Trade Show – NCSL International Conference – Booth #805
Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/27/2018 - 08/29/2018
All Day
Location
Oregon Convention Center
Category(ies)
Measurements of Tomorrow
The long-anticipated redefinition of the SI base units in 2018 will constitute a revolutionary and historic transformation in the world of metrology. But how will it affect the day-to-day work of standards labs and their personnel?
Defining each base unit in terms of the fixed value of a physical constant not only removes the last artifact standard and provides a uniform conceptual basis for the entire system; it also makes scalable measurements readily achievable across orders of magnitude. But what changes will it require in the instruments and methodology we use, and the tests and evaluations we perform?