(Certified) Reference Materials.ppt

(Certified) Reference Materials Ioannis Papadakis Index definitions - documentation types of (C)RMs production of (C)RMs selection and use of (C)RMs CRMs and traceability suppliers/producers of (C)RMs ISO Guides ISO 30 (1992) terms and definitions used in connection with RMs ISO 31 (2000) certificates of RMs ISO 32 (1997) calibration in analytical chemistry and use of CRMs ISO 33 (2000) uses of CRMs ISO 34 (2000) general requirements for the competence of RM producers ISO 35 (1989) certification of RMs Reference MaterialDefinition material or substance one or more of whose property values are sufficiently homogeneous and well established to be used for the calibration of an apparatus, the assessment of a measurement method, or for assigning values to materials Reference Material (RM) a reference material may be in the form of a pure or mixed gas, liquid or solid examples are water for the calibration ofviscometers, sapphire as a heat-capacity calibrant in calorimetry, and solutions used for calibration in chemical analysis Certified Reference MaterialDefinition reference material, accompanied by a certificate, one or more of whose property values are certified by a procedure which establishes traceability to an accurate realisation of the unit in which the property values are expressed, and for which each certified value is accompanied by an uncertainty at a stated level of confidence Certified Reference Material (CRM) all CRMs lie within the definition of “measurement standards” or “etalons” CRMs are generally prepared in batches for which the property values are determined within stated uncertainty limits by measurements on samples representative of the whole batch Classification of RMs physical character gases, liquids or solids supplied property pure chemical species, physico-chemical property preparation method synthetic mixtures, natural materials metrological qualification primary RM, secondary RM intended use calibration of instruments, validation