Iran Ranks 5th In Nanotechnology Standardization

Since 2008, Iran Nanotechnology Innovation Council (INIC) has been trying to meet the needs of companies, researchers and technologists in the country by formulating and developing national and international standards in the field of nanotechnology, a report by the INIC said.

Over the last few years, with the support that INIC gave to the formation of a network of scientists, professors and technologists in the country and along with the cooperation of Iran National Standards Organization (INSO), the country has made a great contribution to developing and formulating of international standards.

Iran has formulated and developed 10 international standards out of existing 103 international standards, which accounts for about 10% of all international standards published in the world. Currently, Iran is in charge of developing four other international standards in the field of nanotechnology, the INIC report added.

After the United States, Japan, United Kingdom and South Korea, Iran ranks fifth in the world in developing international nanotechnology standards.

International standards in the Nano Committee of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) are divided in the following five main areas: definitions and terms, standard measurement methods, safety and environmental standards, material property standard, and product efficiency standard, ccording to the report.

The development of international standards in the ISO organization is based on the global consensus of the member states, which usually takes 3 to 4 years. During that period, the member states of the technical committee offer various specialized opinions for the completion and development of the standard at different stages of standard development. There are 37 countries as main members and 18 countries as observer members in the ISO nanotechnology technical committee.

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