Title: reference material certification report
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - reference material certification report
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08119
Status: current

Definition
Document giving detailed information, in addition to that contained in a reference material certificate.

Note
The information may refer to, for example, the preparation of the reference material, measurement procedures, factors affecting measurement accuracy, statistical treatment of measurement results, and the way in which metrological traceability was established.

Related Terms
- measurement procedures: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08028
- reference material certificate: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08117

Source
- PAC, 2021, 93, 997. 'Metrological and quality concepts in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1038 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0819)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08119/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08119/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08119/xml

Citation: Citation: 'reference material certification report' 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.08119
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