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This chapter will focus on those standards and standardization projects which are relevant for nanomaterials. These are mainly terminology documents defining a nanomaterial, documents describing the measurement and characterization of nanomaterials, the specifications and performance assessment of nanomaterials, as well as documents describing how nanomaterials can influence environment, health, and safety.
Globalisation of both science and trade has increased the relevance of the comparability of measurement data whether in research, industry or regulatory contexts. Reference materials (RMs) are essential tools in the quest for comparable and reliable measurement results, a quest which laboratories, worldwide, are tasked with every day. An explicit acknowledgement of the importance of RMs in todays measurement systems is found, for instance, in the laboratory accreditation standards, such as ISO/IEC 17025.