[Mesures et société.]
Dans la société moderne, la métrologie est une infrastructure cachée qui affecte la plupart des activités humaines. On présente plusieurs domaines dans lesquels la mesure et la métrologie jouent un rôle crucial : industries manufacturières, navigation, télécommunications, médecine, environnement, recherche scientifique. Le BIPM et les laboratoires nationaux de métrologie sont au sommet des chaînes de traçabilité qui garantissent que toutes les mesures sont effectuées en conformité avec le Système international d'unités (SI). Enfin, on donne quelques indications sur les bénéfices économiques de la métrologie.
In modern society, metrology is a hidden infrastructure, that affects most human activities. Several domains in which measurements, and therefore metrology, play a crucial role are presented and illustrated with examples: manufacturing industries, navigation, telecommunications, medicine, environment, and scientific research. The BIPM and the national metrology institutes are at the top of traceability chains, which guarantee that all measurements are performed in conformity with the International System of Units (SI) and are therefore comparable. Finally, some indications of the economic benefits of metrology are given.
Mot clés : métrologie, Système international d'unités
Terence J. Quinn 1 ; Jean Kovalevsky 2
@article{CRPHYS_2004__5_8_791_0, author = {Terence J. Quinn and Jean Kovalevsky}, title = {Measurement and society}, journal = {Comptes Rendus. Physique}, pages = {791--797}, publisher = {Elsevier}, volume = {5}, number = {8}, year = {2004}, doi = {10.1016/j.crhy.2004.07.001}, language = {en}, }
Terence J. Quinn; Jean Kovalevsky. Measurement and society. Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 5 (2004) no. 8, pp. 791-797. doi : 10.1016/j.crhy.2004.07.001. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.1016/j.crhy.2004.07.001/
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