Acoustics

a1aAcoustic Laboratory has developed high accuracy capability to support national acoustics measurement activities. The chart illustrates the traceability for acoustics measurement in Malaysia.

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a1cThe highest standards are 1-inch laboratory standard microphone (LS1P) and ½-inch laboratory standard microphone (LS2P) that are maintained using Reciprocity Calibration System. The frequency range is from 20 Hz to 25 kHz with the best uncertainty of 0.04 dB at 1 kHz. 

 
 
   
<--- 1-inch and ½-inch laboratory standard microphone

DC Voltage

Voltage Laboratory has developed high accuracy capability to support national voltage activities. The chart illustrates the traceability for voltage measurement in Malaysia.

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The traceability of DC voltage standard to SI unit is realised by using Josephson Junction Voltage system in the range of 1 V, 1.018 V and 10 V with best uncertainty at 0.2 mV.

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JJV Systems Zener Voltage Standard 732B Zener Voltage Standard 7001

Photometry

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Photometry and Radiometry Laboratory has developed high accuracy system to support national illuminance scale. Illuminance scale is one of the fundamentals in the realisation of candela in optical radiation. The chart illustrates the traceability for illuminance parameter measurement in Malaysia. 

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Measurement  range is start from 10 to 1000 lux with expanded uncertainty 1.1 %

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Reference standard photometer

RF & Microwave

RF power and scattering parameter or S-parameter are the quantity associated with microwave measurements where the services are offered by the laboratory to support national RF and microwave measurements activities. Measurement frequency capability starts from the range of 10 MHz up to 18 GHz. The measurements are limited to Type N and PC7 connectors. The estimated uncertainties for RF power and S-parameter are described as follows:

Parameters

Uncertainty (±)
RF power at 1 mW 2.0 % to 2.4 %
Reflection Coefficient 0.015
Attenuation 0.2 to 3.5 dB

 

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Time And Frequency

tf3NMIM’s Time and Frequency laboratory maintains two high performance and three standard performance Caesium (Cs) atomic reference frequency standards. One of the high performance Cs reference frequency standards is designated as Malaysian National Frequency Standards (MNFS), with accuracy of ± 5 × 10-13 s .

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 With these standards and continuous All-in-View GPS time comparisons, where the data is contributed to Bureau Weights and Measures (BIPM) for the generation of the International Atomic Time (TAT) scale. NMIM is capable to provide traceability to the SI Unit of time interval for time and frequency measurement.

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 Malaysian Standard Time (MST) is UTC (NMLS) + 8 Hours, due to the time zone selected which is the longitude of 1200 East. UTC (NMLS) is currently defined to be the epoch of the 1 pulse per second timing signal output at the rear panel of the Malaysian National Frequency Standards. NMIM steers the frequency of the standard to maintain UTC(NMLS) to be within approximately 1 ms of the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

NMIM Info

NMIM plays an important role in disseminating the traceability of measurement to the whole country based on the International System of Units. Just like other world standard laboratories, NMIM has great responsibility in ensuring the national metrology infrastructures meet and comply with the global measurement standards.

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Selangor Darul Ehsan

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