Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1061-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1061-2023
Research article
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02 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 02 Mar 2023

Development of an International System of Units (SI)-traceable transmission curve reference material to improve the quantitation and comparability of proton-transfer-reaction mass-spectrometry measurements

David R. Worton, Sergi Moreno, Kieran O'Daly, and Rupert Holzinger

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Proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry is widely used in the environmental, health, and food and beverage sectors. As a result, there is a need for accurate and comparable measurements. In this work we have developed a 20-component gravimetrically prepared traceable primary reference material (gas standard in a high-pressure cylinder) to enable quantitative and comparable measurements. The accuracy of all components was better than 3 %–10 % with stabilities of better than 1–2 years.
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