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Verify testing Equipment Accuracy and Precision

Certified Reference Materials

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Why use reference materials? Though
automated testing equipment greatly
improves testing efficiency and
flexibility, it also presents a risk:
overlooked testing bias.
With instrument performance left
unchecked, measurement bias
can gradually eat away at your
profitability. Or worse, it can falsely
present product as meeting
specification when, in truth, it fails
established quality standards. Such
a situation not only places customer

ANSWER:

safety at risk, but also jeopardizes

Depending upon your weekly sample load

your own company’s reputation.

and your instrument’s test characteristics

By routinely verifying your

(i.e. test duration, sample volume,

instrument’s performance, you’ll ensure

system stability, etc.), some tests may

consistent quality that meets expected

easily and cost-effectively benefit from

performance demands.

higher frequency verification while

PAC CRM
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others require checking less often. Your

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Establish good inter-laboratory
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Generate reliable test data fromt
automatic, semi-automatic, and
manual equipment

best line of defense against test bias is a
consistent verification program. We suggest

1. What test method are tt

implementing this step within astandard

t you verifying?

quality control procedure. Exporting

2. How frequently is the ttt

reference data to a LIMS will further enable

t instrument used?

statistical process control (SPC) — a

3. Has your lab t established a

powerful tool for measuring laboratory

t verification protocol?

performance.

Benefits

APPLICATION RANGE & METHoDS

•t Ensures dependable performancet

• Flash Point

• Distillation

t from your physical testing equipment

t - Pensky-Martens ASTM D93 A, ISO 2719 A

t - ASTM D86

•t Isolates testing bias before it impacts

t - TAG ASTM D56

t - ISO 3405

product quality
•t Carefully blended materialstsatisfyt

t - Abel EN ISO 13736
t - Cleveland Open Cup ASTM D92, ISO 2592

rigorous ISO Guides 31, 34 & 35t
•t Certified values determinedt

• Viscosity
t - ASTM D445

• ColdBehavior

through international roundt robint

t - Pour Point ASTM D97, ISO 3016

testingt by a minimum of 16 labs

t - Cloud Point ASTM D2500, ISO 3015

t - ISO 3104

•t Meets traceability requirements for ISO/
NAMAS accreditation

• Cetane Number ASTM D7668

t - Freezing Point ASTM D2386, ISO 3013
t - Cold Filter Plugging Point ASTM D6371, EN 116

• NOACK Evaporation Loss
t ASTM D5800, CEC L-40t