An Interpretation of ISO Guidelines for the Certification of Geological Reference Materials |
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Authors: | Jean S. Kane Philip J. Potts |
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Affiliation: | Robert J. Kane Associates Inc., HCR 4, Box 231, Brightwood, VA 22715, USA. e-mail:;Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK |
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Abstract: | Recommendations for the certification of reference materials, as published by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), are reviewed and proposals made as to how they can be adapted for the certification of new geological reference materials. Whilst acknowledging the important contribution made by the large number of existing matrix-matched geological reference materials, it is recommended that future characterisation programmes should follow the ISO guidelines for certification, not the least so that laboratories can readily use the resultant samples to establish the traceability of geoanalytical results. |
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Keywords: | matériaux certifiés de référence caractérisation ISO matériaux géologiques de référence recommandations |
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