TY - JOUR A1 - Isleyen, Alper A1 - Can, Suleyman Z. A1 - Cankur, Oktay A1 - Tunc, Murat A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Koenig, Maren A1 - Horvat, Milena A1 - Jacimovic, Radojko A1 - Zuliani, Tea A1 - Fajon, Vesna A1 - Jotanovic, Aida A1 - Gaževic, Luka A1 - Milosevic, Milena A1 - Ochsenkuehn–Petropoulou, Maria A1 - Tsopelas, Fotis A1 - Lymberopoulou, Theopisti A1 - Tsakanika, Lamprini-Areti A1 - Serifi, Olga A1 - Ochsenkuehn, Klaus M. A1 - Bulska, Ewa A1 - Tomiak, Anna A1 - Kurek, Eliza A1 - Cakılbahçe, Zehra A1 - Aktas, Gokhan A1 - Altuntas, Hatice A1 - Basaran, Elif A1 - Kısacık, Barıs A1 - Gumus, Zeynep T1 - Certification of the total element mass fractions in UME EnvCRM 03 soil sample via a joint research project JF - Accreditation and Quality Assurance N2 - Soil certified reference material (CRM), UME EnvCRM 03 was produced by a collaborative approach among national metrology institutes, designated institutes and university research laboratories within the scope of the EMPIR project: Matrix Reference Materials for Environmental Analysis. This paper presents the sampling and processing methodology, homogeneity, stability, characterization campaign, the assignment of property values and their associated uncertainties in compliance with ISO 17034:2016. The material processing methodology involves blending a natural soil sample with a contaminated soil sample obtained by spiking elemental solutions for 8 elements (Cd, Co, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Sb and Zn) to reach the level of warning risk monitoring values specified for metals and metalloids of soils in Europe. Comparative homogeneity and stability test data were obtained by two different institutes, ensuring the reliability and back up of the data. The certified values and associated expanded uncertainties for the total mass fractions of thirteen elements (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, V and Zn) are established. The developed CRM can be used for the development and validation of measurement procedures for the determination of the total mass fractions of elements in soil and also for quality control/assurance purposes. The developed CRM is the first example of a soil material originating from Türkiye. KW - Total element content KW - Soil KW - CRM KW - Certification KW - Environmental pollution monitoring PY - 2024 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-024-01597-8 SN - 1432-0517 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC AN - OPUS4-59954 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Faßbender, Sebastian A1 - von der Au, Marcus A1 - Koenig, Maren A1 - Pelzer, J. A1 - Piechotta, Christian A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Meermann, Björn T1 - Species-specific isotope dilution analysis of monomethylmercury in sediment using GC/ICP-ToF-MS and comparison with ICP-Q-MS and ICP-SF-MS JF - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry N2 - A recently introduced inductively coupled plasma-time-of-flight-mass spectrometer (ICP-ToF-MS) shows enhanced sensitivity compared to previous developments and superior isotope ratio precision compared to other ToF and commonly used single-collector ICP-MS instruments. Following this fact, an improvement for isotope dilution ICP-MS using the new instrumentation has been reported. This study aimed at investigating whether this improvement also meets the requirements of species-specific isotope dilution using GC/ICP-MS, where short transient signals are recorded. The results of the analysis of monomethylmercury (MMHg) of a sediment reference material show that isotope ratio precision of ICP-MS instruments equipped with quadrupole, sector-field, and time-of-flight mass analyzers is similar within a broad range of peak signal-to-noise ratio when analyzing one isotopic system. The procedural limit of quantification (LOQ) for MMHg, expressed as mass fraction of Hg being present as MMHg, w(Hg)MMHg, was similar as well for all investigated instruments and ranged between 0.003 and 0.016 μg/kg. Due to the simultaneous detection capability, the ICP-ToF-MS might, however, be more favorable when several isotopic systems are analyzed within one measurement. In a case study, the GC/ICP-ToF-MS coupling was applied for analysis of MMHg in sediments of Finow Canal, a historic German canal heavily polluted with mercury. Mass fractions between 0.180 and 41 μg/kg (w(Hg)MMHg) for MMHg, and 0.056 and 126 mg/kg (w(Hg)total) for total mercury were found in sediment samples taken from the canal upstream and downstream of a former chemical plant. KW - Methylmercury KW - Legacy pollution KW - Finow Canal KW - Isotope dilution KW - Mercury speciation PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-529967 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-021-03497-z SN - 1618-2642 VL - 413 IS - 21 SP - 5279 EP - 5289 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-52996 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -