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The table below shows some measurement needs for the UK across key areas. The information is displayed according to where it fits into the NMS programmes. Click on any section for more information on that sector.

The given priority application areas were originally agreed at a series of roadmapping meetings. If you would like details of the prioritisation process or would like to comment on any aspect of the roadmaps, please complete the feedback form

Priority Application Areas	Knowledge Base						Cross-cutting themes / Other
	Engineering and Flow	Materials and Thermal	Physical	Ionising Radiation	Chemical and Biological	Software for Metrology
Hydrogen	Hydrogen metering (flow and pressure) and leak measurement	Diffusion	Flow and hydrogen flame		Hydrogen detection and purity		Standards for safety, connections and measurement
Fuel Cells	Multiphase flow	Hydride characterisation and temperature gradients. In situ measurement and modelling	Electronic and ionic conduction		Surface and nano inorganic materials and catalysts and degradation monitoring	Materials modelling	Standards for safety, connections and measurement, modelling
Photovoltaics		Characterisation of third generation photovoltaic materials and structures degradation monitoring	Spectral response and sources, microgeneration grid data				Life cycle assessment, modelling, measuring on the nanoscale
Biomass	Multiphase flow	Trace / impurity measurement, residual life of used materials and used component / surface assessment			Quality of feedstock, combustion, bioprocess, degradation and contamination, and microbe health		Standards for biofuels, lifecycle energy balance analysis
Improved Fossil Fuel Efficiency	Flow, combustion and internal combustion engines, pressure and flow at high temperature / non-invasive	Elevated temperature materials behaviour (creep, etc.), friction and tribology, coatings, nickel-alloys, and ferritics, corrosion	Electrical machines, condition monitoring, power (quality) measurement		Combustion processes, NOx & SOx, particulates, surface degradation (scale/spallation/steam oxidation)	Flow modelling, power/ grid management, remnant life analysis	Real-time measurement of transients at elevated temperature
Wind, Wave and Tidal	Flow: aerodynamics and hydrodynamics, assessment of resource potential, non-contact air flow sensing	Structural integrity of materials, condition monitoring, material characterisation for harsh environments	Low-cost sensors, acoustics for environmental impact assessment, microgeneration, grid data communications			Flow modelling and data fusion	Data fusion, measurement in harsh environments, life cycle analysis, standards for domestic / micro wind production
Nuclear	Dispersion modelling	Materials characterisation for next generation nuclear plants, long term diffusion prediction in geological materials	Remote monitoring	Nuclear waste / disposal monitoring equipment and standards, dosimetry models dispersion	Stability of vitrification materials	Modelling geological timescales, data models for geological assessment	Planning and scenario management, measurement in harsh / remote environments