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Contributions of National Standards on the growth of Barometric Pressure and Vacuum Industries

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A rigorous data analysis has been carried out for various barometric pressure transmitters and sensors and vacuum gauges over a period of 8 years; it has been found that a small fraction of pressure and vacuum industries and research institutions from private and government organizations approach to National Metrology Laboratory (NMI), CSIR-NPL, for calibration of their equipment. The observation also pointed out that it might be possible that the traceability chain throughout the country is not properly maintained, especially keeping in view that India is one of the fastest economies in the world.

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  1. CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India

    Ashok Kumar, Vikas N. Thakur, Afaqul Zafer, N. D. Sharma, Sanjay Yadav & D. K. Aswal

  2. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) Campus, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India

    Ashok Kumar, Vikas N. Thakur, Afaqul Zafer, N. D. Sharma & Sanjay Yadav

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Kumar, A., Thakur, V.N., Zafer, A. et al. Contributions of National Standards on the growth of Barometric Pressure and Vacuum Industries. MAPAN 34, 13–17 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-018-0293-1

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