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1.
PURPOSE
2.
This method outlines the procedure for time schedule of recalibration dates and intermediate checks of
allof allbetween temperature laboratory referenceprimary standards to maintain confidence (functionality
check) in the performance of the measuring equipment’s. .

3. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
PRO-TH-001: Realizing the ice point.

ISO/IEC 17025:2017: General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration
Laboratories.

PRO-TH-003: Calibration of resistance thermometer by comparison with a standard platinum resistance

thermometer

PRO-TH-006: Calibration of a thermocouple by comparison with a standard thermocouple

POL-TH-001: 5.6.3.3. Intermediate checks,

5.9. Assuring of the quality of the measurement result.

IEC 584-2: 1982 Thermocouples, tolerances

Metrologia 27, 3-10 (1990): The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90)

Guide line DAkkS DKD- R 5-1: Calibration of resistance thermometers

4. REFERENCE STANDARD MEASURING DEVICES

[5.] National Measurement Standard

Reference Standard used in temperature laboratory for the purpose of intermediate check are:

4.1[5.1] Ice Point

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4.2[5.2] is ice point. Standard platinum resistance thermometers (SPRT), Thermocouples and Platinum
resistance thermometers (PRT) with valid calibration over the temperature range of interest

The National Measurement Standard in the temperature calibration of National Metrology Institute of Ethiopia
(NMIE) within the range -40 to 660 o C is Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer (SPRT) and also within
the range of 660 to 1200 o C is standard Noble Metal Thermocouples.

Description ID Serial no. Range Measuring

Uncertainty

Standard platinum PMT-TH-S- 3740 -80 to 660 7 to 75mK

o
resistance thermometer 014 C
(SPRT)

Standard platinum PMT-TH-S- 250236 -80 to 660 11 to 60mK

o
resistance thermometer 022 C
(SPRT)

Type B thermocouple PMT-TH-S- B1 0 to 1200 o 0,42 oC - 2,69

o
015 C C

Type S thermocouple PMT-TH-S- 0-76289/2 0 to 1200 o 0,11 to 1,41 oC

020 C

5.[6.] EQUIPMENT
The equipment essential for intermediate check and monitoring and controlling the environmental
condition of the temperature measurement laboratory is described below.
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5.1[6.1] Temperature Measuring devices

Description ID Range Readability

Systems voltmeter PMT-TH-E-030 1000V 0,1v

Super thermometer PMT-TH-E-032 - 0,0000001 OC

Horizontal Furnace PMT-TH-E-031 0 to 1200 oC 1 oC

Fridge PMT-TH-E-015

Dewar flask PMT-TH-E-028 - -

Dewar flask PMT-TH-E-026 4000 ml -

Dewar flask PMT-TH-E-027 2000 ml

Dewar flask PMT-TH-E-049 2000 ml

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6.[7.] EQUIPMENT
The equipment essential for intermediate check and monitoring and controlling the environmental
condition of the temperature measurement laboratory is described below.

6.1[7.1] Temperature Measuring devices

Description ID Range Readability

Systems voltmeter PMT-TH-E-030 1000V 0,1v

Super thermometer PMT-TH-E-032 - 0,0000001 OC

Alcohol bath PMT-TH-E-002 -75 to 100 0C 0,1 0C

Alcohol bath PMT-TH-E-005 -90 to 100oC 0,1 oC

Oil bath PMT-TH-E-006 -30 to 2000C 0,1 0C

Water bath PMT-TH-E-003 -30 to 2000C 0,1 0C

Fluidised bath PMT-TH-E-008 50 to 7000C 10C

Horizontal Furnace PMT-TH-E-031 0 to 1200 oC 1 oC

FridgeDewar flask PMT-TH-E- - -

015PMT-TH-E-
02258

Spherical furnace PMT-TH-E-038 100 to 1300oC 0,1/1oC

Dewar flaskVertical PMT-TH-E- -0 to 1100oC -1 oC

Furnace 028PMT-TH-E-
0420

Dewar flask PMT-TH-E-026 4000 ml -

Dewar flask PMT-TH-E-027 2000 ml

Dewar flask PMT-TH-E-049 2000 ml

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6.2[7.2] Environmental Condition Measuring devices

Description ID Range Readability

Data PMT-TH- E -018 -30 to 50 oC 0.01 oC
loggerData
PMT-TH-E-018 0 to 90 %-30 to 50 oC 0.01 %0,01 oC
logger for
temperature 0 to 90 % 0,01 %rh
& humidity

Data Logger PMT-TH-E-019 -30 to 50 oC 0.01 oC

0 to 90 % 0.01 %

6.3[7.3] Others
6.3.1[7.3.1] Water distiller
6.3.2[7.3.2] Ice made distilled water
6.3.3[7.3.3] Ice crusher
6.3.4[7.3.4] Stirrer
6.3.5[7.3.5] Test tubes
6.3.6[7.3.6] Plastic rod
6.3.7[7.3.7] Plastic Gloves
6.3.8[7.3.8] Plastic rule
6.3.9[7.3.9] Copper wires
6.3.10[7.3.10] Selector switch
6.3.11[7.3.11] Ethanol
6.3.12[7.3.12] Thermometer standard
6.3.13[7.3.13] Fibre glass
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7.[8.] UNITS AND SYMBOLS

8.[9.]
The units and symbols in this procedure are defined in the relevant chapters.

9.[10.] TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

For the purpose of this procedure, the following definitions apply
Thermocouple

9.1[10.1] Intermediate check

Intermediate check is a periodic quality check performed for every reference standard while it is
still within calibration date to ensure that is still in good condition. A thermocouple is a pair of
conductorconductors of dissimilar materials joined at one end and forming part of an
arrangement using the thermoelectric effect for temperature measurement.

Measuring junction
The measuring junction is that junction referred to in 6.1 which is subjected to the temperature to be
measured.
Reference junction
The reference junction is that junction of the thermocouple, which is at a known (reference) temperature to
which the measuring temperature is compared.
Tolerance of a thermocouple
9.2[10.2] Reference standard
Measurement standard generally having the highest metrological quality available at a given
location or in a given organization, from which measurements made there are derived

The tolerance of a thermocouple is a specified maximum deviation in degree Celsius from the e.m.f
temperature values in the reference table of Part 1 of the standard IEC-584-1, when the
temperature of the reference junction is at 0oC and the measuring junction is at the appropriate
temperature (toC).
9.3[10.3] Resistance thermometer
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Temperature sensor device consisting of one or more sensing resistors with wire leads and
protective sheath.
9.4[10.4] Resistances Ro of the Resistance thermometer
Resistance of a resistance thermometer at 0 oC.
9.5[10.5] Relative resistance wIt of the Resistance thermometer at a temperature t
Ratio of the thermometer resistance at the temperature t to its resistance at the temperature 0 oC.
9.6[10.6] Tolerance of resistance thermometer

Maximum permissible deviation of the temperature t (0C), calculated from the thermometer
resistance using the relative resistance tables (OIML R84)), from the true (measured) temperature.

9.7[10.7] BestCalibration measurement capability

The smallest uncertainty of measurement that a laboratory can achieve within its scope of
accreditation, when performing more or less routine calibrations of nearly ideal measurement
standards intended to define, realise, conserve or reproduce a unit of that quantity or one or more
of its values, or when
performingPerforming more or less routine calibrations of nearly ideal measuring instruments
designed for the measurement of that quantity.
9.8[10.8] Calibration
Set of operations that establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between values of
quantities indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring system, or values represented by a
material measure or a reference material, and the corresponding values realized by standards.
9.9[10.9] Temperature (t)
Temperature in degrees Celsius (t), is related to the absolute thermodynamic scale, called the
Kelvin (T) scale, by t=T-273.15.
9.10[10.10] Coverage factor
A numerical factor used as a multiplier of the standard uncertainty of measurement in order to
obtain an expanded uncertainty of measurement.
9.11[10.11] Experimental standard deviation
The positive square root of the experimental variance.
9.12[10.12] Expanded uncertainty
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A quantity defining an interval about the result of a measurement that may be expected to
encompass a large fraction of the distribution of values that could reasonably be attributed to the
measurand.
9.13[10.13] Standard uncertainty of measurement
The uncertainty of measurement expressed as the standard deviation.
9.14[10.14] Uncertainty of measurement
A parameter, associated with the result of a measurement, which characterises the dispersion of
the values that could reasonably be attributed to the measurand.

10.[11.] SAFETY NOTES

10.1[11.1] Do not touch the surface of the furnace and liquid bathes when it becomes hot.
10.2[11.2] Do not touch the ice with bare hands.
10.3[11.3] Do not touch ethanol with bare hands.
10.4[11.4] Do not touch the fibreglass with bare hands.
10.5[11.5] Insert the thermometer gently in the furnace during calibration.

10.6[11.6] Ensure that no objects are placed on the surface of the furnace and liquid bathes while it is
hot.
11.[12.] ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS
11.1[12.1] The Environmental conditions for the intermediate check the calibration of a thermocouple
by comparison with a standard thermocouple in a furnace should be within the range:
Temperature: 23  5 oC Relative humidity: 50%  20 %
11.2[12.2] The above conditions are monitored, recorded and records kept on calibration datasheets
and environmental recording sheets.
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12.[13.] LIST OF NATIONAL AND REFERENCE STANDARDS REQUIRED INTERMEDIATE

CHECK

12.1[13.1] To maintain confidence in the performance for the national standards and the working
standards in the traceability chain of Temperature laboratory, Intermediate check shall be carried
out and the intermediate check record shall be retained.

12.2[13.2] The list of national and reference standards of temperature laboratory that required
intermediate checks are as following:

 Permanent Temperature laboratory: Standard platinum resistance thermometers

(SPRT), S type thermocouples, R type thermocouples, Platinum resistance
thermometers(PRT) and Liquid in glass thermometers(LIG)

 Mobile Temperature Laboratory: Platinum resistance thermometers (PRT) and N type

thermocouples

 Onsite Temperature Laboratory: Platinum resistance thermometers (PRT) and N type

thermocouples.

13.[14.]

14.[15.] Time Schedule for Recalibration Dates for Standard platinum Resistance Thermometer
(SPRT) and Thermocouple (TC)
15.[16.] Time Schedule for Recalibration Dates for Standard platinum Resistance Thermometer
(SPRT)
16.[17.] Each of the two national standards of the SPRT shall be calibrated externally in a four years
interval. See Annex 57A: Calibration Schedule for Temperature Calibration Standards.
17.[18.] For the purpose of intermediate check between the two standards, the calibration schedule of
both SPRTs will have interval with mutual updated calibration status for about two years.
18.[19.] The above procedure is described as in the diagram below.
[20.]  4 years recalibration interval 
19.[21.] SPRT: Ser. 20.[22.] 3740 21.[23.]
No.:
22.[24.] 23.[25.] SPRT: Ser. 24.[26.] 250236
No.:
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25.[27.]
26.[28.]  2 years interval
27.[29.] for intermediate check 
28.[30.]
29.[31.]  4 years recalibration interval

30.[32.]
31.[33.] Transportation Condition
32.[34.] The most critical operation is a transportation of the SPRT. Shocks and vibrations can
have an effect for the SPRT. Good packing eg. Suitable foam-padded packets is indispensable.
It may not be always true the commercial forwarders treat the package with necessary care.
According to the design of the SPRT and to maintain its smaller uncertainty it should therefore
be recommended to transport under the permanent control of an employee.
33.[35.]
34.[36.] Time Schedule for Recalibration Dates for thermocouples
35.[37.] Each of the two national standards of thermocouples shall be calibrated externally in a three
years interval. See Annex 57A: Calibration Schedule for Temperature Calibration Standards
36.[38.] For the purpose of intermediate check between the two standards, the calibration schedule of
both standard thermocouples will have an interval with mutual updated calibration status for about
one and half years.
37.[39.] The above procedure is described as in the diagram below.
38.[40.]
39.[41.]  3 years recalibration interval 
40.[42.] TC Type B : 41.[43.] B1 42.[44.]
Ser. No.:
43.[45.] 44.[46.] TC Type S: 45.[47.] 0-76289/2
Ser. No.:
46.[48.]
47.[49.]  1 and 1/2 years interval
48.[50.] for intermediate check 
49.[51.]
50.[52.]  3 years recalibration interval
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51.[53.] Time Schedule for intermediate checkTIME SCHEDULE FOR INTERMEDIATE CHECK
Intermediate checks for temperature laboratory standards are normally conducted in at least once
in the interval between recalibration every six months, but it will be conducted immediately when
the following cases are happened:

 Disturbances in the laboratory

 Any doubt existexists on the instrument

 After maintenance

 Equipment was outside of control of the laboratory

52.[54.] METHODS FORMETHODS FOR INTERMEDIATE CHECKIntermediate checks

53.[55.]
54.[56.] The National and reference standards of temperature laboratory that required intermediate
checks are must be verified by one of the following methods: Factors that may initiate intermediate
checks
55.[57.]
Any doubt that may encounter on the measurement result of the standards
Transportation of standards for external recalibration from its permanent laboratory
Thermal and/or mechanical shock of the standards
In order to check whether the standards are within the tolerance limit
In order to check the thermometers are stable for the reasons arising from the age of the standards and
frequency of use

55.1[57.1] MeasurementCalibration at Ice Point

55.1.1[57.1.1] Realize the ice point as per the procedure PRO-PMT/TH-001.

56.[58.] Method for intermediate checks

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[59.]

[59.1.1.1] Measurements at ice point for the standard platinum resistance thermometers

57.[60.] As an acceptable platinum resistance thermometer must be made of pure, strain- free
platinum, and it must satisfy at least one of the following relation

58.[61.]

59.[62.] Which is more or less equivalent to

[63.] Realize the ice point as per the procedure PRO-TH-001.Before being inserted to the ice bath, the
standard thermometers to be checked are roughly cleaned and rinsed with distilled water

59.1.1[63.1.1] . Connect the standard thermometer to the digital indicator.

59.1.2[63.1.2] Record the initial environmental conditions of temperature and relative humidity.

59.1.3[63.1.3] Measure at ice point and recorded the data using FRM-GEN/TH-001.

59.1.4[63.1.4] Record the final environmental conditions of temperature and relative humidity.

11.2 Calibration by comparison between two calibrated standards

a) Anneal the two SPRTs or thermocouples at maximum calibration point with a maximum
and appropriate immersion depth for an hour.

b) Prepare ice bath as per the procedure PRO-PMT/TH-001.

c) Select at a minimum of three calibration points.

d) Calibrate from lower to higher for SPRT and PRT and calibrate for thermocouple from
higher to lower temperature in liquid bath.

e) Correct the reading of SPRTs and Thermocouples using the latest calibration
certificates.

f) Calculate the difference between the two corrected values at every calibration points.
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59.1.5[63.1.5]

59.1.6[63.1.6]

60.[64.] Intermediate Check results evaluation

12.1 By the ice point intermediate check

60.1.1[64.1.1] For SPRT: By thishe ice point intermediate check method, the permanent shift of
the resistance value at the ice point measurements shall be less than the maximum of 0.1%
compared to the last history data.

60.1.2[64.1.2] For PRT, Thermocoe aBy this mdeviations are determined after correction of the
instrument under check at 0 oc (Average ice point reading +correction at 0 at the recent –
Average ice point reading + correction at 0 in the last history data). The determined
deviation shall be less than or equal to 1/3 of the uncertainty of recent calibration
certificate of UDUT at 0 oC. c

60.1.3[64.1.3]

Note: When the last history data of standard does not available, the metrologits must
evaluate the result (professional judgment).

That is

Average ice point reading +correction at 0 oc≤1/3 of uncertainty 0 oc..

Immerse the SPRT in the bath which is at room temperature at the appropriate immersionappropriate
immersion depth, minimum of 250 mm.

If the ice point resistance increases on annealing at 450 °C, the thermometer may be suffering
from an auto-catalytic oxidation that can occur on occasions. Annealing at 600 °C
may avoid this process.

Set the temperatures of the fluidized bath to reach at 600oC at a slower rate.

Soak for minimum one hour at 600oC

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Switch OFF the bath and cool down with the inserted SPRT. This may prevent any thermal and
mechanical shock during the annealing.

Measure the resistance of the SPRT at the ice point.

Annealing followed by ice point measurement shall be carried out until better stability achieved

The permanent shift of the resistance value at the ice point measurements shall be less than the
maximum of 0.1% compared to the last history data of the SPRT.

Data shall be recorded regularly at every six month interval as well as before and after
transportation for external recalibration of the SPRTs. See FRM-PMT/TH-007 007Annex
1: Data sheet for the intermediate check at ice point.

Tolerance limit of thermocouples

As standard thermocouples are categorized in Tolerance class 2 for (reference junction at 0oC).
For type S thermocouple within the ranges of 0oC to 1600 oC and also for type B
thermocouple within the range of 600oC to 1700oC, the tolerance value is ±1.5 oC or
0.0025.t.

Data shall be recorded regularly at every six month interval as well as before and after calibration

12.2

Comparison between two calibrated standards

This method stands for the national standards of both SPRT and Thermocouple

Anneal the two SPRTs or thermocouples at maximum calibration point with a maximum and
appropriate immersion depth for an hour.

Prepare ice bath as per the procedure PRO-TH-001.

Select at a minimum of four calibration points up to the maximum range.

Calibrate from higher to lower temperature.

Correct the reading of SPRTs and ThermcouplesThermocouples using the latest calibration
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Calculate the difference between the two corrected values at every calibration points.

The En value shall be much less than 1.

Where

t1 and t2 are the corrected temperature values of the thermometers from their respective
calibration certificates at the same calibration point.

U1 and U2 are the expanded uncertainty values for the corrected temperature values of t1 and t2
from their calibration certificates respectively.

Data shall be recorded regularly at every six month interval as well as before and after calibration

See FRM-PMT/TH-003, Annex 1: Data sheet for the calibration of a resistance thermometer by
comparison with a reference platinum resistance thermometer, and

See FRM-PMT/TH-006, Annex 1: Data sheet for calibration of a thermocouple by comparison with a
standard thermocouple By comparison calibration intermediate check method

By this method, the En value is calculated and shall be much less than 1.

Where,

I. t1 and t2 are the corrected temperature values of the thermometers from their
respective calibration certificates at the same calibration point.

II. U1 and U2 are the expanded uncertainty values for the corrected temperature values of
t1 and t2 from their calibration certificates respectively.
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PROCEDURE FOR AN TIME SCHEDULE OF RECALIBRATION DATES AND

INTERMEDIATE CHECKS OF BETWEEN REFERENCEPRIMARY STANDARDS
Page No.:
Date of issue: 20152019-093- Issue No.: 2A354A
092022-083-18055 Page 16 of 16

Prepared by: Fitsum Tesfaye Approved by: Wondwosen Fisseha

12.3 If the intermediate check evaluation (method 12.1 and 12.2) are larger than expected, other
investigation must be carried out as soon as possible otherwise send for recalibration.