NMIJ New Organization Chart

Greetings from Director GeneralIt is my pleasure to announce the start of NMIJ Newsletter, which will report NMIJ's latest topics and activities. The �irst topic is the reorganization of NMIJ started on the April 1st, 2015, with its new structure shown below. The reorganization was a part of restructuring of AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), which includes institutes of NMIJ. The NMIJ now consists of four research inst itutes and two supporting sections. I hope we will continue to develop and disseminate metrology standards and related measurement technologies more ef�iciently with this new structure. More details of new structure and the work plan of NMIJ for the next few years will be explained in the following issues. I hope this NMIJ Newsletter will provide useful information for you.

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The NMIJ is composed of six units including the Center for Quality Management of Metrology and the Research Promotion Division of NMIJ. The next issue will present the details of each unit .

Dr. Yukinobu MIKIDirector General

National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ)

NMIJ activities (Nov. 2014 - Apr. 2015)

Featured past events

Upcoming events

In March 2015, NMIJ invited two experts from MSTRD (Myanmar Sc ient i � ic and Technological Research Department) to discuss with NMIJ and METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) to promote further cooperation. In the meantime, visits to several calibration laboratories in Japan were also arranged to exchange information and to learn about national measurement system and laboratory infrastructure.

Now, Myanmar is constructing the standardization institute. The NMIJ has supported several developing countries such as Myanmar, and we expect to strengthen our cooperative/ close relationship with them.

The NMIJ has been organizing training courses on traceability in rice moisture measurement since 2001 in cooperation with APLMF. These courses aim to strengthen technical basis for reliable domestic/international trade in the economies producing rice as the primary agricultural product. Next training course will be held from 16th through November 20th, 2015 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Prof. Dr. Klaus von Klitzing, the director of the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, is also well known for the discovery of the Integer Quantum Hall Effect, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1985. He visited AIST/NMIJ on January 29th and 30th and gave a lecture on 30th entitled with “Fundamental Constants: The basis for a New SI”.

He also had a laboratory tour of Electricity and Magnetism Division, Temperature and Humidity Division, Material Properties Division, and Time and Frequency Division of NMIJ.

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Lecture by Prof. Klaus von Klitzing, 1985 Nobel laureate in Physics

Information exchange with MSTRD, Myanmar, on establishment of standardization system

Training Course on Traceability in Rice Moisture Measurement

VisitorsMore than 50 foreign guests visited NMIJ for technical discussion and trainings. Ongoing and future collaboration projects/plans were discussed with the guests listed below.

Contribution to APMP

The NMIJ has accepted on-site peer review/assessment on the activities of the calibration and the reference material production in the framework of CIPM MRA, and also submitted periodical review in accordance with OIML MAA. In the recent half year, we invited multiple peer reviewers in the technical areas of EM (Electricity and Magnetism) and PR (Photometry and Radiometry); we also invited a reviewer to maintain R60 (load cells) and R76 (non-automatic weighing instruments) DoMCs in the legal metrology. On the other hand, seven researchers of NMIJ were sent to four NMIs for CIPM on-site peer reviews.

Peer review

NMIJ activities (Nov. 2014 - Apr. 2015)

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Name Affiliation Date

Mr. Nabil Ameen Molla, Mr. Basem Salameh, Mr. Metab Almezani

Mr. PongsakPhattarameatevinyu,

Mr. Pratchaya Laipaiboon,Ms. Budsaya Sriwichan

Dr. Michel de Labachelerie

Prof. Marc Himbert

Dr. Zar Ni Aung,Dr. Kyaw Soe Lwin

Dr. Malcolm McEwen

Dr.. LuxsameePlangsangmas

Nov.11,2014

Dec.10,2014

Jan.28,2015

Feb.24,2015

Mar.16,2015

Apr.20,2015

Apr.27,2015

GCC Standardization Organization, Saudi Arabia

PTT, Thailand

FEMTO-ST, France

LNE-CNAM, France

MSTRD, Myanmar

NRC, Canada

TISTR, Thailand

Mr. Neak Thyng, Mr. Vann Channrat NMC, Cambodia Nov.30,2014

Three members from the GCC Standardization Organization had an NMIJ laboratory tour followed by a discussion and information exchange with NMIJ members.

Dr.Takatsuji (NMIJ) and Mr.Prayoon (NIMT) with the donated block gauge.

Dr.Takashi USUDAAssistant Director General of NMIJ

International appointments

The NMIJ has taken the initiative in promoting the APMP DEC "Instrument Bank Project". The NMIJ donated a block gauge to NIMT as a part of this project.

Regarding technical training and discussions, NMIJ invited a total of 36 researchers from the APMP region including 10 participants from Thailand for "Science and Technical Activity Course" organized by NMIJ under the sponsorship of "SAKURA Exchange Program in Science" by JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency). The NMIJ will make continuous efforts to contribute to APMP.More information on SAKURA Exchange Program in Science: http://ssp.jst.go.jp/EN/

Dr. Takashi USUDA, member of CIPM, was reappointed as the president of Consultative Committee for Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration (CCAUV), and the president of Consultative Committee for Photometry and Radiometry (CCPR) for 4-year term at the 104th meeting of the CIPM in March 2015.

1. M. Kinoshita, H. Iida, Y. Shimada, “Frequency Calibration of Terahertz Time-Domain Spectrometer Using Air-Gap Etalon”, IEEE Trans. THz Sci. Tech., 2014, 4, 756-759.

2. Y. Sakaguchi , T. Kinumi , T. Yamazaki , A. Takatsu, “Novel amino acid analysis using derivatization of multiple functional groups followed by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry”, Analyst, 2015, 140, 1965-1973.

3. K. Inagaki, S. Fujii, S. Miyashita, K. Nagasawa, T. Okahashi, A. S. Groombridge, A. Takatsu, K. Chiba, “A novel concentric grid nebulizer for inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry”, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 2136-2145.

4. T. Yarita, T. Otake, Y. Aoyagi, T. Kuroiwa, M. Numata, A. Takatsu, “Pro�iciency testing for determination of pesticide residues in soybean: Comparison of assigned values from participants' results and isotope-dilution mass spectrometric determination”, Talanta, 2015, 132, 269-277.

5. T. Shimada, R. Doihara, Y. Terao, “Investigation into calibration performance of small volume prover for hydrocarbon �low”, Flow Measure. Instru., 2015, 41, 174-180.

6. M. Imamura, E. Kobayashi, M. Sasaki, “Depth analysis on oxidation of Al/Si(111) thin �ilm by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation”, Jpn. J. Appl. Physics, 2015, 54, 055202.

NMIJ activities (Nov. 2014 - Apr. 2015)

Research reports

International comparisons*

* The measurements of these comparisons started during this period (Nov.1, 2014 – Apr.30, 2015).

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Selected Publications (Nov. 2014 - Apr. 2015)

KCDB Code Field and Title Pilot Lab

CCAUV.U-K4

CCEM.RF-K26

CCQM-K102

CCQM-K123

CCQM-K124

CCQM-K127

CCQM-K129

CCT-K1.1

CCT-K2.5

CCT-K9

CCT-K10

APMP.EM.RF-S5.CL

APMP.QM-K91

APMP.QM-K111

APMP.T-K7.1

BIPM.RI(I)-K2

BIPM.RI(I)-K6

BIPM.RI(I)-K8

Comparison of 1 mm hydrophone calibrations (Frequency: 0.5 MHz to 20 MHz)

Attenuation measurements (Frequency: 18 GHz, 26.5 GHz and 40 GHz)

Low polarity analytes in abiotic matrix: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in sediment

Trace elements in biodiesel fuel

Trace elements and chromium speciation in drinking water

Toxic and trace elements in soils

Copper Indium Gallium (di) Selenide (CIGS) thin layer composition

Realizations of the ITS-90 from 0.65 K to 24.6 K

Realizations of the ITS-90 from 13.8 K to 273.16 K

Realizations of the ITS-90 from 83.8 K to 692.7 K

Realizations of the ITS-90 between 960 °C and 3000 °C

Characteristic impedance of coaxial air lines

Comparison on pH measurement of a phthalate buffer

Propane in Nitrogen

Comparison of water triple point cells

Measurement of air kerma for low energy X rays

Measurement of absorbed dose to water for high-energy photon beams

Measurement of reference air kerma rate for HDR Ir-192 brachytherapy sources

NPL

NMIJ

IRMM

NMIJ, NIST

NMIJ, GLHK

CENAM, ISJ

KRISS

NIST

NRC

NIST

NPL

NMIJ

NMIJ

CERI

NMIJ

BIPM

BIPM

BIPM

The NMIJ has participated in the following key and supplementary comparisons.