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By introducing a controlled charge and discharge time, a quasipeak detector is achieved. The charge and discharge times may be selected, for example, to simulate the ear s sensitivity to impulsive peaks. International standards define these response times and set requirements for reading accuracy on pulses and sine wave bursts of various durations. The gain of a quasipeak detector is normally calibrated so that it reads the same as an RMS detector for sine waves. 

There are numerous national, European, and international standards defining compostability of biodegradable plastic materials and/or products manufactured using these materials (e.g., packaging). To provide an easier overview, the relevant standards for biopolymers are subdivided into two categories (see Table 2.20) ... 

International standard ISO 8402 1994 defines procedure as determined mode of the activities realization. We consider activities on testing. 

Because equation 5.10 is defined in terms of a ratio, K, of the analyte s sensitivity and the internal standard s sensitivity, it is not necessary to independently determine values for either or kjs. 

In Raman spectroscopy the intensity of scattered radiation depends not only on the polarizability and concentration of the analyte molecules, but also on the optical properties of the sample and the adjustment of the instrument. Absolute Raman intensities are not, therefore, inherently a very accurate measure of concentration. These intensities are, of course, useful for quantification under well-defined experimental conditions and for well characterized samples otherwise relative intensities should be used instead. Raman bands of the major component, the solvent, or another component of known concentration can be used as internal standards. For isotropic phases, intensity ratios of Raman bands of the analyte and the reference compound depend linearly on the concentration ratio over a wide concentration range and are, therefore, very well-suited for quantification. Changes of temperature and the refractive index of the sample can, however, influence Raman intensities, and the band positions can be shifted by different solvation at higher concentrations or... 

Standard The maximum level of an air contaminant allowed in workplace or external air as defined by a legal authority, Or any national or international standard relating to a product or code of practice. 

Terminology The International Standards Organization has recently defined a corrosion inhibitor as a chemical substance which decreases the corrosion rate when present in the corrosion system at a suitable concentration, without significantly changing the concentration of any other corrosive agent. This last point is significant since it excludes chemicals employed for deaeration or pH control from the definition of a corrosion inhibitor. On the other hand, it should be noted that the inhibitor is .. . present in the corrosion system. . . , and thus arsenic when added to brasses to prevent dezin-cihcation may be classified as an inhibitor. 

Reaction products were analyzed by on-line gas chromatography with a Shimadzu GC-14A gas chromatograph equipped with a 50 m CP Sil-5 fused silica capfllary column and a flame ionization detector. Reaction intermediates were identified by GC-MS. Samples were taken after 50 h on stream when the activity of the catalyst was stable, with n-nonane and n-dodecane as internal standards. Space time was defined as t = e Voat/vgas, where e is the void fraction of the... 

Advisory Group are considering different facets of LCA. In 1993, they developed the Code of Practice ,the first worldwide accepted technical framework for LCA. This was an important step towards the harmonisation of the method and has initiated and supported the standardisation process by ISO. Between 1997 and 2000, ISO produced the international series of standard defining the different stages of the LCA methodology (ISO 14040 1997, ISO 14041 1998, ISO 14042 2000 ° as well as ISO 14043 2000° ). As mentioned above, these standards were replaced by two improved editions of life cycle assessment standards in 2006 (ISO 14040 2006 and ISO 14044 2006°). 

Quantitative XRF analysis has developed from specific to universal methods. At the time of poor computational facilities, methods were limited to the determination of few elements in well-defined concentration ranges by statistical treatment of experimental data from reference material (linear or second order curves), or by compensation methods (dilution, internal standards, etc.). Later, semi-empirical influence coefficient methods were introduced. Universality came about by the development of fundamental parameter approaches for the correction of total matrix effects... 

Screen sizes are defined in two ways by a mesh size number for small sizes and by the actual size of opening in the screen for the larger sizes. There are several different standards in use for mesh size, and it is important to quote the particular standard used when specifying particle size ranges by mesh size. In the UK the appropriate British Standards should be used BS 410 and BS 1796. A comparison of the various international standard sieve mesh sizes is given in Volume 2, Chapter 1. 

Farben, under the leadership of these defendants, pursued a course of action evidencing cavalier disregard of probable consequences. Such conduct, carried out for a dictator who manifested his warlike intentions in many ways. .. is sufficiently reprehensible in its relation to the resulting holocaust of war as to cause me to feel that international law should be broadened to devise standards defining the criminality of action of the character carried out by these defendants. 

Method validation is defined in the international standard, ISO/IEC 17025 as, the confirmation by examination and provision of objective evidence that the particular requirements for a specific intended use are fulfilled. This means that a validated method, if used correctly, will produce results that will be suitable for the person making decisions based on them. This requires a detailed understanding of why the results are required and the quality of the result needed, i.e. its uncertainty. This is what determines the values that have to be achieved for the performance parameters. Method validation is a planned set of experiments to determine these values. The method performance parameters that are typically studied during method validation are selectivity, precision, bias, linearity working range, limit of detection, limit of quantitation, calibration and ruggedness. The validation process is illustrated in Figure 4.2. 

Peaks are identified from absolute or relative retention times by comparison with data from previously run standards stored in RAM or in libraries on disk. To take account of the variability of retention times from successive runs, retention time windows are used. These are defined as being /R x% for a standard, the unknown being positively identified if its retention time falls within the specified range. The size of the window can be varied by the user to conform with the degree of certainty required. Reference peaks can be selected for the calculation of relative retention times or as internal standards in quantitative analysis (pp. 9, 114). 

Look at the extreme right of the NMR. That single, sharp peak comes from the protons in the internal standard, TMS. This signal is defined as zero, and all other values for the chemical shift are taken from this point. The units are parts per million (ppm), and you use the Greek letter delta (S) < 0.0. 

During a single run, which may take all day if a large number of samples are to be analyzed, the instrument may drift from its optimum settings. To detect this drift in solution-based techniques, and also to compensate for some matrix effects, a known amount of an element may be added to each sample before analysis. This internal standard (also called a spike) is added to all the samples and blanks, with the exception of the instrument blank (which is defined as zero concentration for all elements see below). It is important that the element (or isotope) chosen as the spike is not an element which is to be determined in the samples, and preferably which does not occur naturally in the samples. It must not be an element which will cause, or suffer from, interference with the other elements to be determined. In solution ICP-MS,... 

Define internal standard. Tell why an internal standard is important in a quantitative analysis by GC. Also tell what is plotted on the x- and y-axes when plotting the standard curve in internal standard procedures. 

Precision is defined as the closeness of agreement between independent test results obtained under prescribed conditions.19 In a standard method the precision characteristics are obtained from a properly organised collaborative trial, i.e. a trial conforming to the requirements of an International Standard (the AOAC/ISO/IUPAC Harmonised Protocol or the ISO 5725 Standard). Because of the importance of collaborative trials, and the resource that is now being devoted to the assessment of precision characteristics of analytical methods before their acceptance, they are described in detail below. 

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