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Analytical Instrumentation
CRM Producer Achieves Accreditation to ISO Guide 34
Paragon Scientific Limited (UK) has achieved double accreditation by adding ISO Guide 34, the premier standard for CRM producers, to their existing ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation.
Paragon Scientific Limited has been accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 for some time, which endorses the quality of their analytical and calibration work. They have now been awarded additional accreditation to ISO Guide 34:2000. This not only recognises the quality of Paragon’s laboratory work but also gives approval to their processes for manufacturing and distributing CRM’s. ISO Guide 34 is the premier standard for CRM producers and recognises and endorses Paragon’s competence to produce, test and certify these materials at the highest possible level. Their range of ISO 17025 standards are now dual certified to both ISO 17025 and ISO Guide 34 under UKAS.
To gain this coveted award, Paragon have had to demonstrate the quality of their processes including but not limited to sourcing of raw materials, production planning and environmental control, reference material preparation and testing, evaluation and confirmation of the stability and homogeneity of their products, assignment of CRM certified values, establishing tracebility and quantifying uncertainty of measurements, production of detailed certification, packaging and distributing finished product and customer service support provided to customers using their CRM’s.
ISO Guide 34 provides the highest level of Quality Assurance,
confirming the expertise of the manufacturer, the integrity of the production systems and the reliability of the standards.
While Paragon have only recently received this award, they have been working to these standards for some time and existing users of our materials have already been receiving the benefit of our improved quality systems.
Companies working to or intending to gain accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 (the standard for laboratory competence) are required to check the quality and validity of their work and that calls for the use of Certified Reference Materials from a suitably qualified source. ISO Guide 34 will increasingly become the standard CRM suppliers will have to meet. Using Certified Reference Materials also gives laboratories confidence in the service they are providing to their customers.
Reader Reply Card No 110 Metallo Organic Standards SCP Science - Conostan®
(Canada) manufactures and supplies oil-based calibration and verification standards for the analysis of wear metals, lubricant additives and organic fluids. A wide selection of metallo organic standards are available in single, multi and custom blends. Standards are made in ultra-pure, highly processed hydrocarbon oil only; no solubilisers are used, making our standards extremely stable to volatile loss.
As the original source of D-Series standards (D-3, D-12 and D-19 standards) for the U.S. Department of Defense, all standards are guaranteed stable and accurate. They are complete with a Certificate of Analysis reporting concentration and density. In addition, tested quality and stability is always proven for all SCP Science– Conostan products.
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Précis standards are offered as both single and multi-element at a concentration of 1000 µg/ml. Each
standard comes with a Certificate of Analysis. This official document lists impurities measured via ICP-AES with the uncertainty of measurement. Specific multi-element standards for ICP analysis are available which correspond to environmental protocol calibration, QC verification, interference checks, and instrument control and diagnostics. These solutions are available in 100 or 500 ml bottles.
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Spotlight on Standards & Reference Materials
New Catalogue Highlights Extensive Range of Certified Reference Materials
The new catalogue from VHG Labs (USA) of certified reference materials and supplies offers established products as well as some new additions. New products in the petroleum standard line include V-Solv™ ICP Solvent, D-Series Multi-element Wear Metal Standards, and even more PTP (Performance Testing Program) Standards. For aqueous applications, refer to the Natural Water Matrix Reference, new ICP-MS tuning and internal standard stock solutions, and revamped QC check samples; for water supply and water pollution. RoHS calibration standards and V-Flux™ have been added to the solid standard line. The last chapter of the catalog is dedicated to consumables for ICP, ICP-MS, AA, GFAA, and XRF. Visit
www.vhglabs.com to receive a free copy of the VHG catalog as a paper catalogue or on mini CD.
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World-Wide Trusted Source for Reliable Calibration Standards for Petroleum Products and Lubricants
Analytical Services, Inc. (USA) are leading industry experts in the formulation of single and multi- element organo-metallic standards for analysis of wear metals and additives. Also available is a wide range of sulphur, chlorine, nitrogen and metals standards in various matrices as catalogue items or as custom sets to fit almost any special requirements. ASI offers a complete line of PE and PVC standards for RoHS/WEEE compliance as well as glass monitoring samples for XRF.
Petroleum physical testing standards such as TAN, TBN, Bromine Index, viscosity, cloud point and flash point are also catalogue items, as is a complete
line of biodiesel standards that satisfy ASTM D6751 and EN14214.
All standards are produced and certified “in-house” and are accompanied with a Certificate of Analysis indicating traceability to NIST and ASTM methods, validity and relative degree of uncertainty. ASI can accommodate special formulation requests to serve specific needs of individual laboratories.
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June/July 2010
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