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In the EURACHEM/CITAC draft ”Quantifying uncertainty in analytical measurement” estimations of measurement uncertainty in analytical results for linear calibration are given. In this work these estimations are compared, i.e. the uncertainty deduced from repeated observations of the sample vs. the uncertainty deduced from the standard residual deviation of the regression. As a result of this study it is shown that an uncertainty estimation based on repeated observations can give more realistic values if the condition of variance homogeneity is not correctly fulfilled in the calibration range. The complete calculation of measurement uncertainty including assessment of trueness is represented by an example concerning the determination of zinc in sediment samples using ICP-atomic emission spectrometry.
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Received: 9 February 2002 Accepted: 17 April 2002
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Brüggemann, L., Wennrich, R. Evaluation of measurement uncertainty for analytical procedures using a linear calibration function. Accred Qual Assur 7, 269–273 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-002-0485-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-002-0485-8