A primer on weighing uncertainties BIPM（考虑不确定性BIPM底漆）.pdf

A Primer on Weighing Uncertainties A Primer on Weighing Uncertainties in Radionuclidic Metrology in Radionuclidic Metrology (not the uncertainty associated with mass calibrations) R. Collé R. Collé Radioactivity Group Ionizing Radiation Division Physics Laboratory National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8462 USA Comparisons and Uncertainties Workshop Bureau International des Poids et Mesures Pavillon de Breteuil Sèvres, FRANCE 17 september 2008 Anubis weighing the soul of the scribe Ani, from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, c. 1275 BCE. WEIGHING UNCERTAINTIES REPORTED FOR 55Fe COMPARISON 1.0 ) 7 0.9 2 = 0.8 n mean = 0.094 % ( 0.7 y min = 0.002 % c n 0.6 e u max = 0.495 % q 0.5 e r 0.05 % f 0.4 e v (median mode) i 0.3 t a l 0.2 u m u 0.1 c 0.0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 u (k = 1) / % SOME PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS / OPINIONS weighing uncertainty not generally a major or dominant uncertainty component weighing uncertainty does not appear to be assessed very rigorously assignment of weighing uncertainty appears to be largely guessed at – or based on past pract