Title: quality control material
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - quality control material
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08107
Status: current

Definition
Material used for the purposes of quality control and subjected to the same or part of the same measurement procedure as that used for analytical samples.

Note
Blank materials, analytical samples, reference materials, and certified reference materials can be used as quality control materials.

Related Terms
- Blank materials: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08010
- measurement procedure: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08028

Source
- PAC, 2021, 93, 997. 'Metrological and quality concepts in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1035 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0819)

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Citation: Citation: 'quality control material' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08107
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