ISSN: 0090-3973
Published Online: 18 September 2008
Page Count: 5

On-Site Environmental Conditions—Do They Really Affect the Measuring Accuracy?

Geršak, G.
University of Ljubljana,

Bojkovski, J.
University of Ljubljana,

Batagelj, V.
University of Ljubljana,

Hudoklin, D.
University of Ljubljana,

Begeš, G.
University of Ljubljana,

Pušnik, I.
University of Ljubljana,

Drnovšek, J.
University of Ljubljana,

(Received 7 May 2008; accepted 9 August 2008)

Abstract

According to requirements of the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard, environmental conditions while calibrating are monitored and stated in the calibration certificate. In this paper we present an experiment for evaluation of the behavior of our on-site measuring equipment regarding its specifications and the suitability of these specifications for our typical on-site work. We built a measuring setup for determining the temperature and relative humidity dependence of our on-site equipment. Main units of the equipment were placed in a climatic chamber, while temperature sensors and humidity sensors were placed into an ice bath and humidity generator, respectively. The temperature and relative humidity conditions in the climatic chamber were changed incrementally from 5°C to 45° and from 80 % to 20 %. Results are presented and evaluated. The built measuring setup was proven to be a useful tool for determining the temperature and relative humidity dependence of our on-site equipment. By observing the dynamic transitions of the instrumentation between changes of conditions possible dynamic effects could be evaluated also.

Keywords:
calibration, certificate, environmental conditions, on-site

Paper ID: JTE101866
DOI: 10.1520/JTE101866
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