Fitness-for-purpose of reference material reference values in relation to traceability of measurement, as illustrated by USGS BCR-1, NIST SRM 610 and IAEA NBS28

Geostandards Newsletter

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-29

  Kane, Jean S ^a  

^a Robert J Kane Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Certified reference material; Fitness for purpose; Geochemical analysis; Method validation; Reference material; Traceability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037743087     PISSN: 01505505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2002.tb00620.x     Document Type: Article

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