide- Water Mixtures
Hari Kishan and Bhikham Singh
66
Performance Optimization of Ultrasonic Flowmeter
Narendra Kumar, V.R. Singh, Parmod Kumar and Bhim Singh
71
Use of Ferroelectric Relaxor as a Pressure Gauge
Vinay Kumar, Kamlesh K. Jain and Subhash C. Kashyap
77
Advances Towards a Redefinition of SI Unit of Mass
Tripurari Lal
83
Generation of Pressures at NPL, New Delhi for CCM Key Comparison CCM.P-K4 in Absolute Pressure (1 Pa to 1000 Pa)
Pardeep Mohan
90
Comparison of Gravimetric and Expansion Methods for Volumetric Measurement Related to Vacuum Metrology/Primary Vacuum Standards
Pardeep Mohan and Harish Kumar
97
Noise Labelling of Household Electrical Appliances
V. Mohanan
100
Measurement of Refractive Index of Lens Material
O. Prakash
106
Evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty of National Primary Standard in Barometric Pressure Region
D.R. Sharma, D. Arun Vijaykumar and A.C. Gupta
110
Estimation of Uncertainty in Measurement : Application of ISO Guidelines in Case of Measurements and Calibrations Using Laser Interferometers
Rina Sharma, K.P. Chaudhary, A.K. Kanjilal and V.G. Kulkarni
117
Analytical Assessment of Single and Multi Elemental Reference Materials' Solutions in Water
R.S. Shukla and S.H. Mehta
124
Calibration and Evaluation of Uncertainty of National Standard of DC Voltage
Ajeet Singh, Sudhir K. Sharma and V.N. Ojha
127
Effects of Amount and Location of Absorptive Material on Airborne Sound Transmission of Lightweight Double Panels
Mahavir Singh, K.K. Pujara and V. Mohanan
134
Fibre Optic Measurements at CSIR-NML
Shravan Singh
140
Fuzzy Decision Making in Metrology for Problems Involving Uncertainty
N.V. Suryanaryana
146
Development of Hardness Metrology at NPL
S.S.K. Titus, Anil Kumar and K.K. Jain
150
International Temperature Scale of 1990
Michael Trim
156
Shelving Nautical Mile in Favour of Nautical Kilometre
Brij Bhushan Vij
164
Re-establishment of Uncertainty in Pressure Measurement through In-house Laboratory Intercomparison of National Hydraulic Pressure Standards upto 500 MPa
Sanjay Yadav, A.K. Bandyopadhyay, Nita Dilawar and A.C. Gupta
170
Comparative Study of Different Approaches Used for Estimation of Uncertainty in Pressure Measurement Using Dead Weight Piston Manometer through a Case Study
Sanjay Yadav, V.K. Gupta and A.C. Gupta
178

Role of Metrology In Quality Improvement & Quality
Assurance and ISO Standards

ISO/IEC 17025 : 1999 vis-à-vis ISO/IEC Guide 25:1990
S.K. Kimothi

189
Transition from ISO/IEC Guide 25 to ISO/IEC 17025 Standard
B.S. Kumar and Kowsalya Varadan
195
Role of Metrology in Six Sigma Breakthrough Techniques
Shriram V. Sohani
200

Relevance of Metrology to Environment, Safety, Health, Biotechnology and Socioeconomic Development

Study of Urban Atmospheric Pollutant's Impact on Human Health Using Spirometry Technique
Rachna Agarwal, Sneh Anand, M.K. Sen and Prabhat K. Gupta
209
Acoustic Loss Measurements in Quartz Oscillators
Harish Bahadur
217
Advancements in Environment Metrology Systems for Safety and Healthcare
S.C.K. Mishra, Indu Sharma, Archana Suri and R. Bhattacharya
222
Safety Standards for Lithotripters 226
V.R. Singh
226

Chemical Metrology and Certified Reference Materials

Infrared Spectroscopy for Precise Estimation of Interstitial Oxygen Concentration in CZ-Si
Manju Arora and S.K. Gupta
235
Measurements of Surface Ozone, Total Ozone and Water Vapour in Biomass
Burning Areas of Rampa Agency (Eastern Ghats), Andhra Pradesh
B.C. Arya, S.L. Jain, O.P. Tripathi and Arun Kumar
241
Quality Assurance and Control in Geochemical Analysis
V. Balaram
245
Semi Non Aqueous Method for Rapid Estimation of Free Acid in Ilmenite Leach Liquor
D. Biswal, U. Patanaik and J. Muralidhar
252
Studies on Dehydrophenylalanine Containing Models of b-Turn in Thin Solid Films by FTIR Spectroscopy
Alka Gupta, Ranjana Mehrotra, Jagdish Tewari and S.P. Varma
260
Green House Gas Emissions from Bio-mass Burning in India Prabhat K. Gupta, A.K. Sarkar, C. Sharma, Rachna Agarwal,
V. Krishna Prasad, Yogesh Kant, S. Koul and K.V.S. Badarinath
264
Metrology in Radioanalytical Chemistry
K. Heydorn
273
Development and Analysis of Various Certified Reference Materials
by Analytical Chemistry Division, BARC
P.K. Mathur
280
Certified Reference Materials and Measurement Capability in Chemical Metrology
Yoshito Mitani and Hector Nava-Jaime
284
Typical Characteristics of Poly Aluminium Chloride-New Generation Liquid Coagulant for Water Purification
Ajit Kumar Sarkar, Niranjan Singh and M.K. Dasgupta
290
Determination of Lead Pollution in Environment and Blood by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
A.K. Sarkar, N. Singh and J.C. Trehan
294
UV-B Radiation, Aerosol and Erythemal Dose Measurements during Field Campaign of
Dec. 1999 at Delhi
M.C. Sharma, Risal Singh, R.S. Tanwar, Shambu Nath and M.K. Tiwari
297
Determination of Sugar Content in Sugarcane Juice Using Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy
Jagdish Tewari, Ranjana Mehrotra, Alka Gupta and S.P. Varma
301
National Standards for Chemical Measurements in Germany
Adolf Zschunke
305

Traceability of Measurement, Calibration & Test Certificates and Issues Related to Mutual Recognition of Test Certificates and Global Trade

Traceability in Form and Roundness Measurement
N.K. Aggarwal, Mukesh Kumar and R.P. Singhal
313
Status Report of APMP Sponsored Regional Pneumatic Pressure Comparison
[Phase A] : (1) 20 kPa to 105 kPa, and (2) 0.4 to 4.0 MPa (Gauge Mode)
A.K. Bandyopadhyay
321
Relevance of Proficiency Testing for Mutual Recognition of Test Certificates in
Global Trade
N.D. Das
328
Interlaboratory Comparison - A Case Study
M.P. Dubey, R.K. Vapta ad Santosh Meena
334
Bilateral Comparison of Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometers
Sunartoto Gunadi and Dede Erawan
338
Bilateral Comparison of AC Magnetic Properties of Electrical Steel Sheet Using
Standard Epstein Frame
R.K. Kotnala and P.C. Kothari
347
Calibration Interval
S.R. Vijaya Kumar and Kowsalya Varadan
351
Influence of Abnormal Magnetic Inductions on Energy Meters and their Probable Solutions
M.K. Mittal, J.C. Biswas, A.S. Yadav and A.K. Gupta
355
SADCMET Pilot Intercomparison on Resistance
S.S. Moodley
358
World Trade System and Metrology
Eberhard Seiler
362

Regional and Global Metrology Network and Equivalence of National Measurement Standards

Role of Metrology in Industrial Development of Nepal
S.R. Joshi
375
Transition in Bulgarian Metrology
Ani Todorova and Tsonyo Botey
380

Future Trends in Metrology

e-Commerce-Challenges and Strategies for Developing Nation
K. Subramanian
387

Preparation and Dissemination of Certified Reference Materials : Indian Experience
A.K. Agrawal and Krishan Lal

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