New Duties for TÜBİTAK UME in EURAMET

Dr. Nilgün Tokman of TÜBİTAK UME’s Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory has been selected to chair the Subcommittee on Inorganic Analyses of the EURAMET Technical Committee of Metrology in Chemistry (TC-MC) from 2014 to 2016. 

The Technical Committee of Metrogy in Chemistry is a joint committee of EURAMET and EURACHEM. Its main areas of focus are research in support of various sectors of chemistry and primary methods and reference materials in chemical measurements.

The general tasks and areas of common interest are:

• to develop, improve and apply primary methods and reference materials for chemical measurements
• to support and act for the development of national and international chemical measurement structures
• to provide a pragmatic approach to measurement traceability and measurement uncertainty and to establish links to SI where appropriate
• to undertake regional key comparisons and supplementary comparisons, and to provide links with CCQM
• to undertake research in metrology, to support different sectors in chemistry
• to disseminate expertise and knowledge on metrology in chemistry through seminars, guides, conferences, comparisons, etc.

TÜBİTAK UME, which actively participates in international metrology activities, continues to work tirelessly towards its goal of being among the leading metrology institutes. 

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