Accreditation and Quality Assurance

, Volume 20, Issue 1, pp 47–52 | Cite as

COMAR: the international database for certified reference materials—an overview

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Abstract

COMAR is an international database for certified reference materials. This paper describes the history, structure, content, maintenance and present situation of the database.

Keywords

COMAR Database Reference materials (RMs) Certified reference materials (CRMs) 
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.COMAR Central Secretariat, c/o BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and TestingBerlinGermany

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