TY - JOUR A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Matschat, Ralf T1 - Traceability and uncertainty of chemical measurement results exemplified in the frame of the certification and the use of the glass CRM BAM-S005 PY - 2007 SN - 0391-4259 VL - 6 SP - 19 EP - 23 PB - Aurora Pubbl. CY - Venezia AN - OPUS4-17439 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Recknagel, Sebastian A1 - Matschat, Ralf T1 - Analysis of a copper alloy: Comité Consultatif pour la Quantite de Matière (CCQM) pilot study P76 international intercomparison N2 - The capabilities of National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) and selected outside “expert” laboratories of determining the mass fractions of the main and minor elements Cu, Pb, Sn, Fe, and Ni in a lead-containing brass were assessed. This pilot study P76 was organized as an activity of the Inorganic Analysis Working Group of CCQM and was piloted by the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM). In total 12 laboratories (four NMIs and eight outside labs) submitted results, some of them more than one set of results per element. The laboratories were free to choose any analytical method they wanted to use for the analysis. Consequently various methods of measurement were employed: inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP–OES), inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP–MS), instrumental neutron-activation analysis (INAA), titrimetry, flame atomic-absorption spectrometry (FAAS), spectrophotometry (MAS), electrogravimetry, and gravimetric analysis. After testing for homogeneity within BAM, a certified reference material of lead-containing brass was used as test sample without informing the participants about the source of the material. The agreement of the results for all elements investigated was acceptable and mean values calculated from the results of all participants were close to the certified mass fractions of the CRM used as test sample. No statistically significant differences between the results of the NMIs and those of the non-NMIs could be observed. KW - Copper alloy KW - Brass KW - International intercomparison KW - Consultative committee for amount of substance - metrology in chemistry (CCQM) KW - Pilot study PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-008-0393-7 SN - 0949-1775 SN - 1432-0517 VL - 13 IS - 8 SP - 433 EP - 441 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-17796 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Matschat, Ralf T1 - Instrumental methods for inorganic chemical analysis T2 - Eingeladener Vortrag als Dozent an der BIPM Metrological Summer School CY - Sèvres, France DA - 2008-06-29 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-17720 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Matschat, Ralf T1 - Purity assessment for providing primary standards for elemental determination - a snap shot of international comparability N2 - An inter-laboratory study was performed by some National Metrology Institutes in order to take a snap shot of the comparability and the capability of performing purity assessments of high purity materials as needed for providing national standards for elemental determination. The measurand was defined as the value of the sum of the mass fractions of Ag, Al, Cu, Fe, Pb and Zn in the bulk of a high purity nickel material and the interim results for the six individual impurities. Whereas for the analytes Ag, Al, Cu and Fe there was no agreement within the target uncertainty of 30%, agreement could be achieved for Pb and Zn. The discrepancies observed for the individual analytes resulted in a variation of a factor of 8 of the reported values for the impurity of nickel with respect to the six defined metallic analytes. The reference measurements using IDMS and for Al using GD-MS confirmed the lower reported values. KW - Primary standards KW - Elemental determination KW - Inter laboratory comparison KW - Metrology KW - Purity assessment KW - Comparability PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-007-0937-2 SN - 0026-3672 SN - 1436-5073 VL - 162 IS - 1-2 SP - 269 EP - 275 PB - Springer CY - Wien AN - OPUS4-17725 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Recknagel, Sebastian A1 - Noack, Siegfried A1 - Steiger, Thomas A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Matschat, Ralf T1 - International comparability of determination of mass fractions of chromium, copper, iron, manganese and zinc in aluminium alloy: Comité consultatif pour la quantité de matière key comparison K42 N2 - The degree of equivalence within the participating national metrology institutes for the measurement results of the mass fractions of the analytes Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn in an aluminium alloy was assessed. This interlaboratory comité consultatif pour la quantité de matière key comparison (CCQM-K42) was organised as an activity of the Inorganic Analytical Working Group of CCQM. In total seven laboratories participated, six of them for all analytes. Measurands were the mass fractions of the analytes in a range of 0.05 and 0.2%. As an outcome the consistency of the results for all elements investigated was acceptable, hence satisfactory comparability was established. An aluminium based certified reference material—undisclosed to the analysts which one it was—was used as test sample. For the purpose of this study homogeneity was tested at BAM. Each laboratory was free to choose any analytical method they wanted to use for the analysis. Consequently various methods of measurement were employed: instrumental neutron activation analysis, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) using fused cast-bead method combined with reconstitution technique, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP OES) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Metrological traceability of the measurement results to the SI unit had to be demonstrated. Therefore, methods such as spark OES or XRF (without fused cast-bead technique)—both of them being most important methods for the analysis of metals and alloys in industrial laboratories—could not be used in the frame of the key comparison. KW - Aluminium alloy KW - International comparison KW - CCQM-K42 KW - Key comparison PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-010-0641-5 SN - 0949-1775 SN - 1432-0517 VL - 15 IS - 7 SP - 401 EP - 407 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-21628 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Noack, Siegfried A1 - Matschat, Ralf A1 - Michaelis, Matthias T1 - Zur Homogenitätsuntersuchung an kompakten metallischen Referenzmaterialproben - Vergleich der Präzisionseigenschaften der Funken-Emissionsspektrometrie und der Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse KW - Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse KW - Funkenspektrometrie KW - Homogenitätstest KW - Verfahrenspräzision KW - Referenzmaterialien PY - 2009 SN - 1613-2394 VL - 62 IS - 4 SP - 210 EP - 223 PB - GDMB, Ges. für Bergbau, Metallurgie, Rohstoff- und Umwelttechnik CY - Clausthal-Zellerfeld AN - OPUS4-20054 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rudtsch, S. A1 - Fahr, M. A1 - Fischer, J. A1 - Gusarova, Tamara A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Matschat, Ralf T1 - High-Purity Fixed Points of the ITS-90 with Traceable Analysis of Impurity Contents N2 - The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) is based on thermodynamic equilibrium states of ideally pure substances. The largest contribution to the uncertainty budgets of most metallic fixed points is the influence of impurities on the fixed-point temperature. Therefore, a traceable chemical analysis of the remaining impurities with small uncertainty is the basis of further progress. Further requirements are better knowledge of the phase diagrams at very low impurity contents, impurity segregation, and the quantification and correction of thermal effects during a fixed-point realization. In this article, current and future activities at PTB and BAM in order to develop improved metallic fixed-point cells of the ITS-90 are reviewed. KW - Chemical analysis KW - Fixed points KW - Impurities KW - ITS-90 KW - Phase diagrams KW - Thermal effects PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-007-0358-9 SN - 0195-928X SN - 1572-9567 VL - 29 IS - 1 SP - 139 EP - 150 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht AN - OPUS4-17455 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Matschat, Ralf A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Gusarova, Tamara A1 - Czerwensky, Michael A1 - Heinrich, Hans-Joachim A1 - Hioki, A. A1 - Konopelko, L.A. A1 - Methven, B. A1 - Miura, T. A1 - Petersen, O. A1 - Riebe, Gundel A1 - Sturgeon, R. A1 - Turk, G.C. A1 - Yu, L. L. T1 - Purity determination as needed for the realisation of primary standards for elemental determination: status of international comparability N2 - Within the National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) and designated laboratories, an interlaboratory comparison, CCQM-P107, was conducted to verify the degree of international comparability concerning the results of purity analysis. The mass fractions of Ag, Bi, Cd, Cr, Ni, Tl at the lower mg/kg-level in a high purity zinc material were determined, but the real measurand in metrological sense was the sum of the six mass fractions. Homogeneity was investigated by glow discharge mass spectrometry, reference values were obtained using isotope dilution mass spectrometry. Six NMIs participated, contributing eight independent data sets. The agreement amongst the results of the participants, their median and the agreement with the reference values were usually excellent and in almost all cases below the target uncertainty of 30% relative. In this manner, the accuracy of results and the comparability between the participants was demonstrated to be established. KW - Interlaboratory comparison KW - Purity analysis KW - High purity metals KW - CCQM-P107 KW - Zinc PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-009-0557-0 SN - 0949-1775 SN - 1432-0517 VL - 15 IS - 1 SP - 29 EP - 37 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-20767 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Matschat, Ralf T1 - Activities of Division "Inorganic Chemical Analysis; Reference Materials" of BAM in the Field of Analysis of Metals T2 - 9th International Conference on Ultra-High Purity Base Metals CY - Sendai, Japan DA - 2002-10-14 PY - 2002 AN - OPUS4-3266 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Matschat, Ralf T1 - CCQM-K42 and P34.1: Constituents of an Al alloy T2 - CCQM Inorganic Analysis Working Group, CENAM (Centro Nacional de Metrología) CY - Querétaro, Mexico DA - 2004-10-27 PY - 2004 AN - OPUS4-4407 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Matschat, Ralf T1 - High Purity Metals used as Primary Pure Calibration Materials: State of Development and Multielement Trace Determination in Zinc and Gold by HR ICP-MS T2 - 11th International Conference on Ultra-High Purity Base Metals, NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) CY - Gaithersburg, MD, USA DA - 2004-12-06 PY - 2004 AN - OPUS4-4630 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Matschat, Ralf T1 - CCQM-P62: Purity analysis of nickel T2 - CCQM Inorganic Analysis Working Group, CENAM (Centro Nacional de Metrología) CY - Querétaro, Mexico DA - 2004-10-27 PY - 2004 AN - OPUS4-5969 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -