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Description and Results of 2002 Organic Intercomparison ExercisesExercise Materials: Fish Homogenate V (QA02FSH5) Marine Sediment XI (QA02SED11)

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Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, John Kucklick, Reenie M. Parris, Dianne L. Poster, Stephen Wise

Abstract

In support of marine monitoring measurement programs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducts yearly interlaboratory comparison exercises to provide one mechanism for participating laboratories/monitoring programs to evaluate the quality and comparability of their performance in measuring selected organic contaminants in environmental samples. In this report, results of the 2002 exercises of the NIST Intercomparison Exercise Program for Organic Contaminants in the Marine Environment are described in which selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, and chlorinated pesticides were determined in Marine Sediment XI exercise material, and selected PCB congeners and chlorinated pesticides were determined in Fish Homogenate V exercise material. The analytical methods used by each participating laboratory in this performance-based program are also summarized.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 6920
Report Number
6920

Keywords

fish, interlaboratory intercomparison, PAHs, PCBs, pesticides, sediment

Citation

Schantz, M. , Kucklick, J. , Parris, R. , Poster, D. and Wise, S. (2008), Description and Results of 2002 Organic Intercomparison ExercisesExercise Materials: Fish Homogenate V (QA02FSH5) Marine Sediment XI (QA02SED11), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created October 16, 2008