What is a Certified or Standard Reference Material?
Here’s a guideline as to the meaning and definitions:
| CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIAL (CRM): Reference material, accompanied by a certificate, one or more of whose property values are certified by a procedure which establishes its traceability to an accurate realization of the unit in which the property values are expressed, and for which each certified value is accompanied by an uncertainty at a stated level of confidence. The CRMs are certified by a recognized certifying organization using approved certification procedures as instructed in ISO Guide 35:1989 “Certification of reference materials – General and statistical principles.” The organization is usually a function of a federal government or recognized by a federal government or an accreditation organization. A CRM is the highest level to which an analytical reference material can be elevated because it is directly traceable to SI units and because of the attributed confidence in the company or organization which produced the material. Materials produced by national metrological laboratories (NML) such as NIST and ECRM are automatically CRM by default authority, it should be noted that often these NML certificates do not comply with modern expectations, but they remain CRM by default authority. |
| REFERENCE MATERIAL (RM): A material substance one or more of whose property values are sufficiently homogeneous and well established to be used for the calibration of an apparatus, the assessment of a measurement method, or for assigning values to materials. The RMs usually have been through interlaboratory testing using many analysts and supplied with a certificate of analysis but do not strictly follow the procedures of certification as indicated in ISO Guide 35:1989. |
| SETTING-UP SAMPLES (SUS): Materials which have an uncertified analysis to be used as a guide. These materials are assigned values for each element during calibration of the instrument with CRMs and RMs. These assigned values are used for day-to-day or shift-to-shift adjustment of the instrument. This process is often called “drift correction”, “standardization of the calibration”, or “re-standardization”. Users are advised to obtain a reasonably long term supply of each SUS to avoid having to recalibrate the instrument when the current SUS supply is exhausted. |
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Our list source reference materials you can obtain from
Standards Reference Material Providers and Standards Bodies | |
| Code | Producer |
| 11X to 514X | MBH ANALYTICAL LTD., ENGLAND |
| 50x – xxx | LECO, USA |
| 58A | WELL GROUP, CHINA |
| AA | ARCONIC (formerly Alcoa,) USA |
| ACIRS | AUSTRALIAN COAL PREPARATION SOCIETY, AUSTRALIA |
| AE | INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, AUSTRIA |
| AJ | NIKKEI, JAPAN |
| AL | SUISSE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, SWITZERLAND |
| ALC | ALCAN, CANADA |
| AN | ANALYTICA LTD., CZECH REPUBLIC |
| AMIS | AFRICAN MINERAL STANDARDS, SOUTH AFRICA |
| ASCRM, ASRM | STANDARDS AUSTRALIA |
| ASMW | AMT FUR STANDARDISIERUNG, MESSWESEN UND WARENPRUFUNG, GERMANY |
| ASO | ASO DESIGN, CANADA |
| BAM, ERM | BUNDESANSTALT FUR MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND-PRUFUNG, THE FEDERAL AGENCY FOR MATERIAL TESTING, GERMANY |
| BAS, CURM | BUREAU OF ANALYSED SAMPLES LTD., ENGLAND |
| BCR, IRMM | COMMUNITY BUREAU OF REFERENCE, BELGIUM |
| BCS | BUREAU OF ANALYSED SAMPLES LTD., ENGLAND |
| BGIRA | THE BRITISH GLASS INDUSTRY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, ENGLAND |
| BL | ASNSTAND, CZECH REPUBLIC |
| BM, RH | JOINT-STOCK COMPANY, “METAL AND QUALITY,” UKRAINE |
| BR | BREITLANDER GMBH, GERMANY |
| BS | BRAMMER STANDARD COMPANY, INC., USA |
| C (solids) | BNF-FULMER, ENGLAND supplied by BAS |
| C (chips) | MBH ANALYTICAL LTD., ENGLAND |
| C (setups), R | SUS, GERMANY |
| CAN | CANADA CENTRE FOR MINERAL AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, CANADA |
| CCRL | CEMENT AND CONCRETE REFERENCE LABORATORY, USA |
| CERAM | LUCIDION, ENGLAND |
| CDN | CDN RESOURCE LABORATORIES LTD., CANADA |
| CETEM | CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIA MINERAL, BRASIL |
| CGL, USZ | CENTRAL GEOLOGICAL LABORATORY, MONGOLIA |
| CIBA | CIBA-GEIGY, SWITZERLAND |
| CKD | CKD PRAHA, CZECH REPUBLIC |
| CMSI | CHINA METALLURGICAL STANDARDIZATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE |
| COCO | COAL CONCEPTS, SOUTH AFRICA |
| CRM | SUS, GERMANY |
| CT | CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY, USA |
| CTIF | CENTRE TECHNIQUE DES INDUSTRIES DE LA FONDERIE FOUNDRY INDUSTRY TECHNICAL CENTER, FRANCE |
| CZ | CZECH METROLOGY INSTITUTE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA |
| DH | DILLINGER LABORATORY, GERMANY |
| DK | KALKSEINMEHLSTANDARDS, GERMANY |
| DOMTAR | DOMTAR INC., CANADA |
| DSZU, MHCX | INSTITUTE OF TITANIUM, UKRAINE |
| ECRM | EURO-CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS Prepared by BAS, BAM, IRSID, and CTIF |
| FLX | FLUXANA, GERMANY |
| FQZ | HRT, GERMANY |
| G | GEOSTATS PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA |
| GBW | STATE BUREAU OF TECHNICAL SUPERVISION, CHINA |
| GSO, OSO | STANDARD SAMPLES OFFICE, UKRAINE |
| GUW | GUW (ZGI), GERMANY |
| HH, HT | INCO ALLOYS INTERNATIONAL, USA |
| HRT | HRT LABORTECHNIK GMBH, GERMANY |
| IARM | ANALYTICAL REFERENCE MATERIALS, UNITED STATES |
| IGS | INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, ENGLAND |
| IMI | WOLVERHAMPTON METAL, ENGLAND |
| IMN | INSTITUTE OF NON-FERROUS METALS, POLAND |
| IMZ | INSTITUTE OF FERROUS METALLURGY, POLAND |
| IPT | INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS TECHNOLOGICAS DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULO, BRASIL |
| IRNT | INSTITUTE OF RADIOECOLOGY & APPLIED NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, CZECH REPUBLIC |
| IRSID | INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES DE LA SIDERURGIE FRANCAISE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRON AND STEEL WORKS INDUSTRY, FRANCE |
| J | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN |
| JCA | JAPAN CEMENT ASSOCIATION |
| JCRM | CERAMIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN |
| JK | JERKONTORTERETS, SWEDEN |
| JRRM | TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF REFRACTORIES, JAPAN |
| JSM | JFE TECHNO-RESEARCH CORPORATION, JAPAN |
| JSS | IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE OF JAPAN |
| KMS | KMS CORPORATION LTD, JAPAN |
| KUT | VASKUT, HUNGARY |
| KZ | CENTROGEOANALIT LABORATORY, KAZAKHSTAN |
| L | BNF-FULMER, ENGLAND, supplied by BAS |
| NCS, L (length) | CENTRAL IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE, CHINA |
| NF | ALPHA ASSEMBLY SOLUTIONS, USA |
| NH | NEW METALLURGICAL WORKS, CZECH REPUBLIC |
| NIES | NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, JAPAN |
| NILAB | NORDISK INDUSTRILABORATORIUM, SWEDEN |
| NIOH | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, NORWAY |
| NM | NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY, INDIA |
| NMIJ | NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTE OF JAPAN, JAPAN |
| NRC | NATIONAL RESOURCES COUNCIL CANADA |
| NX | INCO ALLOYS INTERNATIONAL, USA |
| OREAS | ORE RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA |
| PB | VUK PANENSKE BREZANY, CZECH REPUBLIC |
| PV, TL | TECHLAB, FRANCE |
| PY | SUISSE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, SWITZERLAND |
| RAN | RAND REFINERY, SOUTH AFRICA |
| S | THERMO SCIENTIFIC, SWITZERLAND |
| SABS | SABS COAL EXPLORATION AND TECHNOLOGY SECTION, SOUTH AFRICA |
| SARM | SOUTH AFRICAN BUREAU OF STANDARDS |
| SCAS | SUMIKA CHEMEICAL ANALYSIS SERVICES, LTD., JAPAN |
| SCRM | BUREAU OF ANALYSED SAMPLES LTD., ENGLAND |
| SGT | SOCIETY FOR GLASS TECHNOLOGY, ENGLAND |
| SMO, SS (combustion) | SEISHIN TRADING, JAPAN |
| SRM | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, UNITED STATES |
| SS (discs) | BUREAU OF ANALYSED SAMPLES LTD., ENGLAND |
| ST | SHIMADZU, JAPAN |
| SUS | BUREAU OF ANALYSED SAMPLES LTD., ENGLAND |
| SV | SVUS, CZECH REPUBLIC |
| TH | THYSSENKRUPP STAHL, GERMANY |
| TL | TECHLAB, FRANCE |
| UL | LABORATOIRES ASSOCIES DE GEOLOGIE, BELGIUM |
| UNS | INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RAW MATERIALS, CZECH REPUBLIC |
| US | UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SERVICE, USA |
| USZ, CGL | CENTRAL GEOLOGICAL LABORATORY, MONGOLIA |
| V | HYDRO (VAW), GERMANY |
| VB | VUSH, CZECH REPUBLIC |
| VC | VAC, GERMANY |
| VS | ASSOCIATION OF REFERENCE MATERIALS PRODUCERS, USSR |
| VS# | VANGUARD SOLUTIONS, USA |
| Y | GSB, YSBS, & SHIJIAZHUANG TRUMP SCIENTIFIC LTD, CHINA |