TY - JOUR A1 - Ma, L. A1 - Feng, L. A1 - Hioki, A. A1 - Cho, K.H. A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Turk, G. A1 - Macleod, S. A1 - Labarraque, G. A1 - Tong, W.F. A1 - Schiel, D. A1 - Yafa, C. A1 - Valiente, L. A1 - Konopelko, L.A. A1 - Quetel, C. A1 - Vermaercke, P. A1 - Manzano, J.V.L. A1 - Linsky, M. A1 - Cortés, E. A1 - Tangpitayakul, S. A1 - Plangsangmas, L. A1 - Bergamaschi, L. A1 - Hearn, R. T1 - International comparison of the determination of the mass fraction of cadmium, chromium, mercury and lead in polypropylene: the Comité Consultatif pour la quantité de matière pilot study CCQM-P106 KW - Cadmium KW - Chromium KW - Mercury KW - Lead KW - Polypropylene KW - CCQM PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-009-0574-z SN - 0949-1775 SN - 1432-0517 VL - 15 IS - 1 SP - 39 EP - 44 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-20787 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Ding, T. A1 - Valkiers, S. A1 - Quetel, C. A1 - De Bièvre, P. A1 - Taylor, P. A1 - Gonfiantini, R. T1 - Preparation of two synthetic isotope mixtures for the calibration of isotope amount ratio measurements of sulfur N2 - Two synthetic isotope mixtures for the calibration of sulfur isotope amount ratio measurements were gravimetrically prepared from high purity Ag2S materials enriched in 32S, 33S, and 34S. The mixtures were made so as to closely resemble the (natural) isotopic composition of the materials to be “calibrated”. This allowed a totally independent evaluation, on the same samples, of the relative combined uncertainty of: (a) the procedure to perform direct measurements of the amount of substance ratios of gas isotopes in the redetermination of the Avogadro constant and (b) the gravimetric preparation procedure. The result of both procedures, mass spectrometry and gravimetry, agree to a relative uncertainty of 3 × 10-4 for sulfur amount ratio measurements of the major abundant isotopes. Thus it seems that a direct measurement of isotopic gas mixtures (e.g. of natural isotopic composition) is now possible for sulfur—and probably also for other gaseous isotopes—without necessarily having to rely on “calibration” by means of values provided by measurements of gravimetrically prepared isotope mixtures. However, synthetic mixtures may be needed for validation and verification purposes, in particular for quality assurance. KW - Sulfur KW - Absolute isotope amount ratio KW - Synthetic isotope mixtures KW - Sulfur hexafluoride KW - Mass spectrometry PY - 2000 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1387-3806(99)00235-3 SN - 0168-1176 SN - 0020-7381 SN - 1387-3806 SN - 1873-2798 VL - 197 IS - 1-3 SP - 131 EP - 137 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-913 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Quétel, C. A1 - Ostermann, Markus A1 - Papadakis, I. A1 - Van Nevel, L. A1 - Taylor, P.D.P. T1 - Contribution to the certification of B, Cd, Mg, Pb, Rb, Sr, and U in a natural water sample for the International Measurement Evaluation Programme Round 9 (IMEP-9) using ID-ICP-MS N2 - The present paper describes the contribution of the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements to the certification of B, Cd, Mg, Pb, Rb, Sr, and U amount contents in a natural water sample, in round 9 of the International Measurement Evaluation Programme (IMEP-9). The analytical procedure to establish the reference values for B, Cd, Mg, Pb, Rb, Sr, and U amount contents was based on isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry used as a primary method of measurement. Applying this procedure reference values, traceable to the SI, were obtained for the natural water sample of IMEP-9. For each of the certified amount contents presented here a total uncertainty budget was calculated using the method of propagation of uncertainties according to ISO and EURACHEM guidelines. The measurement procedures, as well as the uncertainty calculations are described for all seven elements mentioned above. In order to keep the whole certification process transparent and so traceable, the preparations of various reagents and materials as well as the sample treatment and blending, the measurements themselves, and finally the data treatment are described in detail. Explanations focus on Pb as a representative example. The total uncertainties (relative) obtained were less than 2% for all investigated elements at amount contents in the pmol/kg up to the high 7mol/kg range, corresponding to low 7g/kg and mg/kg levels. KW - IMEP-9 KW - ID-ICP-MS KW - IDMS KW - Uncertainty budget KW - Certification PY - 2000 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s007690000145 SN - 0949-1775 SN - 1432-0517 VL - 5 SP - 272 EP - 279 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-7216 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 DO - 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 - JOUR A1 - Quétel, C. A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Prohaska, T. A1 - Nelms, S. A1 - Taylor, P.D.P. A1 - De Bièvre, P. T1 - Comparative performance study of ICP mass spectrometers by means of U "isotopic measurements" N2 - The performance of four commercially available ICPMS instruments of three different types was compared by means of uranium "isotopic measurements". Examined were two quadrupole sector (different generation, different manufacturer), one single detector double focusing magnetic sector and one multiple collector double focusing magnetic sector instruments. The same samples of the IRMM-072 series were used under routine conditions to measure the 233U/235U and the 233U/238U ratios which, in these samples, vary over almost three orders of magnitude from ~ 1 to ~ 2 · 10-3. Within expanded (k = 2) uncertainties, good agreement was observed between the certified values and the data internally corrected for mass-discrimination effects. The magnitude of the evaluated uncertainties was different for each type of instrument. With the multiple collector instrument, expanded uncertainties varied from - 0.04% to- 0.24% for the 233U/235U ratio, and from - 0.08% to - 0.27% for the 233U/238U ratio. They were ~ 1 to 5 times larger with the single detector magnetic sector instrument, and ~ 10 to 25 times larger with both quadrupole sector instruments. With the multiple collector instrument, repeatability of the measurements seemed to be limited by the difficulty of correcting properly for instrumental background, whereas with the single detector magnetic sector instrument the counting statistics was the only limitation (on smallest ratios). Apparent mass-discrimination was clearly found to be larger but more reproducible (and hence easier to correct for) in the case of magnetic sector instruments than for both quadrupole sector instruments. If space charge effects were the main source of mass-discrimination for all instruments, these results are in contradiction with the hypothesis of the size of mass-discrimination decreasing with the acceleration voltage. With the single detector magnetic sector instrument in particular (when operated by changing the ion energy only), our results pointed at more than only one major source of mass-discrimination, with variable size depending on the ratios measured. KW - ICP-MS KW - Isotope ratio KW - Uranium PY - 2000 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160000499 SN - 0937-0633 VL - 368 SP - 148 EP - 155 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-7218 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Liesegang, D. A1 - Ostermann, Markus A1 - Diemer, J. A1 - Berglund, M. A1 - Quétel, C. A1 - Taylor, P. A1 - Heumann, K. T1 - Producing SI-traceable reference values for Cd, Cr and Pb amount contents in polyethylene samples from the Polymer Elemental Reference Material (PERM) project using isotope dilution mass spectrometry N2 - The present paper describes the certification of the amount content of Cd, Cr and Pb in two different polyethylene materials within the third phase of the Polyethylene Elemental Reference Material (PERM) project. The analytical procedure to establish the reference values for Cd, Cr and Pb amount contents in these materials is based on isotope dilution mass spectrometry used as a primary method of measurement. Cd and Pb were measured with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and Cr with positive thermal ionization-mass spectrometry. The decomposition of the polymer matrix was carried out using a high pressure asher. Reference values for amount content, traceable to the SI-system, have been obtained for these three elements in both of the polyethylene samples of PERM. For each of the certified amount content values an uncertainty budget was calculated using the method of propagation of uncertainties according to ISO and EURACHEM guidelines. The measurement procedures, as well as the uncertainty calculations, are described for all three elements. In order to keep the whole certification process as transparent as possible, the preparations of various reagents and materials as well as the sample treatment and blending are described in detail. The mass spectrometry measurements and the data treatment are also explained carefully. The various sources of uncertainty present in the procedure are displayed in the uncertainty budgets. The obtained combined uncertainties for the amount content values were less than 2% relative (k=1) for all investigated elements. The amount contents were in the ?mol/kg range, corresponding to mg/kg levels. KW - PERM KW - ICP-MS KW - PTI-MS KW - IDMS KW - Uncertainty budget KW - Certification KW - Polyethylene PY - 2000 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s007690000146 SN - 0949-1775 SN - 1432-0517 VL - 5 SP - 314 EP - 324 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-7217 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nelms, S. A1 - Quétel, C. A1 - Prohaska, T. A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Taylor, P.D.P. T1 - Evaluation of detector dead time calculation models for ICP-MS KW - ICP-MS KW - Dead time KW - Uncertainty PY - 2001 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/b007913h SN - 0267-9477 SN - 1364-5544 VL - 16 IS - 4 SP - 333 EP - 338 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - London AN - OPUS4-7219 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Semkova, V. A1 - Reimer, P. A1 - Altzitzoglou, T. A1 - Plompen, A.J.M. A1 - Quétel, C. A1 - Sudár, S. A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Koning, A.J. A1 - Qaim, S.M. A1 - Smith, D.L. T1 - Neutron activation cross sections on lead isotopes KW - Cross sections KW - Neutron activation KW - Lead isotopes PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.80.024610 SN - 0556-2813 SN - 1089-490X VL - 80 IS - 2 SP - 024610-1 - 024610-12 PB - Inst. CY - Woodbury, NY, USA AN - OPUS4-20698 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - 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 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/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 - 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 DO - 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 -