Standards for calibration

Fig. 2 Conventional flat-bottom hole calibration standard for corrosion detection.

Fig.3 Corrosion calibration standard for eddy curent instrument using the gradient method.

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Sample cells include Lindemann/capillary tubes (normally < 1 mm in diameter) and aluminium holders. In the latter, thin aluminium windows sandwich the sample in a cylindrical aluminium sample holder. The diffraction from the aluminium is observed in this case, and may be used as a calibration standard. For low-temperature materials, the aluminium window can be replaced by the polymer Kapton. Beryllium may also be used [14]. Sample volumes of between 50 and 100 pL are typically required. 

Epstein, M. S. Velapoldl, R. A. Blackburn, D. Evaluation of Luminescent Glass Spheres as Calibration Standards for Micro-spectrofluorimetry National Bureau of Standards Gaithersburg, MD Annual Task Report to Food and Drug Administration, 1984, 1985, 1986 also, paper to be submitted. 

As an example, we give in Table 36.1 data on calibration spectra at 10 wavelengths of 4 calibration standards for 3 analytes. The corresponding spectra are shown in Fig. 36.1a at a 10-fold higher resolution. The pure spectra calculated according to eq. (36.5), using all 100 wavelengths, are displayed in Fig. 36.1b. 

Thus /(/ ) is a measure of the predictive ability of the model. For the calibration example discussed in Section 41.2, x(/ - 1) contains the slope and intercept of the straight line, and h (/) is equal to [1 c(/)] with c(j) the concentration of the calibration standard for the yth calibration measurement. For the multicomponent analysis (MCA), x(/ -1) contains the estimated concentrations of the analytes after y - 1 observations, and h (/) contains the absorptivities of the analytes at wave-lengthy. 

The NIST material SRM 1866a consists of a set of three common bulk mine-grade asbestos materials chrysotile, amosite and crocidolite, and one glass filter sample. SRM 1867 consists of a set of three imcommon mine-grade asbestos materials antophyllite, tremolite and actinohte. The optical properties of SRMs 1866a and 1867 have been characterized so that they may serve as primary calibration standards for the identification of asbestos types in building materials. 

GNP, (CN3Hg)2[Fe(CN)5NO], may be considered as a calibration standard for NIS applications since nitroprusside complexes have been studied in detail over the past decades by a variety of experimental and theoretical methods. In addition, single crystals of GNP are well suited for the investigation of the anisotropy of molecular vibrations because the two nonequivalent NP anions, [Fe(CN)5NO] , in the unit cell of GNP have an almost antiparallel orientation. 

For standard or proprietary polymer additive blends there is the need for analytical certification of the components. Blend technology has been developed for two- to six-component polymer additive blend systems, with certified analytical results [81]. Finally, there exist physical collections of reference additive samples, both public [82] and proprietary. The Dutch Food Inspection Service reference collection comprises 100 of the most important additives used in food contact plastics [83-85]. Reference compounds of a broad range of additives used in commercial plastics and rubber formulations are generally also available from the major additive manufacturers. These additive samples can be used as reference or calibration standards for chromatographic or spectroscopic analysis. DSM Plastics Reference Collection of Additives comprises over 1400 samples. 

Vandrish, G., K. Theriault and F. Ryan, The Pylon 190 Standard a Novel Filter Calibration Standard for Alpha-Spectrometry, in Proceedings International Conference on Occupational Radiation Safety in Mining (H. Stocker, ed) vol. 2, pp. 390-393, Canadian Nuclear Association, Toronto (1984). 

Watmough, S.A., Hutchinson, T. C., and Evans, R. D. (1998). Development of solid calibration standards for trace elemental analyses of tree rings by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Environmental Science and Technology 32 2185-2190. 

From the technical viewpoint, the matrix inversion (C C) in Equation 12.36 can be very unstable if any two of the analyte concentrations in the calibration standards happen to be highly correlated to one another. This translates to the need for careful experimental design in the preparation of calibration standards for CLS modeling, which is particularly challenging because multiple constituents must be considered. In addi-... 

The blend of T-70 and T-40 dextran materials was utilized as a polydisperse calibration standard for the linear calibration method and the T-40 dextran standard was used as a sample for evaluation. Concentrations of 0.15% W/V were injected for each dextran material chromatographed. 

Wilson, S.A., Ridley, W.I., Koenig, A.E. 2002. Development of sulfide calibration standards for the laser ablation inductively-ooupled plasma mass spectrometry technique. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 17, 406-409. 

Because there are no appropriate calibration standards for hyperbranched polymers, the results from SEC-measurements are difficult to interpret. The hydrodynamic radius is also strongly affected by the solvent used in the analyses, and this can further complicate the results. Another problem with SEC-measurements is that the... 

The dendrimers described in Section III of this chapter were used as calibration standards for the SEC measurements. Sample H9 was subsequently analyzed, and this measurement indicated a higher dispersity than measurements using linear standards. It is noteworthy that the dendrimers used for calibration had a different core and were quite small even though it is not certain that a dendritic shape (spherical) has been reached. 

Comparative results with tubes were obtained for several components of the gasoline mixture. These results were quantified by preparing calibration standards for each component. In each case, results from the 3M Organic Vapor Monitor more closely match the test concentration and has a better standard deviation in all instances. This data can be found in Table I. 

In order to estimate the coefficients, / sets of observations on Xj,. . . , Xj and y are collected. These observations are obtained from a set of / calibration standards, for which the concentrations and spectra are known. The application of eqn (3.5) to these I standards yields a system of equations ... 

ASTM also specifies a tolerance of 2% on force and refers to a calibration standard for force verification of testing machines in general. 

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