Certification of the Mass Concentrations of Ammonium, Chloride, Fluoride, Magnesium, Nitrate, Ortho-Phosphate, Sulfate and of pH and Conductivity in Simulated Rainwater - Certified Reference Material ERM®-CA408
This report presents the preparation and certification of the simulated rainwater certified reference material ERM-CA408. All the steps required for the production of this water-matrix certified reference material are described in detail, from the preparation of the simulated rainwater until the characterization exercise that lead to the final assignment of the certified values, following ISO Guide 34:2009 [1] and ISO Guide 35:2006 [2]. Homogeneity and stability of the water material were investigated with dedicated studies and the certification campaign for the material characterisation was based on an inter-comparison among several experienced laboratories. IRMM organised and coordinated all the phases of this project including evaluation of data. The certified values were calculated as the unweighted mean of the laboratory means of the accepted sets of results for each parameter, see below. Uncertainties were calculated in compliance with the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM, ISO/IEC Guide 98-3:2008) [3]. The stated expanded uncertainties include contributions from characterisation, homogeneity and stability.
RICCI Marina;
DE VOS Eveline;
OOSTRA Albert;
EMTEBORG Per;
HELD Andrea;
2010-06-30
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC59134
978-92-79-16089-9,
1018-5593,
EUR 24426 EN,
OP LA-NA-24426-EN-C,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC59134,
10.2787/28626,
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