TY - JOUR A1 - Lange, Britta A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Recknagel, Sebastian A1 - Meier, Klaus T1 - Preparation and analysis of a reference material for the measurement of oxygen in copper JF - Accreditation and quality assurance N2 - The preparation and analysis of the oxygen mass fraction of three pure copper reference materials (BAM-379/1, BAM-379/2, BAM-379/3) intended for the calibration of spark emission spectrometry are described here. Data of homogeneity testing and round robin certification in collaboration with 12 independent laboratories from metalworking industry and research are reported. Problems with the establishment of traceability in this special case are discussed. KW - Determination of oxygen KW - Copper KW - Reference material KW - Certification PY - 2002 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-001-0413-3 SN - 0949-1775 SN - 1432-0517 VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 19 EP - 23 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-10994 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -