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Availability of layered certified reference materials for industrial application of glow discharge spectrometric depth profiling
Author(s) -
Winchester R. Michael,
Beck Uwe
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-9918(199910)27:10<930::aid-sia653>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - glow discharge , certified reference materials , comparability , certification , profiling (computer programming) , process engineering , standardization , computer science , environmental science , chemistry , engineering , chromatography , physics , plasma , mathematics , combinatorics , quantum mechanics , political science , law , detection limit , operating system
Owing primarily to speed, low cost and ease of use relative to competing surface analysis techniques, glow discharge spectrometry (GDS) has become an economically important depth profiling method for certain niche industries in Europe and Japan. For the industrial application of this method, layered certified reference materials (CRMs) are needed to ensure accuracy, as well as comparability between individual users. A survey of existing CRMs has been conducted to evaluate the availability of layered CRMs with appropriate characteristics. No materials with the desirable characteristics necessary for efficient implementation were found. These results indicate a need for the production of new layered CRMs. The survey was conducted by an advisory group assembled as part of the activities of the Glow Discharge Spectrometry Subcommittee (ISO TC201/SC8) associated with the ISO Technical Committee on Surface Chemical Analysis (ISO TC201). Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.