TY - JOUR A1 - Merchel, S. A1 - Bremser, Wolfram A1 - Bourlès, D.L. A1 - Czeslik, U. A1 - Erzinger, J. A1 - Kummer, N.-A. A1 - Leanni, L. A1 - Merkel, B. A1 - Recknagel, Sebastian A1 - Schaefer, U. T1 - Accuracy of 9Be-data and its influence on 10Be cosmogenic nuclide data N2 - A 9Be-solution has been chemically prepared from phenakite (Be2SiO4) mineral grains as commercial 9Be-solutions are too high in long-lived 10Be. The solution is intended to be used as a carrier for radiochemical separation of 10Be to be measured by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). Thus, accurate data of the 9Be-concentration of this solution is essential to guarantee for high-accuracy 10Be data in the future. After devastating preliminary results (~8 % standard deviation), eight laboratories finally produced twelve individual results by four different analytical methods. A certain lab and method bias might be identified by sophisticated statistical evaluation. Some laboratories also (grossly) underestimate their uncertainties. Thus, the simple weighted mean of this round-robin exercise needed to be corrected by introducing additional allowances (Paule-Mandel-approach). The final result has been calculated to (2,246 ± 11) µg 9Be/(g solution) with a reasonably low weighted standard deviation of 0.49 %. The maximum deviation of a single lab value from the weighted mean is 2.4 % when removing one Grubbs outlier (11 % off from the mean) from the data set. As 10Be-data, which is usually calculated from measured 10Be/9Be by AMS and stable 9Be, cannot be more accurate than the determined 9Be-concentration, it seems highly advisable to establish or improve quality assurance by having self-made carrier-solutions analysed at more than a single lab and regularly taking part in round-robin exercises. KW - Cosmogenic nuclide KW - ICP-MS KW - ICP-OES KW - AAS KW - Round-robin KW - Accelerator mass spectrometry PY - 2013 UR - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10967-013-2746-x/fulltext.html U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2746-x SN - 0236-5731 SN - 1588-2780 SN - 1417-2097 SP - 1 EP - 8(?) PB - Elsevier Sequoia CY - Lausanne AN - OPUS4-29302 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -