Preparation and certification of the new reference materials; plastics (disk form, JSAC 0621-0625) for determination of mercury using x-ray fluorescent analysis. |
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| Authors: | Kazuhiko Nakano Toshihiro Nakamura Izumi Nakai Akira Kawase Makoto Imai Mikio Hasegawa Yohichi Ishibashi Isamu Inamoto Kazuhuyu Sudou Masaru Kozaki Akira Tsuruta Akihiro Ono Kazutoshi Kakita Mamoru Sakata |
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| Institution: | Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry has developed some new plastic certified reference materials (CRMs) for the analysis of mercury in polyester disks using XRF analysis. These CRMs (named as JSAC 0621-0625) were prepared by casting polyesters including a toluene solution of organometallic compounds as a standard. Concentrations of the five levels of mercury ranged from 0 to 250 mg/kg. Homogeneity tests of prepared disks had shown excellent results. Interlaboratory comparison study for the certification was performed by 15 laboratory participants. The z-scores in robust statistical method was applied for the evaluation of outliers. The certified values were assigned after discarding outliers. The uncertainties of certified values were determined as the confidence levels of 95%. |
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