Useful Links

Research organizations | Standards development organizations and links | Reference procedures and materials

Research Organizations

APEC Network for Materials Evaluation Technology (ANMET)
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM), Germany
DFM, Danish Institute of Fundamental Metrology
ELETTRA, Synchrotron Light Laboratory, Trieste, Italy
ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment, Italy
IEN Galileo Ferraris: The Italian National Standards Laboratory
IMGC: Istituto di Metrologia "G.Colonnetti", Italy
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK
Institute for Energy, Petten, The Netherlands
Korean Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS).
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL, NIST), USA
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): USA
National Physical Laboratory (NPL), UK
National Research Council of Canada
Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany
Risø National Laboratory, Denmark
SMIS: Slovenian Standards and Metrology Institute
SP: Swedish National Testing and Research Institute

Standards Development Organizations and Links

ASTM International (ASTM)
BSI Standards, UK
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC)
European Committee for Standardization (CEN)
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
World Standards Services Network (WSSN) provides links to national, regional and international standards bodies

Reference Procedures and Materials

BIPM - Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
BAM Testing and chemical analysis: Catalogue of reference procedures
BAM Certified Reference Materials
Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC)
European Reference Materials (ERM)