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. 1999 Feb 1;104(1):59–81. doi: 10.6028/jres.104.004

Table 2.

Type A and Type B standard uncertainties for each compound

Compound name Type A
σama + b
Type B
uBrel relative uncertainty
Slope m Intercept b
Benzene 1.3 × 10−2   9.9 × 10−8 0.010
Ethylene 2.6 × 10−3   8.8 × 10−8 0.010
Acetone 5.2 × 10−3   4.9 × 10−8 0.010
Ethanol 8.8 × 10−4   2.8 × 10−7 0.010
Methanol 2.0 × 10−3   2.7 ×10−7 0.010
2-Propanol 2.0 × 10−3   7.6 × 10−8 0.010
Ethyl acetate 1.9 × 10−3   2.7 × 10−7 0.010
n -Butanol 7.9 × 10−4   5.7 × 10−7 0.010
Bromomethane 1.0 × 10−2   1.2 × 10−7 0.010
Acetonitrile 9.5 × 10−4   7.3 × 10−8 0.010
Ethylene oxide 3.5 × 10−3   1.6 × 10−7 0.010
Propylene oxide 3.0 × 10−3   1.7 × 10−7 0.010
Methyl ethyl ketone 2.6 × 10−3   2.6 × 10−7 0.010
Ethyl tert-butyl ether 9.2 × 10−3 −9.7 × 10−9 0.010
1,3-Butadiene 3.4 × 10−3   6.2 × 10−8 0.012
Acrylonitrile 1.9 × 10−3   9.3 × 10−8 0.010
Vinyl acetate 2.3 × 10−3   1.1 × 10−7 0.010
Toluene 6.7 × 10−3   2.1 × 10−7 0.010
Ethyl acrylate 9.0 × 10−4   1.8 × 10−7 0.010
Methyl tert-butyl ether 2.4 × 10−3   8.4 × 10−8 0.010
Sulfur dioxide 2.3 × 10−3   2.5 × 10−7 0.010
Mean 3.7 × 10−3   1.7 × 10−7
Standard deviation of the mean 1.7 × 10−4   6.3 × 10−9