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In this study the microscopic homogeneity of the newly developed plastic reference materials BAM H001-BAM H010 was investigated. The materials consist of an acrylonitryle-butadien-styrene terpolymer, doped with different amounts of the elements Br, Cd, Cr, Hg and Pb. For the quantitative determination of the degree of homogeneity, a procedure proposed by Kempenaers et al. (Fresenius J. Anal. Chem., 2001, 369, 733-737) was used. On every sample an extensive number of different points were analyzed and standard deviation for every element mentioned above was used to calculate a minimal sampling mass that is necessary to reach a certain level of uncertainty caused by inhomogeneity (mmin,5%). The experiments were taken out with synchrotron µ-XRF (SR µ-XRF) at BESSYII in Berlin and by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (LA-ICP-MS). The calculated values for mmin,5% of both techniques showed comparable results for all elements. It could be shown that the materials are suitable for calibration of micro analytic techniques if at least 64 µg are used.
The Federal Institute for materials research and testing (BAM)in cooperation with the Fachhochschule Münster has developed a new certified polymeric reference material, BAM-H010. The reference material consists of acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene terpolymer (ABS) and has been doped with different contents of the elements Br, Cd, Cr, Hg and Pb. The monitoring of these elements is demanded in the EU directive 2002/95/EG, commonly referred to as RoHS. We have shown that the uncertainty contribution of the thermal long-term stability (ustability) is negligible compared to the contribution to the uncertainty caused by the method used for the characterization of the elemental content and the batch inhomogeneity (uhomogeneity). The stability of theABS material during exposure of the samples with hard X-radiation leads to a degradation of the ABS matrix with either long- or short-chain products.