
About
NIST SRMs
NIST supports
accurate and compatible measurements by
certifying and providing over 1300 Standard
Reference Materials¢ç with well-characterized
composition or properties, or both. These
materials are used to perform instrument
calibrations in units as part of overall
quality assurance programs, to verify the
accuracy of specific measurements and to
support the development of new measurement
methods.
Industry, academia,
and government use NIST SRMs to facilitate
commerce and trade and to advance research
and development. Presently NIST SRMs are
currently available for use in areas such
as industrial materials production and analysis,
environmental analysis, health measurements
and basic measurements in science and metrology.
NIST SRMs are also one mechanism for supporting
measurement traceability in the United States.
Each NIST
Standard Reference Material¢ç is supplied
with a Certificate of Analysis and a Materials
Safety Data Sheet, when applicable. In addition,
NIST has published many articles and practice
guides that describe the development, analysis
and use of SRMs.
The SRM
Program references a number of definitions in connection
with the production, certification, and
use of its SRMs and RMs. Certain definitions,
adopted for SRM use, are derived from international
guides and standards on reference materials
and measurements while others have been
developed by the SRM Program to describe
those activities unique to NIST operations.
An NTRM (NIST Traceable
Reference Material) is a commercially produced
reference material with a well-defined traceability
linkage to existing NIST standards. This
traceability linkage is established via
criteria and protocols defined by NIST.
Commercial reference materials producers
may affix the NTRM trademark to materials
produced according to these criteria and
protocols.
Links to the
laboratories at NIST that produce SRMs:
Building and Fire Research Laboratory Chemical Science and Technology
Laboratory Electronics &
Electrical Engineering Laboratory Manufacturing
Engineering Laboratory Materials Science
& Engineering Laboratory Physics Laboratory
*SRM 1546a-Meat
Homogenate *SRM 1548a-Typical Diet
*SRM 1549a-Whole
Milk Powder *SRM 3233-Fortified Breakfast
Cereal *SRM 3234-Soy Flour
*SRM 3246-Ginkgo
biloba (Leaves).
*SRM 1947-Lake Michigan
Fish Tissue *SRM 1946-Lake Superior
Fish Tissue
*SRM 1649b-Urban
Dust, 1 bottle with 2grams
*SRM 1939a-PCBs
in River Sediment A
*SRM 1493-PCB
Congeners
*SRM 2585-Organic
Contaminants in House, Dust
*SRM 2259-PCB
Congeners in 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane
*SRM 1849a-Infant/Adult
Nutritional Formula *SRM 1544-Fatty
Acids/Cholestrol in Frozen Diet Composite
*SRM 1566B, Oyster
Tissue *SRM 1567a-Wheat flour
*SRM 1568a-Rice
flour
*SRM 1570a-Trace
Elements in Spinach Leaves
*SRM 1547-Peach
Leaves
*SRM 740a-Zinc(Freezing
Point)
*SRM 741a-Tin(Freezing
Point)
*SRM 49e-Lead(Freezing
Point)
*SRM 2232-Indium
DSC Calibration Standard-Temperature and
Enthalpy of Fusion
*SRM 1411-Soft
Borosilicate Glass
*SRM 856a-Alumium
Casting Alloy 380 *SRM 917C, D-Glucose(Dextrose)
*SRM 127b-Solder,
40Sn-60Pb
*SRM 1640a-Trace Elements
in Natural Water
*SRM 1641d-Mercury
in Water
*SRM 731L2-Borosilicate
Glass-Thermal Expansion *SRM 2383a,
Baby Food composite
*SRM 2384-Baking
Chocolate *SRM 2385-Slurried Spinach
*SRM 2387-Peanut Butter
*SRM 2781-Domestic Sludge
*SRM 2782-Industrial Sludge
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