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Certified Reference Materials for Chemical Speciation Analysis



Measurements that represented a major brealthrough in speciation science were those that had a link with identified toxicity risks, namely the determination of methylmercury in biological tissues (Minamata) and organotins in environmental matrices (oysters in the bay of Arcachon). Public awareness was associated with expressed needs from the laboratories with respect to quality control tools, and organisations such as the National Institute for Environmental Sciences, NIES (Japan) and the National Research Council, NRCC (Canada) started work on the organisation of interlaboratory comparison studies for these compounds during the 1980s. In the late 1980s (1988 and after) the European Commission, through the BCR program, also launched a series of projects aimed at the improvement of the quality of speciation measurements for chemical forms of Al, As, Hg, Pb, Se and Se in various biological and environmental matrices, along with extractable forms of trace metals in soils and sediments.
 
Resulting from these combined efforts, today a couple of certified reference materials are commercially available that at least serve as a good starting point for the quality control and development of speciation analysis.
 
The following table summarizes the availability of different materials (for extractable forms see the column "others"):

Matrix                                Hg        
As        
Sn          Cr          Se         Pb         others 
Aqueous solution        
                     
          
          
          
          
          
Natural water                                    
          
          
          
          
          
Sea water                                         
          
          
          
                     
Sediment                   
                     
          
          
          
          
          
Soil                           
                     
          
          
          
          
          
Sewage sludge           
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
Air particulate             
                     
          
          
          
          
          
Cement                     
                     
          
                     
          
          
Plant                                               
          
          
          
          
          
Fish                                                 
          
          
          
          
          
Mussel, Oyster            
                                
          
          
          
          
Food supplement        
                                
                   
          
          
Urine                                               
          
          
          
          
          
Serum                       
                     
          
          
          
          
          
Whole blood               
                                
          
          
          
          
Hair                           
                                
          
          
          
          
* green boxes for available materials, dark blue boxes for non-available materials.
For more details click on the related green box.


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Related Publications

Carmen Ibánez-Palomino, José Fermín López-Sánchez, Angels Sahuquillo, Certified reference materials for analytical mercury speciation in biological and environmental matrices: Do they meet user needs?; a review, Anal. Chim. Acta, 720 (2012) 9–15. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.01.015

Thomas P.J. Linsinger, Guy Auclair, Barbara Raffaelli, Andrée Lamberty, Bernd M. Gawlik, Conclusions from 13 years of stability testing of CRMs for determination of metal species, Trends Anal. Chem., 30/6 (2011) 875-886. doi: 10.1016/j.trac.2011.01.015

H. Emons, Challenges from speciation analysis for the development of biological reference materials, Fresenius J. Anal. Chem., 370/2-3 (2001) 115-119. doi: 10.1007/s002160100745

R. Cornelis, H. Crews, O.F.X. Donard, L. Ebdon, P. Quevauviller, Trends in certified reference materials for the speciation of trace elements, Fresenius J. Anal. Chem., 370/2-3 (2001) 120-5. doi: 10.1007/s002160100709

Milena Horvat, Current status and future needs for biological and environmental reference materials certified for methylmercury compounds, Chemosphere, 39/7 (1999) 1167-1179. doi: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00185-X

B. Michalke, Quality control and reference materials in speciation analysis, Fresenius' J. Anal. Chem., 363/5-6 (1999) 439-445, doi: 10.1007/s002160051219

Philippe Quevauviller, Requirements for production and use of Certified Reference Materials for speciation analysis: A European Commission perspective, Spectrochim.  Acta Part B, 53/9 (1998) 1261-1279.  doi: 10.1016/S0584-8547(98)00138-4


EVISA News related to CRMs


March 31, 2019: ERM-CE101: A new CRM for assessing environmental quality through fish
February 15, 2013: JRC-IRMM has released ERM-BC211 certified rice reference material
February 1, 2012: LGC Standards strengthens European central warehouse for reference materials
May 3, 2011: New reference materials for the characterisation of selenium-enriched food products
March 20, 2011: Stability of Reference Materials for Speciation Analysis
November 23, 2010: New certified reference material supporting mercury speciation analysis of blood
September 28, 2009: New Beryllium Reference Material for Occupational Safety Monitoring
September 10, 2009: Speciation Analysis - Striving for Quality
February 3, 2009: New Reference Material for Hexavalent Chromium in Contaminated Soil
November 15, 2005: NIST/EPA/NJ DEP embark on the preparation of a soil reference materials for chromium speciation
August 2, 2005: New CRM for Selenomethionine in yeast developed by NRC Canada is now on the market
May 6, 2004: Reference materials producers launch new European initiative


last time modified: May 8, 2012



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