Calibration Procedures Calibration Procedures from the following publications are included on this page. Some of the original Handbook 145 procedures have been updated in the NISTIR publications. There are also new procedures in the NISTIRs that were not a part of the original Handbook 145. When the remaining sections of Handbook 145 are updated, the entire set of procedures will be published in a single updated reference. NBS Handbook 145, 1986, Handbook for the Quality Assurance of Metrological Measurements
NISTIR 6969, 2003, Good Laboratory Practice for the Quality Assurance of the Measurement Process
NISTIR 5672, 2006, Advanced Mass Calibrations and Measurements Assurance Program for the State Calibration Laboratories
NISTIR 7383, 2006, Selected Procedures for Volumetric Calibrations You may find additonal calibration procedures or contacts for calibration procedures on these non-NIST websites: |
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| NISTIR 5672 - Revision Control List | | | | |
| NISTIR 6969 - Revision Control List | | 
| Mar. 2005 | |
| NISTIR 7383 - Revison Control List | | | Nov.
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| Good Laboratory Practices |
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| 1 | Quality Assurance of the Measurement Process | | | March 2003
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| 2 | Minimum Requirements for the Physical Facilities for Weights and Measures Laboratory (Superseded by HB 143) | |
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| 3 | Care of State Standards | | | 1986 |
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| 4 | Periodic Recalibration of State Standards | | | Dec. 2003
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| 5 | Laboratory Administration (Superseded by HB 143) | | | |
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| 6 | Prerequisites for Testing Measurement Standards and Equipments | | | 1986 |
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| 7 | Military Standard 45662, Calibration Systems Requirements (Superseded by HB 143) | | | |
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| 8 | Sealing of Equipment | | | 1986 |
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| 9 | Rounding Expanded Uncertainties and Calibration Values | | | March 2003
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| 10 | Purity of Water | | 
| Nov. 2006
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| 11 | Painting Weights | | | 1986 |
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| 12 | Laboratory Requirements (Superseded by HB 143) |
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| 13 | Drying "To Contain" Volume Standards | | | Nov. 2006
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| Good Measurement Practices | | | | |
| 1 | Reading Turning Points On An Equal Arm Balance | | | March 2003
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| 2 | Reading the Center of Graduations When Using a Microscope | |
| 1986 |
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| 3 | Method of Reading A Meniscus Using Water or Other Wetting Liquid | |
| Nov. 2006
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| 4 | Adjusting the Optical Scale on a Single Pan Mechanical Balance | | | 1986 |
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| 5 | Weight Cleaning Procedures | | | 1986 |
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| 6 | Cleaning Metal Volumetric Measures | | | Nov. 2006
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| 7 | Cleaning Precision Glassware |
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| 8 | Recommended Form of Reporting Tape Calibrations | | | 1986 |
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| 9 | Equations for Metallic Tapes | |
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| 10 | Understanding Factors Affecting Weighing Operations | | | March 2003
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| 11 | Assignment and Adjustment of Calibration Intervals for Laboratory Standards | | | March 2003
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| 12 | Standard Operating Procedure Selections | | | March 2003
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| 13 | Ensuring Traceability | | | March 2003
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| 14 | Selection and Use of Sensitivity Weights in Weighing Procedures | | | March 2003
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| Standard Operating Procedures | | | | |
| 1 | Preparation of Test/Calibration Reports | | | March 2003
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| 2 | Applying Air Buoyancy Corrections | | | March 2003
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| 3 | Weighing by Double Substitution Using an Equal-Arm Balance | | | 1986 |
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| 4 | Weighing by Double Substitution Using a Single-Pan Mechanical Balance, a Full Electronic Balance, or a Balance with Digital Indications and Built In Weights | | | Dec. 2003
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| 5 | Using a 3 1 Weighing Design (IR5672) | | | March 2005
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| 6 | Weighing By Transposition | | | 1986 |
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| 7 | Weighing by Single Substitution Using a Single Pan Mechanical Balance, a Full Electronic Balance, or a Balance with Digital Indications and Built In Weights | | | Dec 2003
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| 8 | Medium Accuracy Calibrations of Mass Standards by Modified Substitution | | | Dec. 2003
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| 9 | Control Charts for Calibration of Mass Standards | | | 1986 | |
| 10 | Calibration of Rigid Rules | | | 1986 |
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| 11 | Calibration of Metal Tapes, Bench Method | | | 1986 |
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| 12 | Calibration of Steel Tapes, Tape-to-Tape Method | | | 1986 |
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| 13 | Calibration of Volumetric Ware, Gravimetric Method | | | Nov. 2006
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| 14 | Gravimetric Calibration of Volumetric Ware Using an Electronic Balance | | | March 2007
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| 15 | Calibration of Intermediate and Large Volume Standards Gravimetric Method Using an Equal-Arm Balance | | | Nov. 2006
|  Gravimetric Calibration 
Gravimetric Calibration
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| 16 | Calibration of Measuring Flasks, Volume Transfer Method | | | Nov. 2006
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| 17 | Control Charts of Laboratory Owned Check Standards for Calibration of Measuring Flasks or Small Provers using Volume Transfer Methods | | | Nov. 2006
| Chart Review Checklist |
| 18 | Calibration of Graduated Neck-Type Metal Volumetric Field Standards, Volumetric Transfer Method | | | Nov. 2006
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| 19 | Calibration of Large Neck-Type Metal Provers, Volume Transfer Method | | | Nov. 2006
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| 20 | Control Charts for Calibration of Neck Type Provers, Volume Transfer Method | | | Nov. 2006
| Chart Review Checklist |
| 21 | Calibration of LPG Provers | | | Nov. 2006
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| 26 | Calibration of Dynamic Small Volume Provers by the Water Draw Method | | | Nov. 2006
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| 28 | Using Advanced Weighing Designs (IR5672) | | | March 2005
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| 29 | Assignment of Uncertainty | | | March 2003
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| 30 | Process Measurement Assurance Program | | | Dec. 2003
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SVP
| Gravimetric Calibration of Dynamic Small Volume Provers
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| Reference Materials | | | | |
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| Statistical Techniques (Updated Section 8 of NBS Handbook 145, 1986) | | | Dec. 2003
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| | Reference Tables (Updated Section 9 of NBS Handbook 145, 1986) | | | Dec. 2003
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