The State Primary Measurement Standard for units of specific gas adsorption, specific surface area, specific volume and pore size of solid substances and materials (GET 210–2014) is currently in operation at UNIIM. The GET 210-2014 has calibration and measurement capabilities for pore size in a range from 2 to 100 nm, while in practice there is a need to control the pore size of solid substances and materials in a range from 100 to 10,000 nm. In order to enhance the calibration and measurement capabilities of the GET 210-2014, it was proposed to include two reference systems implementing the methods of mercury porometry and stationary filtration into the measurement standard. This work considers the state of the metrology of porometry and presents the first results of studies on the metrological characteristics of reference systems implementing the methods of mercury porometry and stationary filtration. Algorithms for calculating the uncertainty of quantities being reproduced via the methods of mercury porometry and stationary filtration and characterizing the porosity of solids have been developed and tested. The reliability of the developed algorithms is confirmed by: the results of participation in 4 international comparisons, the measurements of foreign-made reference materials, along with the results of participation in 6 rounds of interlaboratory comparisons. The measurement standard improvement will provide metrological support to measuring instruments and measurement procedures for sorption properties, porosity and gas permeability of solid substances and materials in various industrial sectors. Thus, the metrological independence of the Russian Federation will be ensured and import substitution of expensive foreign reference materials carried out.
Improving the measurement standard for the metrological support of the porometry of solid substances and materials
