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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a Coal Tar Standard Reference Material - SRM 1597a Updated

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Stephen A. Wise, Dianne L. Poster, Stefan D. Leigh, Catherine A. Rimmer, Stephanie Mossner, Patricia Schubert, Lane C. Sander, Michele M. Schantz

Abstract

SRM 1597 Complex Mixture of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Coal Tar, originally issued in 1987, was recently reanalyzed and reissued as SRM 1597a with 34 certified, 46 reference, and 12 information concentrations for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles (PASHs) including methyl-substituted PAHs and PASHs. The certified and reference concentrations (as mass fractions) were based on results of analyses of the coal tar material using multiple analytical techniques including gas chromatography/mass spectrometry on four different stationary phases and reversed-phase liquid chromatography. SRM 1597a is currently the most extensively characterized SRM for PAHs and PASHs.
Citation
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Volume
398
Issue
2
Pub Type
Journals
Analytical chemistry and Reference materials

Citation

Wise, S. , Poster, D. , Leigh, S. , Rimmer, C. , Mossner, S. , Schubert, P. , Sander, L. and Schantz, M. (2010), Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a Coal Tar Standard Reference Material - SRM 1597a Updated, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (Accessed October 16, 2025)

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Created July 20, 2010, Updated February 19, 2017
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