Expression of performance of gas analyzers - Part 1: General

IEC 61207-1:2010 specifies the terminology, definitions, requirements for statements by manufacturers and tests that are common to all gas analyzers. It is applicable to analyzers specified for permanent installation in any location (indoors or outdoors) and to such analyzers utilizing either a sample handling system or an in situ measurement technique. It is applicable to the complete analyzer when supplied by one manufacturer as an integral unit, comprised of all mechanical, electrical and electronic portions. It also applies to sensor units alone and electronic units alone when supplied separately or by different manufacturers. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1994 and constitutes a technical revision. The significant technical changes with respect to the first edition are the following:

- all references (normative and informative) have been updated, deleted or added, as appropriate;

- all the terms and definitions relating to this International Standard have been updated;

- all references to "errors" have been replaced by "uncertainties" and appropriate updated definitions applied.

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