IAEA quality control studies on determining trace elements in bioindicators |
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Authors: | A Bleise B Smodi? |
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Institution: | (1) Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency Wagramer Strasse 5, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria |
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Abstract: | Twenty laboratories from 17 countries around the world participated in two analytical quality control exercises, coded NAT-5
and NAT-6, on determining trace and minor elements in plant bioindicator samples. 1398 laboratory mean values for 51 elements
were submitted for two lichen and two moss materials. The submitted measurement results were evaluated as interlaboratory
comparison (IC) exercises and as proficiency tests (PT) following standard procedures developed by the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA). The evaluations confirmed good performance of the participating laboratories for many elements. Furthermore,
the laboratories performance based on IC criteria improved from the first exercise to the second one. Subsequent NAT-5 evaluation
revealed systematic differences between the analytical values obtained non-destructively or after the total sample dissolution
and the measurements following nitric acid sample dissolution (without the use of hydrofluoric acid) for some elements. The
most critical elements for this kind of discrepancies appeared to be Al, Ca, Cr, Fe, Na, Ni, and Pb. After changing analytical
methodologies in the concerned laboratories, more consistent values for those elements were obtained in NAT-6.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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