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Characterization of Reference Materials 8690 to 8693

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Author(s)

Jessica Reiner, Benjamin Place, N. Alan Heckert, Katherine Peter, Alix Rodowa

Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Reference Materials (RMs) 8690 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF) Formulation I, RM 8691 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF) Formulation II, RM 8692 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF) Formulation III, and RM 8693 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF) Formulation IV deliver non-certified values of the identity and quantity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in four formulations prepared from commercial aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) products. These RMs are intended for use as quality control materials for PFAS measurements; they are not meant for use in establishing the metrological traceability of measurement results to the International System of Units (SI). Each unit of these RMs consists of one ampoule containing approximately 1.2 mL of an AFFF solution diluted 10:1 (vol:vol) in methanol and modified by addition of PFAS analytical standards. This publication documents the production, analytical methods, and computations involved in characterizing these products.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 260-234
Report Number
260-234
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.260-234
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Keywords

aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF), high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), liquid chromatography (LC), non-targeted analysis (NTA), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS)
Reference materials, Environment and Analytical chemistry

Citation

Reiner, J. , Place, B. , Heckert, N. , Peter, K. and Rodowa, A. (2023), Characterization of Reference Materials 8690 to 8693, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.260-234, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=935938 (Accessed October 8, 2025)

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Created February 13, 2023
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