International Level

The International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 229 on Nanotechnologies was established in 2005 and has been developing standards related to the field of nanotechnologies. The committee's work has been divided as follows:

JWG1 has been given the task of developing definitions for various nano-related terms such as 'nanoscale', 'nanomaterial', 'nanoparticle' amongst many others.

JWG2's focus is on developing measurement methods, with early work concentrating in particular on the characterisation of single and multiwall carbon nanotubes, an important group of nanomaterials.

The role of WG3 is related to the health- and safety-aspect of nanotechnologies, for example the handling and disposal of nanomaterials, risk assessments performed on nanomaterials, etc., while WG4 is working on developing specifications for nanomaterials, in order to support their growing use by industry.

For more information on past and current ISO/TC 229 work, follow this link. For members-only consultations and meeting reports please follow these links.

Published Standards

There are a number of standards that have been published by ISO TC 229 over the last couple of years. Below is a list of published standards (follow the hyperlinks to purchase the relevant documents):

Follow this link to find out more or to purchase the relevant documents. Published terms and definitions can also be accessed for free via the ISO Concept Database.

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