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Key and supplementary comparisons
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News
22 DECEMBER 2025
Supplementary Comparison in toxic elements in food - SIM
The Final report of the supplementary comparison SIM.QM-S18 has recently been approved andf published in the KCDB. This is a comparison of determination of the mass fraction of natural toxic elements (Cadmium and Lead) in cacao powder piloted by NRC (Canada) and CENAM (Mexico) with participants from 15 state economies .
22 DECEMBER 2025
Realization of the kilogram - CCM.M-K8.2024
The Final report on the CCM key comparison of kilogram realizations CCM.M-K8.2024 has been approved and pubished in the KCDB. This comparison, in the field of Mass and related quantities, is the third key comparison of the realization of the kilogram that is based on a fixed numerical value of the Planck constant - the redefinition of the kilogram which came into force on 20 May 2019. Three different realizations of the kilogram were employed and the comparison involved 12 institutes.
19 DECEMBER 2025
Key Comparison - Electrochemistry
The Final report of the key comparison CCQM-K173.2 linked to CCQM-K173 has been approved published in the KCDB. This is a comparison for measurement of the amount content of bases expressed as sodium carbonate, piloted by Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMU) in which Brazil, Hungary,  and Kenya participated.
16 DECEMBER 2025
Quantum Hall Resistance - BIPM
The Final report and most recent results of the continous key comparisons BIPM.EM-K12 have been published in the KCDB, including results obtained with Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany, in May 2025. This is a comparison of resistance using a Quantum Hall resistance standard in which 11 institutes have taken part.
Statistics
Currently in the KCDB there are
259 CIPM MRA participants
1259 key comparisons
26466 CMCs
765 supplementary comparisons