"Version: 20240701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part A. Understanding the fundamentals of measurement uncertainty. 1. Using correct terminology -- 1.1. Quantity and quantity value -- 1.2. The measurand and parameter -- 1.3. Accuracy and precision -- 1.4. Standard uncertainty and uncertainty contribution -- 1.5. Error, uncertainty, and expanded uncertainty2. Why do we n…
"Version: 20151001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author biography -- 1. Metrology -- 1.1. What is metrology? -- 1.2. Metrology in the FIB2. Focused ion beam -- 2.1. Introduction to the FIB instrument -- 2.2. Types of instrument -- 2.3. Gas injection systems …
"Version: 20151001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Overview -- 1.2. Basic principles2. Practical requirements -- 2.1. Ion generation -- 2.2. Primary and sputter ion beam sources -- 2.3. Mass analysis -- 2.4. Ion detection -- 2.5. Ultra …
"Version: 20160701"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Perspectives -- 1.2. X-rays, structure, and dynamics -- 1.3. Outline2. Properties of radiation -- 2.1. Intensity -- 2.2. Flux -- 2.3. Emittance and Liouville's theorem -- 2.4. Brilliance -- 2.5. Polarizati…
"Version: 20160401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Single molecule biophysics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A brief history of single molecule study -- 1.3. Single molecule methods -- 1.4. Single molecule data analysis -- 1.5. Brief overview of thermodynamics and statistical me…
"Version: 20240701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Process instrumentation systems -- 1.3. Instrument characteristics2. Dynamic characteristics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Zero-order instruments -- 2.3. First-order instruments -- 2.4. Second-order systems3. Strain, load, and torque measurement -- 3.1. Introduction --…
"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction--quality management systems -- 1.1. A brief history of quality assurance -- 1.2. Quality infrastructure -- 1.3. Consistent measurement quantities and units -- 1.4. Written guidance that describes best practice -- 1.5. Accreditation -- 1.6. Enforcement--legal metrology -- 1.7. An example of the quality infr…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (page 25).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Current directions -- Fundamental constants instead of units -- The Kibble balance -- X-ray crystal density method -- 4. Outlook.Units are at the heart of science and technology. Most measurements require units to express their result. The International System of Units (SI)…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Standards of physical quantities -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The time and frequency standard -- 1.3. The length standard -- 1.4. The mass standard -- 1.5. From macro to micro2. Historical role of precision measurements of time and frequency for the development of physics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Change from Ptolem…
"Version: 20190401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. All measurements have uncertainties -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Measurement uncertainty in sports -- 1.3. Are uncertainties always acceptable? -- 1.4. Chaos2. What is measurement uncertainty? -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Statistical and systematic uncertainties -- 2.3. Accuracy and stability3. Units of physical values…