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Member State: Costa Rica

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The Republic of Costa Rica became a Member State on 5 September 2022 (previously having been an Associate State of the CGPM since 29 January 2004).

CIPM MRA State

CIPM MRA

Signatory/NMI

Laboratorio Costarricense de Metrología

LACOMET

San Pedro Montes de Oca

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 06 October 2004

Signed by: B. PANIAGUA (LACOMET)

Designated institute(s)

Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Atómicas, Nucleares y Moleculares

For dosimetry (from 20 August 2024)

CICANUM

San Pedro

Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), Laboratorio Metrológico de Variables Eléctricas

For electricity and magnetism (from 04 April 2005)

ICE-LMVE

San José

Laboratorio de Metrología, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad

For photometry and radiometry, fibre optics, wavelength and length (from 4 November 2016), time and frequency (from 29 August 2022)

LAMETRO-ICE

San José

Laboratorio de Fuerza del Laboratorio Nacional de Materiales y Modelos Estructurales

For force (from 03 November 2011)

LanammeUCR

San José

Laboratorio Nacional de Metrología, Grandes Masas y Volumen

For mass measurements from 50 kg to 1000 kg, and volume measurements from 20 dm³ to 5000 dm³ (from 24 March 2010)

RECOPE

San José

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International recognition

CMCs

Comparisons

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CIPM MRA logo

The following institutes are authorized to use the CIPM MRA logo, for the fields of measurement supported by CMCs published in the KCDB:

ICE-LMVE

LACOMET

LAMETRO-ICE

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BIPM services provided

Comparisons piloted by the BIPM

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Key comparisons

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Calibration certificates issued by the BIPM

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1 kg stainless steel mass standard, 706641

CR
LACOMET

10 kΩ standard resistor, sn 6785003

10 kΩ standard resistor, sn 17895-10

100 Ω standard resistor, sn 274991

100 Ω standard resistor, sn 275020

1 Ω standard resistor, sn 18331-04

1 Ω standard resistor, sn 6785004

Zener Voltage Standard (Fluke 732B), sn 7547809

100 pF standard capacitor, sn 01690

CR
ICE-LMVE

10 pF standard capacitor, sn 01689

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ICE-LMVE

1 pF standard capacitor, sn 01688

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ICE-LMVE

CBKT

Participation in the BIPM CBKT programme

KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2025)

KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2024)

Young metrologists’ 2050+ vision: Consolidation meeting (2024)

KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2023)

KCDB 2.0 – Comparisons (2023)

2022 - BIPM-SIM Training course: KCDB 2.0 (2022)

KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2022)

KCDB 2.0 – Comparisons (2022)

KCDB 2.0 - TC Chairs (2021)

KCDB 2.0 – Comparisons (2021)

KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2020)

2018 - ‘Train the trainer’: Transitioning to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in the CIPM MRA (2018)

2017 - Sound beginning in the CIPM MRA (2017)

2016 - Leaders of Tomorrow (2016)

National institute having sponsored a BIPM CBKT initiative (in full or in part)

No sponsorship yet.