TY - JOUR A1 - Winchester, M. R. A1 - Beck, Uwe T1 - Availability of layered certified reference materials for industrial application of glow discharge spectrometric depth profiling JF - Surface and interface analysis N2 - Owing primarily to speed, low cost and ease of use relative to competing surface analysis techniques, glow discharge spectrometry (GDS) has become an economically important depth profiling method for certain niche industries in Europe and Japan. For the industrial application of this method, layered certified reference materials (CRMs) are needed to ensure accuracy, as well as comparability between individual users. A survey of existing CRMs has been conducted to evaluate the availability of layered CRMs with appropriate characteristics. No materials with the desirable characteristics necessary for efficient implementation were found. These results indicate a need for the production of new layered CRMs. The survey was conducted by an advisory group assembled as part of the activities of the Glow Discharge Spectrometry Subcommittee (ISO TC201/SC8) associated with the ISO Technical Committee on Surface Chemical Analysis (ISO TC201). KW - Certified reference materials KW - Depth profiling KW - Glow discharge spectrometry KW - ISO PY - 1999 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9918(199910)27:10<930::AID-SIA653>3.0.CO;2-D SN - 0142-2421 SN - 1096-9918 VL - 27 IS - 10 SP - 930 EP - 935 PB - Wiley CY - Chichester AN - OPUS4-25571 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -