The preparation, testing and certification of two freshwater sediment reference materials for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls: BCR CRM 535 and CRM 536

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-25

  Wegener, J W M ^a   Cofino, W P ^a   Maier, E A ^b   Kramer, G N ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Certified reference materials; Freshwater sediment reference materials; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Standards, Measurements and Testing Programme

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STABILITY; TESTING; WATER;

CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT REFERENCE MATERIALS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; FRESH WATER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STANDARD; VARIANCE; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032898432     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-9936(98)00087-9     Document Type: Article

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