Locations. Branch Fabeckstraße Unter den Eichen Berlin. Branch Adlershof Richard-Willstätter-Straße Berlin

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2 Locations Branch Fabeckstraße Unter den Eichen Berlin Branch Adlershof Richard-Willstätter-Straße Berlin Headquarters Lichterfelde Unter den Eichen Berlin BAM Test Site Technical Safety BAM TTS An der Düne 44, Baruth/Mark

3 Our guideline and our mission Safety in technology and chemistry Pursuing our mission as a Federal institute for materials technology and chemical engineering, we ensure ongoing safety in technology and chemistry through research and development testing, analysis, approval and certification consultation, information and advice within our objective of promoting German industrial development.

4 Our customers (target groups)

5 Our tasks Statutory functions relating to technical safety, especially as regards dangerous materials and substances Advising the Federal Government and industry on safety aspects of materials and chemical technology Collaboration in developing statutory regulations; Assisting in the development of standards and technical regulations Development and supply of reference materials and methods, in particular for chemical analysis and materials testing Enhancement of safety in technology and chemistry

6 General data Organisation Staff Budget Results board of directors 11 departments subdivided into 53 divisions und 11 sections 1658 in total, including 1057 permanent employees and 67 trainees million euros basic funding by the Federal Government 20.0 million euros third-party funds 8.7 million euros fees; passed to the Federal Government 911 scientific and technical publications 1441 lectures, presentations, courses approx test reports, certificates Consultation and information 1370 national and international committees including 221 statutory and regulation committees 570 standardisation committees (e. g. ISO, CEN, DIN) 150 teaching positions

7 History 1871 Prussian Royal Technical Testing Institute 1889 Prussian Central Institute for Explosives; Military Testing Agency 1904 Royal Prussian Materials Testing Institute 1919 Prussian State Institute for Materials Testing 1920 National Chemical- Explosion of a locomotive pressure vessel (1871) Technical Institute (CTR) State Institute for 1941 X-Ray Analysis 1946 Academy of Sciences (AdW) of GDR 1954 Federal Institute for Mechanical and Chemical Materials Testing Agency for Standardisation, Measurement and Quality Control (ASMW) of GDR 1956 Federal Institute for Materials Testing (BAM) 1987 Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) 1990 Unification of GDR and FRG; dissolution of ASMW and AdW 1995 New direction and structure of BAM under the guideline Safety and reliability in chemical and materials technologies 2006 After further external assessment (by the German Scientific Council among others) BAM s profile was further developed as a departmental research establishment of the German Federal Republic for safety in technology and chemistry.

8 Departments 1 Analytical Chemistry; Reference Materials 2 Chemical Safety Engineering 3 Containment Systems of Dangerous Goods 4 Materials and the Environment 5 Materials Engineering 6 Materials Protection and Surface Technologies 7 Safety of Structures 8 Non-Destructive Testing 9 Component Safety S Quality Infrastructure

9 Our key areas

10 Analytical chemistry Isotope analysis for the elements boron, strontium and lead in foodstuffs with thermal ionisation mass spectrometer: an EXIST spin off (technology transfer) Horizontal gel electrophoresis for the separation of complex protein molecules in the electric field (improvement of analytical methods in cancer research) Characterisation of nanocrystalline fluorescence dyes (reference material)

11 Safe handling of dangerous materials and dangerous goods Drop test facility with a maximum load capacity of 200 tons at BAM TTS Heatable high pressure autoclave to determine autoignition temperatures of gas mixtures Developed by BAM scientists: Patented seal for road transport tanks and railway tank waggons

12 Safe and environmentally compatible use of materials Efficacy testing of wood preservatives in use against termites Laser printer in a 5 m 3 emission chamber: New test procedure to award the quality label Blue Angel for particle emissions Carbon fibre composite for aircraft wing after overload testing

13 Safe operation of technical systems and processes Calibration of fibre optic sensors used for long-term monitoring of structures and industrial plants with a high risk potential or with unique safety requirements Wind turbines at sea and ashore: Researching the structural behaviour of foundations and rotor blades; monitoring Lightweight construction panel which shall be used for lightweight constructions in Africa after overload testing

14 Damage mechanism and damage analysis Investigation of cracking in concrete pavements by alkali-silica reaction (ASR) BetoScan Robot system for nondestructive testing in civil engineering using e.g. eddy current, radar, microwave sensors Component testing facility and tandem submerged-arc welding system

15 Department 1 Analytical Chemistry; Reference Materials 1.1 Inorganic Trace Analysis 1.2 Organic Trace Analysis 1.3 Structural Analysis 1.4 Process Analytical Technology 1.5 Protein Analysis 1.6 Inorganic Reference Materials 1.7 Food Analysis 1.8 Environmental Analysis 1.9 Chemical and Optical Sensing 1.10 Biophotonics

16 Certified Reference Materials Iron and steel products Non-ferrous metals Special materials Primary pure substances Environment Foodstuffs Gas mixtures Elastomeric materials Optical properties Porous reference materials Layered and surface reference materials Particle size distribution Polymeric reference materials Isotopic reference materials More than 300 materials in the catalogue

17 ERM -CC007a OCP in soil ERM -CC008, -CC009 PCP in soil ERM -CC010, -CC011 AOX in soil ERM -CC018 ERM -CC020 BAM-U013b BAM-U015b BAM-U019 BAM-U021, -U022 BAM-U110, -U113 BAM-U112a BAM-U114 ERM -CD100 BAM-K009 Contaminated sandy soil Trace elements in contaminated river sediment PAH in soil Mineral oil contaminated sediment Polychlorinated Biphenyls in soil Mineral oil contaminated soil Trace elements in contaminated soil Trace elements in soil Total cyanide in soil Trace elements and PCP in wood Lubricating oil BAM-K010f, -K011 Diesel oil / lubricating oil (1:1) ERM -EF213 Environmental CRMs Sulfur in petrol

18 Certified Reference Materials BAM CRMs are intended for: Calibration purposes Validation of analytical procedures Quality control of routine analysis guidelines BAM CRMs are certified following BAM guidelines ERM guidelines ISO Guide 34 and others

19 Beyond this BAM organizes PT schemes and interlaboratory comparisons BAM collaborates in technical and standardization bodies (DIN, CEN, ISO) BAM is partner of the European initiative for reference materials ERM BAM is partner in the National network Metrology in Chemistry BAM demonstrate the metrological validity of the applied analytical procedures in CCQM Key Comparisons BAM has numerous entries for Calibration and Measurement Capabilities (CMC) in the BIPM database

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