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The chromatographic techniques play a crucial role in analyzing materials in pharmaceutical, biochemical, chemical, biomedical, and forensic sectors. High purity and quality reference standards are inevitable for the precise and accurate estimation of analytes from the sample matrices. Here, the influence of reference material on the chromatographic estimation of a highly volatile analyte, ethylene oxide (EO), was studied using three batches of certified reference materials (CRMs). The relative uncertainties in the reference standards prepared with these CRMs are estimated as 0.036, 0.044, and 0.072 pu, respectively. The studies revealed that more than 98 % of the standard preparation uncertainty (USP) comes from the CRM concentration uncertainty. It also shows that more than 95 % of the combined uncertainty (UC) was contributed by USP. Thus, the study highlights the necessity of good-quality CRMs and precise preparation methods for the accurate chromatographic analyses.
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Sasi, R., Nimi, N., Sasikala, T.S. et al. Measurement Uncertainty of Chromatographic Analyses: A Comparative Study on the Role of Reference Materials. MAPAN 37, 625–629 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-022-00595-w
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