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Main Title NBS/EPA (National Bureau of Standards/Environmental Protection Agency) Certified Reference Material Performance Audit Program: Status Report 2.
Author Wright, R. S. ; Eaton, W. C. ; Decker, C. E. ;
CORP Author Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC.;Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Year Published 1986
Report Number EPA-68-02-4125; EPA/600/4-86/045;
Stock Number PB87-140463
Additional Subjects Chemical analysis ; Performance ; Quality assurance ; Carbon monoxide ; Nitric oxides ; Propane ; Contaminants ; Concentration(Composition) ; Reference materials ; Certification ; Standard reference materials
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NTIS  PB87-140463 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract A traceability procedure has been established which allows specialty gas producers to prepare gaseous pollutant Certified Reference Materials (CRM's). The accuracy, stability and homogeneity of the CRM's approach those of NBS Standard Reference Materials (SRM's). As of October 1986, 36 candidate batches had been audited. In general, the agreement between the producer's analytical results and the audit results have been within + or - 0.5% relative. Additional data suggest that CRM's are stable during their two-year certification periods. The purchaser of a CRM is assured that its accuracy is high because of four features of the CRM program: (1) The general technical procedure for producing and analyzing CRM's has been specified by NBS; (2) CRM's are directly traceable to SRM's which are used as reference standards during the analysis of CRM's; (3) The producer's analytical results are verified by measurements which are performed by an independent auditor; and (4) Both the producer's and the auditor's analytical results must be reviewed and approved by NBS before the CRM's may be sold.
Supplementary Notes See also PB85-185833. Sponsored by Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
NTIS Title Notes Rept. for Oct 84-May 86.
PUB Date Free Form Oct 86
Category Codes 94B; 99A
NTIS Prices PC A03/MF A01
Primary Description 600/08
Document Type NT
Cataloging Source NTIS/MT
Control Number 707819216
Origin NTIS
Type CAT