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About acceptance and rejection zones as defined in the EURACHEM/CITAC Guide (2007) “Use of uncertainty information in compliance assessment”

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Considering measurement uncertainty is mandatory in assessing conformance to legal or compositional limits, and specific guidelines are available issued by ASME, ISO and Eurachem/CITAC. However, differences between ISO and EURACHEM/CITAC wordings could induce some perplexities in the most careful readers. Possible problems arise from considering that, before performing a test, it should be decided whether it is to be a test for conformity or a test for non-conformity. This choice could perhaps require some renaming of acceptance/rejection zones as defined in the EURACHEM/CITAC Guide. A tentative solution is discussed in this contribution.

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Financial support by the Fondo Interno per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, 2007, of the Università degli Studi di Milano is acknowledged.

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    Elio Desimoni & Barbara Brunetti

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Desimoni, E., Brunetti, B. About acceptance and rejection zones as defined in the EURACHEM/CITAC Guide (2007) “Use of uncertainty information in compliance assessment”. Accred Qual Assur 15, 45–47 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-009-0551-6

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