Details
- Publication date
- 29 January 2013
Description
Determination of total As, Cd, Cu, Pb and Hg, as well as the extractable amounts of Cd and Pb in mineral feed
The IMEP-31 exercise focused on the analysis of total arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, and mercury as well as the extractable amounts of cadmium and lead. This interlaboratory comparison ran in parallel to IMEP-111 where only appointed National Reference Laboratories could take part in.
IMEP-31 exercise was open to all laboratories.
The cost of this interlaboratory comparison was EUR 250 per registration.
Test material and analytes
The test material to be analysed was mineral feed contained in a glass bottle. Each participant received one bottle. The measurands were total As, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Hg, as well as extractable Cd and Pb.
General outline of the exercise
Participants were requested to perform 1 - 3 independent analyses using the method of their choice, and to report the mean, its expanded uncertainty and coverage factor. Detailed instructions have been sent together with the sample.
| Reporting of results: | deadline 28/01/2011 |
| Reporting to participants: | April 2011 |
| Sample dispatch: | Early December 2010 |
| Year: | 2010-01-01 00:00:00 |