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Standards Index
A curated catalog of the standards that govern measurement — what each one covers, its status, and where the official text lives. Protected content is never reproduced here.
NIST GLP 1 (2019)
Quality Assurance of Laboratory Measurement Results
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 10 (2019)
Purity of Water
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 11 (2019)
Painting Weights
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 13 (2019)
Drying "To Contain" Volume Standards
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 14 (2019)
Method Validation
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 15 (2019)
Procedure for Software QA
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 3 (1986)
Care of State Standards
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 4 (2019)
Periodic Recalibration of State Standards
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 6 (1986)
Prerequisites for Testing Measurement Standards and Equipments
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 8 (1986)
Sealing of Equipment
NIST
Current
NIST GLP 9 (2019)
Rounding Expanded Uncertainties and Calibration Values
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 1 (2019)
Reading Turning Points on an Equal Arm Balance
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 10 (2019)
Understanding Factors Affecting Weighing Operations
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 11 (2019)
Assignment and Adjustment of Calibration Intervals for Laboratory Standards
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 12 (2019)
Standard Operating Procedure Selections
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 13 (2019)
Ensuring Traceability
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 2 (2014)
Reading the Center of Graduations When Using a Microscope
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 3 (2019)
Method of Reading A Meniscus Using Water or Other Wetting Liquid
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 4 (1986)
Adjusting the Optical Scale on a Single Pan Mechanical Balance
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 5 (1986)
Weight Cleaning Procedures
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 6 (2019)
Cleaning Metal Volumetric Measures
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 7 (2019)
Cleaning Precision Glassware
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 8 (2014)
Recommended Form of Reporting Tape Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST GMP 9 (2014)
Equations for Metallic Tapes
NIST
Current
NIST Handbook 143:2019
State Weights and Measures Laboratories Program Handbook
NIST
Current
NIST Handbook 44 (2025)
Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices
NIST
Current
NIST IR 6969:2019
Selected Laboratory and Measurement Practices and Procedures to Support Basic Mass Calibrations (SOP series)
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 1 (2019)
Preparation of Calibration Certificates
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 10 (2014)
Calibration of Rigid Rules
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 11 (2014)
Calibration of Metal Tapes, Bench Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 12 (2014)
Calibration of Steel Tapes, Tape-to-Tape Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 13 (2006)
Calibration of Volumetric Ware, Gravimetric Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 14 (2019)
Gravimetric Calibration of Volumetric Ware Using an Electronic Balance
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 15 (2006)
Calibration of Intermediate and Large Volume Standards Gravimetric Method Using an Equal-Arm Balance
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 16 (2019)
Calibration of Measuring Flasks, Volume Transfer Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 17 (2019)
Control Charts of Laboratory Owned Check Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 18 (2019)
Calibration of Graduated Neck-Type Metal Volumetric Field Standards, Volumetric Transfer Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 19 (2019)
Calibration of Large Neck-Type Metal Provers, Volume Transfer Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 2 (2019)
Applying Air Buoyancy Corrections
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 20 (2019)
Standard Deviation and Range Charts
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 21 (2019)
Calibration of LPG Provers
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 22 (2019)
Calibration of Traffic Speed Guns and Tuning Forks
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 23 (2014)
Calibrations of PI Tapes Bench Method
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 24 (2019)
Calibration of Field Standard Stopwatches
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 26 (2019)
Gravimetric Calibration of Dynamic Volumetric Systems used as Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 27 (2019)
Calibration of Railroad Test Cars (Mass)
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 28 (2019)
Using Advanced Weighing Designs
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 29 (2019)
Assignment of Uncertainty
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 3 (1986)
Weighing by Double Substitution Using an Equal-Arm Balance
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 30 (2019)
Process Measurement Assurance Program
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 31 (2019)
Scale Plate Calibration for Volumetric Field Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 33 (2019)
Calibration of Weights Carts
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 34 (2019)
Selection and Use of Sensitivity Weights and Tare Weights in Weighing Procedures
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 4 (2019)
Weighing by Double Substitution
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 49 (2019)
Calibration of Environmental Monitoring Standards by Direct Comparison
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 5 (2019)
Using a 3-1 Weighing Design
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 52 (2019)
Verification and Adjustment of Digital Conductivity Meter and Measuring Water Conductivity
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 6 (1986)
Weighing By Transposition
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 7 (2019)
Weighing by Single Substitution Using a Single Pan Mechanical Balance, a Full Electronic Balance, or a Balance with Digital Indications and Built in Weights
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 8 (2019)
Medium Accuracy Calibrations of Mass Standards by Modified Substitution
NIST
Current
NIST SOP 9 (2019)
Control Charts for Calibration of Mass Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250 (1998)
NIST Calibration Services Users Guide
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-1 (1987)
Spectral Radiance Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-10 (1987)
Radioactivity Calibrations with the 4-pi Gamma Ionization Chamber
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-100 (2022)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarker Calibration Service: NMR Measurement of Isotropic Water Diffusion Coefficient
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-101 (2024)
Ultraviolet to Short-Wave Infrared Spectral Reflectance
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-1039r1 (2013)
Liquid Flow Meter Calibrations with the 0.1 L/s and the 2.5 L/s Piston Provers
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-1046 (2009)
Gas Flowmeter Calibrations With the 26 m3 PVTt Standard
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-11 (1988)
Dosimetry for High Dose Applications
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-12 (1987)
Neutron Personnel Dosimetry
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-13 (1988)
Activation Foil Irradiation with Californium Fission Sources
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-14 (1988)
Activation Foil Irradiation by Reactor Cavity Fission Sources
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-18 (1988)
Neutron Source Strength Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-19 (1988)
Calibration of Gamma-Ray-Emitting Brachytherapy Sources
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-2 (1987)
Far Ultraviolet Detector Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-21 (1988)
Calibration of Beta-Particle Radiation Instrumentation and Sources
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-22 (1987)
Platinum Resistance Thermometer Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-23 (1988)
Liquid-in-Glass Thermometer Calibration Service
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-24 (1987)
Standard Cell Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-26 (1988)
Phase Angle Calibration Services
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-27 (1989)
AC-DC Difference Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-28 (1988)
Solid-State DC Voltage Standard Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-29 (2004)
Remote Frequency Calibrations: The NIST Frequency Measurement and Analysis Service
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-3 (1987)
Radiometric Standards in the Vacuum Ultraviolet
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-31 (1989)
Mass Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-32 (1988)
A Calibration Service for 30 MHz Attenuation and Phase Shift
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-33 (1988)
A Calibration Service for Voltage Transformers and High-Voltage Capacitors
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-34 (1989)
High Vacuum Standard and Its Use
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-35 (1989)
The Calibration of Thermocouples and Thermocouple Materials
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-36 (1991)
A Calibration Service for Current Transformers
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-38 (1992)
NIST Leak Calibration Service
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-39 (2009)
NIST Calibration Services for Pressure Using Piston Gauge Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-4 (1987)
Fricke Dosimetry in High-Energy Electron Beams
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-41 (2008)
Spectroradiometric Detector Measurements: Ultraviolet, Visible, and Near-Infrared Detectors for Spectral Power
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-42 (1998)
Spectroradiometric Detector Measurements: Part III — Infrared Detectors
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-43 (1998)
Radiance Temperature Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-44 (1998)
Radiation Processing Dosimetry Calibration Services and Measurement Assurance Program
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-45 (1998)
Radiation Processing Dosimetry Calibration Services: Manual of Calibration Procedures
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-46 (1998)
NIST Multifunction Calibration System
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-47 (1998)
NIST Calibration Service for Capacitance Standards at Low Frequencies
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-48 (1998)
Spectral Reflectance
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-49 (1998)
NIST Calibration Services for Gas Flow Meters: Piston Prover and Bell Prover Gas Flow Facilities
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-51 (1999)
Calibration Service of Optoelectronic Frequency Response at 1319 nm
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-52 (2000)
Error Analysis and Calibration Uncertainty of Capacitance Standards at NIST
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-53 (1999)
Calibration Service for Spectral Responsivity of Laser and Optical-Fiber Power Meters
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-54 (2000)
Optical Fiber Power Meter Calibrations at NIST
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-56 (2000)
Optical Fiber Power Meter Nonlinearity Calibrations at NIST
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-57 (2000)
Measurement Assurance Program for the Spectral Density of Relative Intensity Noise of Optical Fiber Sources Near 1550 nm
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-58 (2001)
Calibration of X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Measuring Instruments
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-59 (2002)
NIST Computer Time Services: Internet Time Service (ITS), Automated Computer Time Service (ACTS), and time.gov Web Sites
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-5a (2004)
Alpha-Particle Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-6 (1987)
Regular Spectral Transmittance
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-60 (2003)
Measurement Assurance Program for Wavelength Dependence of Polarization Dependent Loss of Fiberoptic Devices
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-61 (2004)
Operation and Reference Manual for the NIST Automated AC-DC Calibration Systems and Software
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-62 (2003)
High-Accuracy Laser Power and Energy Meter Calibration Service
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-63 (2004)
Gas Flowmeter Calibrations with the 34 L and 677 L PVTt Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-64 (2004)
Calibration Service for Low-Level Pulsed-Laser Radiometers at 1.06 um
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-65 (2004)
Heat-Flux Sensor Calibration
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-67 (2005)
NIST Time and Frequency Radio Stations: WWV, WWVH, and WWVB
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-69 (2011)
Regular Spectral Transmittance
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-70 (2006)
Specular Gloss
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-71 (2008)
0:45 Surface Color
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-72 (2006)
NIST Calibration Services for Liquid Volume
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-73 (2006)
NIST Calibration Services for Water Flowmeters: Water Flow Calibration Facility
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-74 (2006)
Absorbed Dose to Water Calibration of Ionization Chambers in a Co-60 Gamma-Ray Beam
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-75 (2007)
cw Laser Power and Energy Calibrations at NIST
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-76 (2007)
Three-Terminal Precision Standard Capacitor Calibrations at NIST
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-77 (2008)
High Power Laser Calibrations at NIST
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-78r1 (2018)
NIST Calibration Services for Hydrometers
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-79 (2007)
Airspeed Calibration Service
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-80 (2009)
Gas Flowmeter Calibrations with the Working Gas Flow Standard
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-81 (2008)
Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer Calibrations from the Ar TP to the Ag FP
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-83r1 (2021)
Calibration of Hygrometers with the Hybrid Humidity Generator
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-87 (2010)
Calibration Service for Instruments That Measure Laser Beam Diameter
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-89 (2011)
Spectral Irradiance Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-9 (1987)
Calibration of Beta-Particle-Emitting Ophthalmic Applicators
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-90 (2012)
Calibration Uncertainty for the NIST PM/AM Noise Standards
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-91 (2015)
Calibration of Cryogenic Resistance Thermometers between 0.65 K and 165 K on the ITS-90
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-93 (2015)
NIST Calibration Services for Spinning Rotor Gauge Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-94 (2015)
Infrared Optical Properties of Materials
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-95 (2018)
NIST Measurement Services: Photometric Calibrations
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-96 (2017)
Dimensional Measurement of Nanostructures with Scanning Electron Microscopy
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-97 (2018)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarker Calibration Service: Proton Spin Relaxation Times
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-98 (2021)
Liquid Flow Meter Calibrations with the 15 kg/s Water Flow Standard
NIST
Current
NIST SP 250-99 (2022)
Diffuse Visual Transmission Density
NIST
Current
NIST SP 330:2019
The International System of Units (SI)
NIST
Current
NIST SP 811:2008
Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI)
NIST
Current
NIST TN 1297 (1994)
Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results
NIST
Current