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Key and supplementary comparisons
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News
4 FEBRUARY 2026
Key comparison in organic analysis - CCQM
The Final report and results of the key comparison CCQM-K184 have been published in the KCDB. This is a comparison in organic analysis on low-polarity analytes in abiotic matrix (PAHs in sediments) in the field of Chemistry and biology, piloted by the National Institute of Metrology (NIM), China in which 17 state economies participated.
4 FEBRUARY 2026
Key Comparison in Electrochemistry - CCQM
The Final report and results of CCQM-K73.2018.4 linked to CCQM-K73.2018 have been published in the KCDB. This is a comparison on the determination of the concentration of H+ in hydrochloric acid solution. The comparison was coordinated by Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany, with participants from 3 state economies.
3 FEBRUARY 2026
Key comparison on nucleic acid analysis - CCQM
The results of the key comparison CCQM-K181 have been published in the KCDB. This is a comparison of SARS-CoV-2 RNA copy number quantification in the field of Chemistry and biology, piloted by National Institute of Metrology (NIM), China in which 15 state economies participated.
3 FEBRUARY 2026
Key Comparison of air kerma in mammography X-ray beams – APMP
The Final report of the key comparison APMP.RI(I)-K7 comparison has been approved and published in the KCDB. This is a comparison of air kerma in mammography X-Ray beams in the field of dosimetry in Ionizing radiation in which 3 state economies participated. The NIM, China and NMIJ/AIST, Japan acted as the linking laboratories for linking the results of the APMP.RI(I)-K7 participants to BIPM.RI(I)-K7.
Statistics
Currently in the KCDB there are
258 CIPM MRA participants
1263 key comparisons
26517 CMCs
766 supplementary comparisons