Value assignment of retinol, retinyl palmitate, tocopherol, and carotenoid concentrations in Standard Reference Material 2383 (Baby Food Composite)

In 1997, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2383 Baby Food Composite. This SRM can be used as a control material when assigning values to in-house control materials and when validating analytical methods for the measurement of proximates, vitamins, minerals, and trace elements in baby foods and similar matrixes. The Certificate of Analysis for SRM 2383 provides certified and reference values for concentrations of lutein, zeaxanthin, beta-cryptoxanthin, lycopene, alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, delta-tocopherol, gamma-tocopherol, alpha-tocopherol, retinol, and retinyl palmitate for 2 types of sample preparation--extraction and saponification. The assigned values were based on the agreement of measurements made by NIST and collaborating laboratories. The Certificate of Analysis also provides reference and information values for concentrations of proximates, minerals, and additional vitamins; assignment of these values is discussed in a companion paper (this issue, page 276).     

Searching a robust reference value from intercomparison exercise data: Seaweed radionuclide Standard Reference Material (SRM4359)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seaweed Standard Reference Material (SRM4359) was developed through an intercomparison of 24 experienced laboratories. Several statistical techniques were evaluated for establishing reference values using the laboratories’ reported values including mean, midmean, median, Type B On Bias (BOB), Graybill-Deal, Mandel-Paule, Vangel-Rukhin, Cox and Maximum Likelihood. After reviewing the results from all these techniques, the median was chosen as a suitably robust way to calculate reference values. The uncertainties for the median values were estimated using bootstrap analysis.     

铅-钙合金光谱标样的制备与标定

通常用的铅 钙合金光谱标样比较缺乏 ,且钙含量范围一般只能做到 0 .2 %以下。本文试验此类合金光谱标样的制备与标定。可制备出钙含量范围从0 .0 1%～ 2 %的铅 钙合金标样 ,采用直读光谱分析法检验其均匀性 ,用原子吸收光谱法和ＥＤＴＡ容量法分析定值[1,2 ] ,制备出了结果满意的标准样品。1　试验部分1.1　主要仪器ＧＧＸ 5型原子吸收分光光度计 ,附钙空心阴极灯 (北京地质仪器厂 )。ＡＲＬ 4 4 6 0直读光谱仪 (瑞士ＡＲＬ公司 )ＧＷ 0 .15型中频感应炉1.2　试验方法利用中频感应炉、石墨坩埚 ,加金属铝作保护 ,将铅和钙于 (70 0± 30 )…     

高效除草剂快杀稗标准物质的制备及表征

从快杀稗工业品出发 ,经活性炭纯化、硅胶柱层析分离制得快杀稗标准物质 ,并进行熔点、高效液相色谱、紫外光谱、元素分析、红外光谱、质谱、核磁共振等方法的表征 ,以高效液相色谱法测得该标准品纯度在99%以上     

Challenges and successes in the use of neutron activation analysis procedures for value assignment of animal serum and bovine liver Standard Reference Materials

Analyses for value assignment in the renewal Standard Reference Materials^® SRM 1598a Animal Serum and SRM 1577c Bovine Liver included extensive characterization by neutron activation analysis (NAA). Conventional instrumental NAA procedures were complemented by pre-irradiation chemical separations for the determination of Al, V, Mn, and Cu, radiochemical separations for the determination of Ag, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mo, Sb, and Se, and the use of (anti-) coincidence gamma-ray spectrometry systems for the instrumental determination of Ag, Cr, and Hg. The previous materials, SRMs 1598, 1577, and 1577b, were analyzed together with the new materials for quality control.     

有机元素微量分析标准物质——茴香酸的研制

茴香酸的分子式为C_8H_8O_3,碳含量63.15%、氢含量5.30%、氧含量31.55%、甲氧基含量20.40%。该标样与日本元素分析恳谈会委员会、英国化学协会微量化学委员会所公布的微量化学标样之一——香草醛一样,都具有相同的碳、氢、氧和甲氧基含量,美国国家标准局(NBS)发行SRM142茴香酸作为微量分析中甲氧基的分析标样。     

紫外分光光度法在水中酚标样研制中的应用

利用苯酚碱性水溶液的紫外光吸收特性,按文献记载的摩尔吸收系数和实际测量结果,计算10.00mg/1水中酚的吸收值的标准参考数据,用紫外分光光度法对水中酚标准物质的稳定性和定值数据进行了测量,大大简化了操作手续,并获得了准确的分析结果。     

磷酸三(2-氯乙基)酯标准物质的研制

研制了有机磷阻燃剂磷酸三(2-氯乙基)酯(TCEP)标准物质。采用硅胶柱层析法对TCEP原料进行纯化,得到纯度大于99%的TCEP纯品。通过红外光谱和气相色谱–质谱准确定性分析后,利用气相色谱法和气相色谱–质谱法结合热重分析法分别对TCEP纯物质进行纯度定值。将制备的50 g TCEP纯品分装到100个小瓶中,每瓶0.5g,从中随机选取10瓶,进行均匀性和稳定性实验,结果表明,研制的TCEP标准物质均匀性良好,在半年内是稳定的。研制的有机磷阻燃剂磷酸三(2-氯乙基)酯标准物质的纯度定值为99.56%,扩展不确定度为1.18%(k=2)。研制的磷酸三(2-氯乙基)酯标准物质满足国家二级标准物质标准的要求。     

A practical procedure for assigning a reference value and uncertainty in the frame of an interlaboratory comparison

A method is suggested for the calculation of a reference value and its uncertainty to be used in the frame of an interlaboratory comparison (ILC). It is assumed that the reference value of the measurand is determined independently from the ILC round. It is derived from a limited set of measurement results obtained from one or several expert laboratories. The procedure involves three stages: (1) check of the experimental data and possible corrections; (2) check of the consistency of data, and possibly increase of the uncertainties in order to attain internal consistency; (3) choice between fully, partially or un-weighted mean.     

Preparation and analysis of a river sediment Standard Reference Material for the determination of trace organic constituents

Summary A river sediment Standard Reference Material (SRM) has been prepared and analyzed for determination of the concentrations of trace organic constituents. SRM 1939, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in River Sediment A, has been certified for the concentrations of three PCB congeners using the results obtained from capillary column gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) and from multidimensional (dual column) capillary gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection (MCGC-MSD). For SRM certification, two independent analytical procedures are usually required. If only one analytical technique is used or if the procedures are not independent, then the concentrations are reported as noncertified or informational values rather than certified values. Noncertified values for 14 additional PCB congeners and five chlorinated pesticides, determined by GC-ECD, are also reported as well as noncertified concentrations for five polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), determined using gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection (GC-MSD). SRM 1939 complements SRM 1941, Organics in Marine Sediment, since both materials have 12 PCB congeners, five PAHs and five chlorinated pesticides in common. However, the concentrations differ by an order of magnitude for PAHs, and from one to over two orders of magnitude for the PCB congeners and chlorinated pesticides.     

A comparison of location estimators for interlaboratory data contaminated with value and uncertainty outliers

While estimation of measurement uncertainty (MU) is increasingly acknowledged as an essential component of the chemical measurement process, there is little agreement on how best to use even nominally well-estimated MU. There are philosophical and practical issues involved in defining what is “best” for a given data set; however, there is remarkably little guidance on how well different MU-using estimators perform with imperfect data. This report characterizes the bias, efficiency, and robustness properties for several commonly used or recently proposed estimators of true location, μ, using “Monte Carlo” (MC) evaluation of “measurement” data sets drawn from well-defined distributions. These synthetic models address a number of issues pertinent to interlaboratory comparisons studies. While the MC results do not provide specific guidance on “which estimator is best” for any given set of real data, they do provide broad insight into the expected relative performance within broadly defined scenarios. Perhaps the broadest and most emphatic guidance from the present study is that (1) well-estimated measurement uncertainties can be used to improve the reliability of location determination and (2) some approaches to using measurement uncertainties are better than others. The traditional inverse squared uncertainty-weighted estimators perform well only in the absence of unrepresentative values (value outliers) or underestimated uncertainties (uncertainty outliers); even modest contamination by such outliers may result in relatively inaccurate estimates. In contrast, some inverse total variance-weighted-estimators and probability density function area-based estimators perform well for all scenarios evaluated, including underestimated uncertainties, extreme value outliers, and asymmetric contamination.     

Results of an interlaboratory comparison on the determination of polybrominated flame retardants in poly(ethyleneterephthalate)

An intercomparison to establish the performance of routine laboratories in the determination of polybrominated flame retardants in polymers was organised. Commercial poly(ethyleneterephthalate) was fortified with technical pentabromodiphenyl ether, octabromodiphenyl ether and decabromodiphenyl ether mixtures and with a decabromobiphenyl technical mixture at 0.4–0.8 g/kg. Homogeneity and stability of the total Br content in the material was confirmed. Thirty-seven laboratories from Europe, Asia and the Americas submitted results. Relative repeatability standard deviations for individual congeners ranged from 7 to 17%. Relative between-laboratory standard deviations ranged from 22 to 61%. No significant influence of a common standard, application of a standard method or method parameters could be identified. The quality and uncertainty of the results of this study are significantly worse than those reported in the environmental field and indicate a clear need for a learning process among the laboratories involved. Figure Mandel’s h (between labs): critical level: 1.91     

质谱法及高效液相色谱法在氯嘧磺隆标准物质研制中的应用

氯嘧磺隆标准物质研制中应用质谱法进行结构分析;并用高效液相色谱法,用LUNAC 18柱,以甲醇 水 乙酸混合液为流动相,在波长254nm,室温下进行了保留值定性、纯度分析、均匀性及稳定性考察,效果良好.     

Extension of AOAC Official Method 996.01 to the analysis of Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1846 and infant formulas.

There is currently no official method for the analysis of fatty acids (including trans fatty acids) in infant formulas. AOAC Official Method 996.01 for Fat Analysis in Cereal Products was extended to the analysis of milk-based infant formula Standard Reference Material (SRM)1846 to determine its applicability for use with infant formulas. Following the analysis of SRM 1846, 2 infant formulas, one milk-based liquid and one soy-based powdered infant formula, were analyzed for total fatty acid composition. Fatty acid methyl esters were prepared and analyzed by gas chromatography. The results of the analysis of SRM 1846 show that the mean analyzed values were highly reproducible as indicated by low coefficients of variation (CV). The CVs were <5% for the major fatty acids. Mean analyzed values for individual fatty acids in SRM 1846 were within +/- 1 standard deviation of the certificate values. The analyzed value for total fat as triglycerides (26.27 +/- 0.25%) agreed well with the certificate value (27.1 +/- 0.59%). Analyses of infant formulas showed that the concentrations of linoleic acid and fat meet the requirements for such formulas.     

聚合离子液体固载石墨烯复合物的制备及固相萃取有机磷农药的研究

利用1-乙烯基-3-己基咪唑溴盐与氧化石墨烯之间的静电吸引力,将其附着于氧化石墨烯表面,然后经聚合、还原,制备了聚合离子液体-石墨烯复合材料,用SEM、FT-IR、UV-vis等对复合材料进行了表征.将聚合离子液体-石墨烯复合材料用于固相萃取(Solid-phase extraction,SPE)的吸附剂,结合高效液相色谱,研究了此吸附剂对环境水样中4种有机磷农药的萃取性能.对影响SPE效率的参数(吸附剂量、上样体积、上样流速、洗脱剂和洗脱剂体积)进行了优化.在优化条件下,杀螟松、对硫磷、倍硫磷和辛硫磷在5～200 μg/L有良好的线性关系,相关系数(R2)为0.9908～0.9995.将本方法用于环境水样中有机磷农药的测定,加标回收率在80.0％～ 110.0％之间,RSD＜4.5％ (n=3).结果表明,与石墨烯相比,聚合离子液体-石墨烯复合材料作为SPE吸附剂,能降低萃取过程中的团聚现象,对目标物的萃取效能更高;本方法可用于环境水样中有机磷农药残留的测定.     

Definitive method certification of clinical analytes in lyophilized human serum: NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM) 909b

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed several Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) based on human serum. NIST SRM 909b, Human Serum, is a lyophilized human serum material with concentrations for seven organic and six inorganic analytes at two levels certified solely by definitive methods (DMs). This material provides the vehicle by which high precision, high accuracy measurements made with DMs at NIST can be transferred through the measurement hierarchy to other laboratories. Isotope dilution gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC-IDMS) methods were applied to measure cholesterol, creatinine, glucose, urea, uric acid, triglycerides, and total glycerides. Thermal ionization isotope dilution mass spectrometry (TI-IDMS) was used for determination of lithium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, and chloride. In addition, chloride was determined by coulometry, providing a comparison between two DMs. Sodium, which lacks a stable isotope that would permit isotope dilution mass spectrometric (IDMS) measurement, was determined by gravimetry. SRM 909b includes certified values for total glycerides and triglycerides, which were not certified in the previous lot of this material (SRM 909a). Improvement in uniformity of vial fill weight in the production of SRM 909b resulted in smaller certified uncertainties over previous freeze-dried serum SRMs. Uncertainties at the 99% level of confidence for relative expanded uncertainty (%) for certification of the organic analytes on a mmol/L/g basis ranged from 0.44% for urea (level II) to 5.04% for glucose (level II). (In-house studies have shown glucose to be a relatively unstable analyte in similar lyophilized serum materials, degrading at about 1% per year.) Relative expanded uncertainties (99% C.I.) for certification of inorganic analytes on a mmol/L/g basis ranged from 0.25% for chloride (level I) to 0.49% for magnesium (level II). Received: 30 July 1997 / Revised: 24 October 1997 / Accepted: 31 October 1997     

Definitive method certification of clinical analytes in lyophilized human serum: NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM) 909b

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed several Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) based on human serum. NIST SRM 909b, Human Serum, is a lyophilized human serum material with concentrations for seven organic and six inorganic analytes at two levels certified solely by definitive methods (DMs). This material provides the vehicle by which high precision, high accuracy measurements made with DMs at NIST can be transferred through the measurement hierarchy to other laboratories. Isotope dilution gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC-IDMS) methods were applied to measure cholesterol, creatinine, glucose, urea, uric acid, triglycerides, and total glycerides. Thermal ionization isotope dilution mass spectrometry (TI-IDMS) was used for determination of lithium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, and chloride. In addition, chloride was determined by coulometry, providing a comparison between two DMs. Sodium, which lacks a stable isotope that would permit isotope dilution mass spectrometric (IDMS) measurement, was determined by gravimetry. SRM 909b includes certified values for total glycerides and triglycerides, which were not certified in the previous lot of this material (SRM 909a). Improvement in uniformity of vial fill weight in the production of SRM 909b resulted in smaller certified uncertainties over previous freeze-dried serum SRMs. Uncertainties at the 99% level of confidence for relative expanded uncertainty (%) for certification of the organic analytes on a mmol/L/g basis ranged from 0.44% for urea (level II) to 5.04% for glucose (level II). (In-house studies have shown glucose to be a relatively unstable analyte in similar lyophilized serum materials, degrading at about 1% per year.) Relative expanded uncertainties (99% C.I.) for certification of inorganic analytes on a mmol/L/g basis ranged from 0.25% for chloride (level I) to 0.49% for magnesium (level II).     

An interlaboratory comparison of energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX) of titanium and zirkonium nitrides

The results of an interlaboratory comparison of energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis of TiN_0.84 and ZrN were presented. The microprobe group of the German Physical Society (DPG) and the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) had initiated the interlaboratory comparison. The primary aim was to test modern EDX systems equipped with ultrathin windows concerning the accuracy and reliability of the analysis of compounds containing light elements. The participants from 23 laboratories performed the analysis at different primary energies, in the standard-less mode as well as on the base of own standards, and considering Ti-K or Ti-L in case of TiN_0.84. The results show a slight overestimation of the nitrogen content and a large standard deviation from the mean value. Reasons for the scattering of the results are discussed.Dedicated to Professor Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. Hubertus Nickel on the occasion of his 65th birthday