TY - JOUR A1 - Elordui-Zapatarietxe, S. A1 - Fettig, Ina A1 - Richter, Janine A1 - Philipp, Rosemarie A1 - Vanermen, G. A1 - Monteyne, E. A1 - Boom, G. A1 - Emteborg, H. T1 - Preparation and evaluation of sufficiently homogeneous and stable reference materials for priority hazardous substances in whole water N2 - We have prepared and evaluated three whole water test materials containing eight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), six polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and tributyltin (TBT) with respect to homogeneity and short-term stability. The test materials were used as samples in two inter-laboratory comparisons. The materials were composed of natural mineral water and model suspended particulate matter (SPM) containing the target compounds at ng L-1 levels. The expanded uncertainty of the estimated mass concentrations in the final test materials was obtained by combining contributions from the homogeneity, the stability and the model SPM characterization. The whole water materials were sufficiently homogeneous and stable at 4 °C for their intended use. In total, 12 out of 15 investigated target parameters could be assessed to be present with a relative combined expanded uncertainty below 25 %. The outcome of the two interlaboratory comparisons confirmed the good quality of the test materials and the level of uncertainties associated with the estimated mass concentrations. These findings are an important contribution towards the development of whole water matrix reference materials certified for PAH, PBDE and TBT in support of the Water Framework Directive of the European Union. KW - Reference material KW - Referenzmaterial KW - Water Framework Directive KW - Wasserrahmenrichtlinie KW - Whole water sample KW - Gesamtwasserprobe PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-015-1189-1 SN - 0949-1775 SN - 1432-0517 VL - 21 IS - 2 SP - 113 EP - 120 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-35728 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Richter, Silke A1 - Bremser, Wolfram A1 - Arvizu Torres, M. A1 - Lara Manzano, J. A1 - Buzoianu, M. A1 - Hill, S. A1 - Petrov, P. A1 - Goenaga-Infante, H. A1 - Sargent, M. A1 - Fisicaro, P. A1 - Labarraque, G. A1 - Zhou, T. A1 - Turk, G. C. A1 - Winchester, M. A1 - Miura, T. A1 - Methven, B. A1 - Sturgeon, R. A1 - Jährling, R. A1 - Rienitz, O. A1 - Mariassy, M. A1 - Hankova, Z. A1 - Sobina, E. A1 - Krylov, A. I. A1 - Kustikov, Y. A. A1 - Smirnov, V. V. T1 - Establishing comparability and compatibility in the purity assessment of high purity zinc as demonstrated by the CCQM-P149 intercomparison N2 - For the first time, an international comparison was conducted on the determination of the purity of a high purity element. Participants were free to choose any analytical approach appropriate for their institute’s applications and services. The material tested was a high purity zinc, which had earlier been assessed for homogeneity and previously used in CCQM-K72 for the determination of six defined metallic impurities. Either a direct metal assay of the Zn mass fraction was undertaken by EDTA titrimetry, or an indirect approach was used wherein all impurities, or at least the major ones, were determined and their sum subtracted from ideal purity of 100 %, or 1 kg/kg. Impurity assessment techniques included glow discharge mass spectrometry, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and carrier gas hot extraction/combustion analysis. Up to 91 elemental impurities covering metals, non-metals and semi-metals/metalloids were quantified. Due to the lack of internal experience or experimental capabilities, some participants contracted external laboratories for specific analytical tasks, mainly for the analysis of non-metals. The reported purity, expressed as zinc mass fraction in the high purity zinc material, showed excellent agreement for all participants, with a relative standard deviation of 0.011 %. The calculated reference value, w(Zn) = 0.999 873 kg/kg, was assigned an asymmetric combined uncertainty of + 0.000025 kg/kg and – 0.000028 kg/kg. Comparability amongst participating metrology institutes is thus demonstrated for the purity determination of high purity metals which have no particular difficulties with their decomposition / dissolution process when solution-based analytical methods are used, or which do not have specific difficulties when direct analysis approaches are used. Nevertheless, further development is required in terms of uncertainty assessment, quantification of non-metals and the determination of purity of less pure elements and/or for those elements suffering difficulties with the decomposition process. KW - Purity assessment KW - Direct metal assay KW - Impurity assessment KW - Non-metal analysis KW - High-purity elements KW - SI-traceability PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1681-7575/aaa677 SN - 1681-7575 SN - 0026-1394 VL - 55 IS - 2 SP - 211 EP - 221 PB - Institute of Physics Publishing CY - Bristol AN - OPUS4-44257 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, Janine A1 - Elordui-Zapatarietxe, S. A1 - Emteborg, H. A1 - Fettig, Ina A1 - Cabillic, J. A1 - Alasonati, E. A1 - Gantois, F. A1 - Swart, C. A1 - Gokcen, T. A1 - Tunc, M. A1 - Binici, B. A1 - Rodriguez-Cea, A. A1 - Zuliani, T. A1 - Gonzalez Gago, A. A1 - Pröfrock, D. A1 - Nousiainen, M. A1 - Sawal, G. A1 - Buzoianu, M. A1 - Philipp, Rosemarie T1 - An interlaboratory comparison on whole water samples N2 - The European Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC requires monitoring of organic priority pollutants in so-called whole water samples, i.e. in aqueous nonfiltered samples that contain natural colloidal and suspended particulate matter. Colloids and suspended particles in the liquid phase constitute a challenge for sample homogeneity and stability. Within the joint research project ENV08 ‘‘Traceable measurements for monitoring critical pollutants under the European Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC’’, whole water test materials were developed by spiking defined amounts of aqueous slurries of ultrafinely milled contaminated soil or sediment and aqueous solutions of humic acid into a natural mineral water matrix. This paper presents the results of an European-wide interlaboratory comparison (ILC) using this type of test materials. Target analytes were tributyltin, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the ng/L concentration range. Results of the ILC indicate that the produced materials are sufficiently homogeneous and stable to serve as samples for, e.g. proficiency testing or method validation. To our knowledge, this is the first time that ready-to-use water materials with a defined amount of suspended particulate and colloidal matter have been applied as test samples in an interlaboratory exercise. These samples meet the requirements of the European Water Framework Directive. Previous proficiency testing schemes mainly employed filtered water samples fortified with a spike of the target analyte in a water-miscible organic solvent. KW - Water Framework Directive KW - Wasserrahmenrichtlinie KW - Interlaboratory comparison KW - Ringversuch KW - Whole water sample KW - Gesamtwasserprobe PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-015-1190-8 SN - 0949-1775 SN - 1432-0517 VL - 21 IS - 2 SP - 121 EP - 129 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-35730 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haase, W. A1 - Richter, G. T1 - Knochenbrüche, beurteilt nach den Grundsätzen und Erkenntnissen der technischen Mechanik PY - 1937 IS - 32 SP - 19 EP - 34 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-17235 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haase, W. A1 - Richter, G. T1 - Knochenbrüche, beurteilt nach den Grundsätzen und Erkenntnissen der technischen Mechanik PY - 1937 IS - 21 SP - 317 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-16902 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, G. T1 - Untersuchungen an stumpfgeschweißten plattierten Blechen PY - 1939 SN - 0372-7076 IS - 2 SP - 45 EP - 59 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-17288 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, G. T1 - Untersuchungen an stumpfgeschweißten plattierten Blechen PY - 1941 IS - 29 SP - 580 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-17110 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, G. T1 - Beitrag zur Schweißung plattierter Bleche PY - 1941 IS - 29 SP - 580 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-17111 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vaupel, Otto A1 - Richter, G. T1 - Der Zerstörungsfreie Nachweis von Rissen und ähnlichen Materialtrennungen PY - 1958 SN - 0025-4517 VL - 31 IS - 1-2 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - Allianz-Vers.-AG CY - München AN - OPUS4-7794 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Münch, W. A1 - Richter, Manfred A1 - Frühling, H. G. T1 - Die Eignung der Xenon-Lampe als Standardlichtquelle für Strahlungs- und Farbmessungen PY - 1956 SN - 0014-7680 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 41 EP - 68 PB - Musterschmidt CY - Göttingen AN - OPUS4-9895 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiebold, Ernst A1 - Richter, G. T1 - Studien über den Zugversuch an kristallinen Stoffen PY - 1929 IS - 5 SP - 68 EP - 96 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-15560 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, G. T1 - Qualitätsvorschriften für Bleche, Rohre, Schrauben, Niete und Drähte PY - 1934 IS - 24 SP - 99 EP - 102 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-16530 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -