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standards and reference materials

A standard is a technical publication that is used as a rule, guideline, or definition. Essentially, it is a consensus-built, repeatable way of doing something. Standards are created by bringing together all interested parties such as manufacturers, consumers, and regulators of a particular material, product, process, or service.
 
Reference materials are the key to guaranteeing reliability and accuracy of results of chemical analyses and technical measurements.

 

Description
Article
Date
International Organisation for Standardization - Technical Committee 229 (TC229: Nanotechnologies)

Nanotechnologies Technical Committee Website

Highlights published standards plus those under preparation.
June 2009
International Organisation for Standardization - Technical Committee 24:Subcommittee 4 (TC24/SC4: Particle Characterisation)

Standards on Particle Characterisation

Highlights published standards plus those under preparation.

 June 2009
Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS)
 

Technical Working Areas including Nanomaterials

Provides surveys of availability, consistency, repeatability and reproducibility of a range of material test methods

  June 2009
German Federal Institure for Materials  Research and Testing (BAM) List of Currently Available Nanoscaled Reference Materials  Jan 2009

 

standards bodies worldwide

  1. International Organisation for Standardization (ISO): www.iso.org
  2. European Committee for Standardization (CEN): www.cen.eu

pre-normative research initiatives

  1. Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS): www.vamas.org
    Supports trade in high technology products, through international collaborative projects aimed at providing the technical basis for drafting codes of practice and specifications for advanced materials.
  2. International Alliance for NanoEHS Harmonization: www.nanoehsalliance.org  
    This group of internationally recognized experts has agreed to develop specific tools and testing protocols, and perform a set of round robin experiments to lay the foundation for reproducible testing of nanomaterial biological interactions and toxicology and establish protocols that would be shared with other researchers and explore potential correlations between cell based test and effects in organisms.

reference materials

  1. REMCO is ISO's Committee for reference materials. Its task is the promotion and harmonization of international activities for the production and use of ceritified reference materials.

  2. In the international data base COMAR  you can search online for reference materials, which are available worldwide.