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Department 3.1
Metrology in Chemistry

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- Working Groups:
Inorganic Analysis
Organic Analysis
Electrochemistry

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Current

  • 2009 CITAC Award for contributions of PTB to water analysis
    The working group 3.11 (Inorganic Analysis) of PTB was honoured with the 2009 CITAC award for their scientific contribution to establish comparability and traceability in water analysis in Europe. This work is related to the current realisation of EU-Directives for water protection (Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption, Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC).
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Tasks

  • Research & Development and international cooperation in metrology in chemistry (Metre Convention, CITAC, EUROMET/METCHEM)
  • Development and application of primary methods for establishing traceability of chemical and physico-chemical measurements to the SI units with highest accuracy
  • Development and maintenance of the national measurement standards for chemical measurements, including electrochemistry in cooperation with the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und Überprüfung (BAM) and the Umweltbundesamt (UBA)
  • Dissemination of traceability to the German Calibration Service (DKD) and to the verification authorities
  • Assessment of chemical laboratories for accreditation as calibration laboratories in the framework of the DKD
  • Chemical and physico-chemical services for PTB-internal purposes
  • Spatially resolved analytical measurements of functional materials



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Contact

Head of Department Dir. u. Prof. Dr. Bernd Güttler
Phone: ++49-531-592-3100

Secretariat Steffi Siegfried
Phone: ++49-531-592-3101
Fax: ++49-531-592-3015

Address Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Fachbereich 3.1
Bundesallee 100
38116 Braunschweig
Germany


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Last update: 2010-01-22,