The features of the CIPM MRA implementation by the Azerbaijan Republic

Abstract

Participation in the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) of the International Committee on Weights and Measures (CIPM) offers great opportunities for recognition in other countries of the results of calibration and measurements performed by National Metrology Institutes. The Azerbaijan Republic signed the Memorandum of Understanding of Euro-Asian Cooperation of National Metrological Institutions (COOMET) in 2007 and the Metre Convention in 2015. The Azerbaijan Institute of Metrology (AzMI) also signed the CIPM MRA in 2015.Within the framework of the CIPM MRA, AzMI has been participating in nine international comparisons of the national measurement standards from 2012 to 2019 in four measurement areas (EM, M, RI, T). Key and supplementary comparisons of the measurement standards in different areas of measurements are carried out by Regional Metrology Organizations (RMOs), in particular COOMET. The results of five COOMET comparisons are published in the Key Comparison Database (KCDB) of the International Bureau on Weights and Measures (BIPM) already for EM, M, and T.AzMI has total 25 published entries of calibration and measurement capabilities (CMCs) in KCDB of BIPM: 24 entries for temperature (T) and one entry for viscosity (M.V). The Institute has the ability to prepare for the publication of CMCs for EM and M. The Institute also can prepare for the publication of CMCs for RI, EM (using future results of comparison for electric resistance standards), and M (using future results of comparison for density of liquids and comparison for liquid volume).