Certified reference material for coal in accordance with the PN-EN ISO 17034:2017-03 standard and ISO GUIDE 35:2017

Due to an absence of domestic certified reference materials for coal on the Polish market, an attempt was made to manufacture a new and innovative product tailored to its needs. The chosen candidate material was hard coal acquired from Poland’s coal mines. A single reference material unit consisted...

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Main Authors: Więcek Katarzyna, Kocela-Jagiełko Aneta, Szulik Wojciech, Celary Piotr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2023-03-01
Series:Environmental & Socio-economic Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/environ-2023-0003
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author Więcek Katarzyna
Kocela-Jagiełko Aneta
Szulik Wojciech
Celary Piotr
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Kocela-Jagiełko Aneta
Szulik Wojciech
Celary Piotr
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description Due to an absence of domestic certified reference materials for coal on the Polish market, an attempt was made to manufacture a new and innovative product tailored to its needs. The chosen candidate material was hard coal acquired from Poland’s coal mines. A single reference material unit consisted of 50g of an analytical hard coal sample with a grain size below 0.2 mm. A manufacturing method was developed enabling production of matrix reference materials addressing the needs of the domestic solid fuel market, and was directed at research laboratories carrying out analyses of solid fuels for the energy and coking sectors. The adapted manufacturing scheme of a certified reference material for coal was presented with a description of the chosen critical steps of the process and discussion of the obtained results in terms of homogeneity, stability, characterisation of the reference material as well as assigned values to particular properties and their uncertainty budget. The results obtained during homogeneity, short-term and long-term stability assessments as well as reference material characterisation confirmed the feasibility of the investigated certified coal reference material manufacturing process. The obtained levels of relative expanded uncertainties of the measurements confirmed the feasibility of the manufactured certified reference material for establishing and maintaining metrological traceability of measurement results. The presented research establishes a base for planning out production of additional reference materials as well as providing the know-how for designing manufacturing schemes for reference materials for solid fuels, or waste related materials like fly ash, or furnace waste.
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spelling doaj.art-09ed6808106b45ebb55d6b95191488052023-05-06T15:58:54ZengSciendoEnvironmental & Socio-economic Studies2354-00792023-03-01111334410.2478/environ-2023-0003Certified reference material for coal in accordance with the PN-EN ISO 17034:2017-03 standard and ISO GUIDE 35:2017Więcek Katarzyna0Kocela-Jagiełko Aneta1Szulik Wojciech2Celary Piotr31Central Laboratory for Measurements and Research Limited Liability Company, Rybnicka 6,44-335 Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland1Central Laboratory for Measurements and Research Limited Liability Company, Rybnicka 6,44-335 Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland1Central Laboratory for Measurements and Research Limited Liability Company, Rybnicka 6,44-335 Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland1Central Laboratory for Measurements and Research Limited Liability Company, Rybnicka 6,44-335 Jastrzębie-Zdrój, PolandDue to an absence of domestic certified reference materials for coal on the Polish market, an attempt was made to manufacture a new and innovative product tailored to its needs. The chosen candidate material was hard coal acquired from Poland’s coal mines. A single reference material unit consisted of 50g of an analytical hard coal sample with a grain size below 0.2 mm. A manufacturing method was developed enabling production of matrix reference materials addressing the needs of the domestic solid fuel market, and was directed at research laboratories carrying out analyses of solid fuels for the energy and coking sectors. The adapted manufacturing scheme of a certified reference material for coal was presented with a description of the chosen critical steps of the process and discussion of the obtained results in terms of homogeneity, stability, characterisation of the reference material as well as assigned values to particular properties and their uncertainty budget. The results obtained during homogeneity, short-term and long-term stability assessments as well as reference material characterisation confirmed the feasibility of the investigated certified coal reference material manufacturing process. The obtained levels of relative expanded uncertainties of the measurements confirmed the feasibility of the manufactured certified reference material for establishing and maintaining metrological traceability of measurement results. The presented research establishes a base for planning out production of additional reference materials as well as providing the know-how for designing manufacturing schemes for reference materials for solid fuels, or waste related materials like fly ash, or furnace waste.https://doi.org/10.2478/environ-2023-0003certified reference materialshard coaltraceabilityhomogeneitystability of reference material
spellingShingle Więcek Katarzyna
Kocela-Jagiełko Aneta
Szulik Wojciech
Celary Piotr
Certified reference material for coal in accordance with the PN-EN ISO 17034:2017-03 standard and ISO GUIDE 35:2017
Environmental & Socio-economic Studies
certified reference materials
hard coal
traceability
homogeneity
stability of reference material
title Certified reference material for coal in accordance with the PN-EN ISO 17034:2017-03 standard and ISO GUIDE 35:2017
title_full Certified reference material for coal in accordance with the PN-EN ISO 17034:2017-03 standard and ISO GUIDE 35:2017
title_fullStr Certified reference material for coal in accordance with the PN-EN ISO 17034:2017-03 standard and ISO GUIDE 35:2017
title_full_unstemmed Certified reference material for coal in accordance with the PN-EN ISO 17034:2017-03 standard and ISO GUIDE 35:2017
title_short Certified reference material for coal in accordance with the PN-EN ISO 17034:2017-03 standard and ISO GUIDE 35:2017
title_sort certified reference material for coal in accordance with the pn en iso 17034 2017 03 standard and iso guide 35 2017
topic certified reference materials
hard coal
traceability
homogeneity
stability of reference material
url https://doi.org/10.2478/environ-2023-0003
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