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Calculating uncertainty for certified values for reference specimens

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Basic sources are given for uncertainty in certified values for standard specimens. Methods are given for estimating those values and algorithms for calculating their standard, total, and expanded uncertainties.

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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 3, pp. 25–29, March, 2007.

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Nalobin, D.P., Osintseva, E.V. Calculating uncertainty for certified values for reference specimens. Meas Tech 50, 259–265 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-007-0058-7

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