News items include website updates and recent news of Eurachem events and activities.
On 23 May 2019, in Tartu, Estonia, the Eurachem General Assembly approved the proposal of Eurachem Ukraine to modify the Eurachem MoU (par. 1.4.1), including the European countries having an Association Agreement with the European Union in the list of Eurachem full members.
Eurachem has issued an updated edition of the Eurachem/CITAC Guide "Traceability in Chemical Measurement". The Guide is intended to assist laboratories in meeting the requirements on traceability of results given in ISO/IEC 17025, giving principles and detailed guidance on establishing of metrological traceability in quantitative chemical analysis. Though aimed principally at testing and measurement laboratories, the principles are expected to apply from routine analysis to basic research.
This second edition is a minor revision and amends the Guide to reflect revised terminology introduced in the third edition of the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM).
Eurachem's Sampling Uncertainty WG has issued a new edition of the Eurachem/CITAC Guide "Measurement Uncertainty Arising from Sampling".
Sampling often introduces considerable uncertainty. This Guide describes various methods that can be used to estimate the uncertainties arising from the processes of sampling and the physical preparation of samples. It is intended primarily for specialists such as sampling planners and for analytical chemists who need to estimate the uncertainty associated with their measurement results.
Read more: Second edition of "Measurement Uncertainty Arising from Sampling"
Thanks to our colleagues in Germany, the Eurachem information leaflet "Setting Target Measurement Uncertainty" can now be read in German. The leaflet gives a short introduction to the importance of the topic of target measurement uncertainty.
The Winter 2018-19 Eurachem Newsletter is now available to download in PDF format. [7 Mb] Printed copies will also be available through National members.This year's issue includes articles on new Honourary Members of Eurachem, the Revision of the SI, and news from all our working groups and from national Eurachem members.
Previous newsletters can be found on the Newsletter page.
Eurachem is pleased to announce an International Workshop on "Uncertainty from sampling and analysis for accredited laboratories" in conjunction with Eurolab and CITAC.
The workshop will be held on 19-20 November 2019. The workshop is kindly hosted by BAM at BAM headquarters, Unter den Eichen, Berlin, Germany.
Read more: Eurachem Workshop on "Uncertainty from sampling and analysis for accredited laboratories
Thanks again to our busy colleagues in Turkey, two further Eurachem leaflets are now additionally available in Turkish: The Measurement Uncertainty and Traceability WG's leaflets on Treatment of an observed bias, and on Setting Target Measurement Uncertainty.
Thanks to our colleagues in Turkey, two Eurachem leaflets are now additionally available in Turkish: The Eurachem Education and training Working Group's overview of the main changes in the 2017 version of ISO/IEC 17025, and the Measurement Uncertainty and Traceability WG's introduction to metrological traceability.
Thanks to the efforts of our Eurachem colleagues in Russia, the Eurachem Education and training Working Group's information leaflet giving an overview of the main changes in the 2017 version of ISO/IEC 17025 is now additionally available in Russian
Eurachem has issued a minor update to its information leaflet "Traceability of Analytical Results". The leaflet underlines the importance of metrological traceability in ISO/IEC 17025 and shows briefly how traceability can be established.
