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Annual report 2012 www.recope.com
RECOGNITION
Renewed agreement with the Costa Rican Metrology
Laboratory (LACOMET), which designates the National
Metrology Laboratory, Mass and Volume as National Reference
Laboratory in the magnitude mass from 50 kg to 1000 kg and
the magnitude volume from 20 dm ³ to 5000 dm ³.
PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES
Staff members of the National Metrology Laboratory´s Mass and
Volume department participated in a meeting with the volume
and flow group from the Inter-American Metrology System in
Querétaro, Mexico.
The headof thedepartment participated in the 2012 Symposium
organized by the National Metrology Center in Mexico (CENAM).
LABORATORY ACCREDITATION
The ECA awarded RECOPE Quality Control laboratories in Moin
and El Alto de Ochomogo with the renewal of accreditation
in regards to INTE -ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standards. This act
stands for the Accreditation Commission´s confirmation of the
laboratories technical competence, thus guaranteeing reliability
in their results. These laboratories have had such accreditation
since 2001 and undergo yearly audits to maintain it, specifically
in the following tests:
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Assay to determine the sulfur content in petroleum.
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Penetration test (At 25 ° C, 100 g load, for 5 seconds).
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Heat and air effects on asphaltic material test (Loss by Heat).
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Brookfield method viscosity test.
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Asphalt viscosity by vacuum capillary viscometer test.
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Petroleum Products Vapor pressure test
(Mini Method, at 38.7 °C).
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The Quality Control Laboratory of El Alto is also accredited to
carry out Saybolt-Furol Viscosity tests.