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Web sites of interest to ROMIL users

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Quality Concepts in Analytical Chemistry

	National Measurement System, Chemical Metrology (UK) The website contains a wide range of information and material which will help laboratories ensure the quality, reliability and comparability of measurements.
	United Kingdom Accrediation Service (UKAS) Accreditation is used worldwide. In most developed economies there is a body similar to the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. UKAS is the UK's signatory to European and international agreements (such as ILAC) to facilitate the breaking down of technical barriers to trade. Analytical laboratories are accredited by UKAS to ISO 17025 and a search facility for such calibration or testing laboratories (whether by name, location, parameter or a range of parameters) is available at their website.
	International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Many countries around the world have one or more organisations responsible for the accreditation of their nation's laboratories. Most of these accreditation bodies have now adopted the international standard, ISO 17025, as the basis for the accreditation of their country's testing and calibration laboratories. ILAC is the world's principal international forum for the development of laboratory accreditation practices and procedures, the promotion of laboratory accreditation as a trade facilitation tool, the assistance of developing accreditation systems, and the recognition of competent test facilities around the globe. A list of participating national accrediation bodies is available at this site.
	AOAC International: Dedicated to Analytical Excellence Association of scientists devoted to the validation of chemical analytical methods and promotion of quality measurements in the analytical sciences. Our aims are the same so we're happy to provide this link.

Reference Materials & Measurement

VIRM - Virtual Institute for Reference Materials
The central mission of this European Virtual Institute is to become a knowledge Network and a facility to encourage the interaction between all stakeholders in the field of Reference Materials for analysis. Stakeholders include the producers and the users of certified and non-certified Reference Materials (Certified Reference Materials, Quality Control Materials), whether they are from research or industry, from routine or fundamental scientific analytical laboratories. The VIRM is a facilitator using the website, e-mail and the electronic VIRM-Newsletter as main instruments for communication.

UnitConversion.org
UnitConversion.org is the ultimate resource for unit conversion. Provides free online unit converters to easily convert between different units of measurement.

General Chemistry

	Periodic Table - WebElements This must be the definitive interactive Periodic Table on the web. Everything you want to know about your favorite elements in an easy to use format. An award-winning site.
	Periodic Table - VisElements We recommend you explore this visually stunning periodic table. Journey into a landscape of elementary chemical information and discover a new perspective on chemistry. Give your desktop a new dimension by downloading free screen savers and futuristic images. View a clever computer generated landscape based on ionisation energies of the elements. This is pure chemsitry and art combined.
	Periodic Table - The Periodic Table of Videos Tables charting the chemical elements have been around since the 19th century - but this modern version has a short video about each one. Compiled by enthusiastic chemists at the University of Nottingham, this site shows just how much fun chemistry can be.
	Spectral Data - Spectral Database for Organic Compounds, SDBS Spectral databases can cost a lot of money. So this free site organised by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan is certainly worth a look. SDBS is an integrated spectral database system for organic compounds that includes 6 different types of spectra: Electron Impact Mass Spectrum (EI-MS), Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR), 1H and 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Laser Raman, and Electron Spin Resonance (ESR).
	Links for Chemists A searchable chemistry index containing more than 4,000 chemistry resources in over 50 catagories. Maintained by the Chemistry Department at the University of Liverpool, UK, their Webmaster believes it to be the largest single collection of chemistry links on the web. We've had a look and can confirm there's certainly a lot there!

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