TY - RPRT A1 - Andrzejuk, W. A1 - Bau, A. A1 - Charoud-Got, J. A1 - de Vos, P. A1 - Emteborg, H. A1 - Lamberty, A. A1 - Linsinger, T. A1 - Oostra, A. A1 - Quetel, C. A1 - Roebben, G. A1 - Tresl, I. A1 - Hearn, R. A1 - Wood, S. A1 - Pritzkow, W. A1 - Vogl, Jochen T1 - Certification of the sulfur mass fraction in three commercial petrol materials - Certified reference materials ERM-EF211, ERM-EF212 and ERM-EF213 N2 - Three petrol reference materials were certified for their total sulfur content in support of Directive 2003/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the European Council, which stipulates that petrol with a maximum S content of 10 mg/kg must be available in all member states by 2009. Commercially available petrol was obtained and filled into borosilicate ampoules without further treatment. Homogeneity of the materials was tested and no heterogeneity was detected for two of the materials, whereas minor heterogeneity was observed for the third material. Stability of the materials was tested for 8-12 months at 60 °C and no degradation was observed. Characterisation was based on isotope-dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) applied as primary method of measurement by three European metrology institutes and certified values were assigned using all results. The certified uncertainties include contributions of (potential) heterogeneity, potential degradation as well as characterisation. The final assigned values are: ERM-EF211: 48.8 ± 1.7 mg/kg ERM-EF212: 20.2 ± 1.1 mg/kg ERM-EF213: 9.1 ± 0.8 mg/kg The materials are available from IRMM (ERM-EF211), LGC (ERM-EF212) and BAM (ERMEF213) KW - Sulfur KW - Petrol KW - IDMS PY - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-355804 SN - 978-92-79-05370-2 SN - 1018-5593 SP - 1 EP - 37 PB - European Communities CY - Luxembourg AN - OPUS4-35580 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Linsinger, T. A1 - Andrzejuk, W. A1 - Bau, A. A1 - Charoud-Got, J. A1 - De VOs, P. A1 - Emteborg, H. A1 - Hearn, R. A1 - Lamberty, A. A1 - Oostra, A. A1 - Pritzkow, Wolfgang A1 - Quétel, C. A1 - Roebben, G. A1 - Tresl, I. A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Wood, S. T1 - Production of three certified reference materials for the sulfur content in gasoline (petrol) N2 - Directive 2003/17/EC of the European Parliament and the European Council stipulates that petrol (gasoline) with a total sulfur content below 10 mg kg-1 must be available in all European Union member states by 2009. Three certified reference materials were produced in support of this directive in a joint effort of the members of the European Reference Materials Initiative (ERM). Two of the materials were made from commercial petrol, while the third one was prepared from a blend of commercial petrols. Relative between-ampule heterogeneity of the materials was quantified and found to be below 2.5%. Potential degradation during storage and dispatch was quantified, and shelf lives based on these values were set. The three materials were characterized by three institutes using different variants of isotope-dilution mass spectrometry. The results from the three institutes were combined, and the final uncertainties of the respective sulfur mass fractions were estimated including contributions from heterogeneity, stability, and characterization. The following mass fractions were derived: ERM-EF211, 48.8 ± 1.7 mg kg-1; ERM-EF212, 20.2 ± 1.1 mg kg-1; and ERM-EF213, 9.1 ± 0.8 mg kg-1. KW - CRM KW - IDMS KW - ERM PY - 2007 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/ef070155t SN - 0887-0624 SN - 1520-5029 VL - 21 IS - 4 SP - 2240 EP - 2244 PB - ACS Publ. CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-16371 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Meier, Klaus A1 - Wäthen, U. A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Lamberty, A. A1 - Robouch, P. T1 - The certification of the mass fraction of Cd, Cu, Fe, Pb, Sn and TI in four grades of unalloyed zinc intended for use in emission spectrometry - BCR-322R, BCR-323R, BCR-324R, BCR-325R, Project Report EUR 20267 EN PY - 2002 SN - 92-894-3706-5 SP - 1 EP - 55 PB - Office for Official Publications of the European Communities CY - Luxembourg AN - OPUS4-1606 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Röhl-Kuhn, Barbara A1 - Klobes, Peter A1 - Meyer, Klaus A1 - Lorenz, Peter A1 - Lamberty, A. A1 - Gawlik, B. A1 - Muntau, H. T1 - Certification of the specific micropore volume and the median width of two microporous reference materials according to Draft-DIN 66135-4 KW - Poröse Materialien KW - ZRM-Entwicklung KW - Gasadsorption KW - Mikroporenbestimmung PY - 2004 UR - https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/sites/default/files/rm/BCR-704_report.pdf SN - 1018-5593 IS - 21065 SP - I-III, 5-38 PB - Office for Official Publications of the European Communities CY - Luxembourg AN - OPUS4-5195 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Diemer, J. A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Quétel, C.R. A1 - Linsinger, T. A1 - Taylor, P.D.P. A1 - Lamberty, A. A1 - Pauwels, J. T1 - SI-traceable certification of the amount content of cadmium below the ng g-1 level in blood samples by isotope dilution ICP-MS applied as a primary method of measurement N2 - The development and implementation of a method for the certification of cadmium in blood samples at low ng g-1 and sub ng g-1 levels is described. The analytical procedure is based on inductively coupled plasma isotope dilution mass spectrometry (ICP-IDMS) applied as a primary method of measurement. Two different sample digestion methods, an optimized microwave digestion procedure using HNO3 and H2O2 as oxidizing agents and a high-pressure asher digestion procedure, were developed and compared. The very high salt content of the digests and the high molybdenum content, which can cause oxide-based interferences with the Cd isotopes, were reduced by a chromatographic matrix separation step using an anion-exchange resin. All isotope ratio measurements were performed by a quadrupole ICP-MS equipped with an ultrasonic nebulizer with membrane desolvator. This sample introduction set-up was used to increase sensitivity and minimize the formation of oxides (less MoO+ interference with the Cd isotopes). Because of the very low Cd concentrations in the samples and the resulting need to minimize the procedural blank as much as possible, all sample-processing steps were performed in a clean room environment. Detection limits of 0.005 ng g-1 Cd were achieved using sample weights of 2.7 g. The method described was used to re-certify the cadmium content of three different blood reference materials from the Community Bureau of Reference (BCR) of the European Commission (BCR-194, BCR-195, BCR-196). Cadmium concentrations ranged between ~0.2 ng g-1 and ~12 ng g-1. For these materials, SI-traceable certified values including total uncertainty budgets according to ISO and Eurachem guidelines were established. PY - 2001 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160100813 SN - 0937-0633 VL - 370 SP - 492 EP - 498 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-3363 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -