Production and use of reference materials for environmental analyses: conclusions of a workshop

B de Guillebon (1) , Florence Pannier (2) , F Seby (3) , D Bennink , Ph Quevauviller , Séby Fabienne

1 APESA [Pau]
2 IPREM - Institut des sciences analytiques et de physico-chimie pour l'environnement et les materiaux
3 UT2A - Ultra Traces Analyses Aquitaine

Reference materials (RMs) play a vital role for the verification of the quality control of environmental analysis. The increasing requirements imposed to environmental control laboratories call for greater co-operation among RM producers and end-users to better define future production strategies. It is recognised that the present system is unlikely to be able to cope with the increasing demand for certified and non-certified RMs within the forthcoming years. These issues were discussed in the framework of a workshop funded by the M&T programme of the European Commission, which brought together RM producers, certification experts and end-users. This report summarises the round-table discussions and expert recommendations.

Keywords: Environmental analysis; Production; Quality control; Reference materials; Use

Domains: Material chemistry; Polymers; Theoretical and/or physical chemistry; Analytical chemistry

B de Guillebon, Florence Pannier, F Seby, D Bennink, Ph Quevauviller, et al.. Production and use of reference materials for environmental analyses: conclusions of a workshop. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2001, 20 (3), pp.160-166. ⟨10.1016/S0165-9936(00)00086-8⟩. ⟨hal-03591167⟩