Calibration of equipment and estimation of uncertainty

COURSE PROGRAM

1. Introduction

• • Traceability and Metrological Structure of Spain
    • Introduction
    • Spanish Metrological Infrastructure
    • The International System
    • Definitions of some quantities
  • ISO 17025 Requirements
    • Section 6.4
    • Traceability

2. Management of Equipment in Accredited Laboratories

• • Introduction
  • Control System
    • Objectives
    • Fundamental Aspects
  • Calibration System
    • Calibration Plan
    • Calibration Procedures
    • Records and Certificates
    • Calibration Program
    • Identification of Calibration Status
    • Introduction to Verification
  • Maintenance System
    • Maintenance Plan
    • Maintenance Instructions
    • Maintenance Records
    • Maintenance Program

3. Concept of Calibration

• • Introduction
  • Concept of Measurement and its Variation
  • Calibration
    • Types of Calibration
    • Information Obtained from Calibration
    • Evaluation of Calibration Results
  • Other Operations
  • Calibration and Verification Periods
  • Calibration Methods

4. Evaluation of Results and Calibration Certificates

• • External vs. Internal Calibrations
  • Calibration Certificates

5. Instrumental Calibration

• • Instrumental Calibration
    • Number of Points
    • Point Interval
    • Data Analysis from a Calibration Curve – Utility
    • Validation of Results
  • Complementary Techniques
  • ADVANCED ANNEX – Other Tools for Evaluating Calibration Curves
    • Moving Slopes
    • Relative Errors for Each Point

6. Metrological Traceability According to ILAC P-10

• • Reference Materials vs. Standards

7. New Criteria in Internal Calibration

8. Introduction to Uncertainty

• • Introduction
  • Classical Treatment
  • Calculation or Estimation of Uncertainty