Accreditation and Quality Assurance

, Volume 13, Issue 10, pp 567–573 | Cite as

Design and model of calibration for chemical measurements

Practitioner's Report

Abstract

The international standard ISO 11843 specifies basic methods to design experiments for estimation of critical values referring to the capability of detection. The detection capability depends on the experimental design, the calibration model used, and the errors of the measurement process. This study reports how the specification of the calibration points within the calibration range can be used as a-priori information for evaluation of calibration uncertainty without any consideration of the response variables of the calibration. As result of investigation of the experimental designs, calibration points within the calibration range can be omitted without significant changes of calibration uncertainty. The approach is demonstrated at a practical example, the determination of arsenic in surface water samples taken from a river in Germany.

Keywords

Linear calibration Calibration design Calibration model Calibration uncertainty 

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Analytical ChemistryUFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearchLeipzigGermany

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