Development of a Water Matrix Certified Reference Material for Volatile Organic Compounds Analysis in Water |
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| Authors: | Liping Fang Linyan Huang Gang Yang Yang Jiang Haiping Liu Bingwen Lu Yaxian Zhao Wen Tian |
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| Institution: | State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollutant Metrology and Reference Materials, Institute for Environmental Reference Materials, Environmental Development Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing 100029, China; (L.F.); (L.H.); (G.Y.); (Y.J.); (H.L.); (B.L.); (Y.Z.) |
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| Abstract: | Water matrix certified reference material (MCRM) of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is used to provide quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) during the analysis of VOCs in water. In this research, a water MCRM of 28 VOCs was developed using a “reconstitution” approach by adding VOCs spiking, methanol solution into pure water immediately prior to analysis. The VOCs spiking solution was prepared gravimetrically by dividing 28 VOCs into seven groups, then based on ISO Guide 35, using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to investigate the homogeneity and long-term stability. The studies of homogeneity and long-term stability indicated that the batch of VOCs spiking solution was homogeneous and stable at room temperature for at least 15 months. Moreover, the water MCRM of 28 VOCs was certified by a network of nine competent laboratories, and the certified values and expanded uncertainties of 28 VOCs ranged from 6.2 to 17 μg/L and 0.5 to 5.3 μg/L, respectively. |
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| Keywords: | volatile organic compounds (VOCs) reference materials (RMs) quality control (QC) water analysis |
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