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An Interpretation of ISO Guidelines for the Certification of Geological Reference Materials
Author(s) -
Kane Jean S.,
Potts Philip J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
geostandards newsletter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1751-908X
pISSN - 0150-5505
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-908x.1999.tb00575.x
Subject(s) - certification , traceability , certified reference materials , interpretation (philosophy) , product certification , guideline , computer science , accounting , business , political science , software engineering , mathematics , statistics , detection limit , law , programming language
Recommendations for the certification of reference materials, as published by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), are reviewed and proposals made as to how they can be adapted for the certification of new geological reference materials. Whilst acknowledging the important contribution made by the large number of existing matrix‐matched geological reference materials, it is recommended that future characterisation programmes should follow the ISO guidelines for certification, not the least so that laboratories can readily use the resultant samples to establish the traceability of geoanalytical results.