Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis

From the reviews: "They present a broad coverage of analytical endeavour and scope and allows the reader the advantage of compilation. ... overall this is a useful compilation and would serve as a good introduction to and an overview of the field for practicing analytical chemists and scientists particularly from certified laboratories ... ." (C. Burgess, Chromatographia, Vol. 62 (3-4), 2005)

• Analytical procedure in terms of measurement (quality) assurance.- Metrology in chemistry — a public task.- Chemical Metrology, Chemistry and the Uncertainty of Chemical Measurements.- From total allowable error via metrological traceability to uncertainty of measurement of the unbiased result.- The determination of the uncertainty of reference materials certified by laboratory intercomparison.- Evaluation of uncertainty of reference materials.- Should non-significant bias be included in the uncertainty budget?.- Evaluation of measurement uncertainty for analytical procedures using a linear calibration function.- Measurement uncertainty distributions and uncertainty propagation by the simulation approach.- Evaluation of uncertainty utilising the component by component approach.- Uncertainty — Statistical approach, 1/f noise and chaos.- Calibration uncertainty.- Measurement uncertainty in microbiology cultivation methods.- The use of uncertainty estimates of test results in comparison with acceptance limits.- A model to set measurement quality objectives and to establish measurement uncertainty expectations in analytical chemistry laboratories using ASTM proficiency test data.- Uncertainty calculations in the certification of reference materials. 1. Principles of analysis of variance.- Uncertainty calculations in the certification of reference materials. 2. Homogeneity study.- Uncertainty calculations in the certification of reference materials. 3. Stability study.- Some aspects of the evaluation of measurement uncertainty using reference materials.- Uncertainty — The key topic of metrology in chemistry.- Estimating measurement uncertainty: reconciliation using a cause and effect approach.- Measurement uncertainty and its implications for collaborative study methodvalidation and method performance parameters.- Uncertainty in chemical analysis and validation of the analytical method: acid value determination in oils.- A practical approach for assessment of sampling uncertainty.- Quality Assurance for the analytical data of trace elements in food.- Customer’s needs in relation to uncertainty and uncertainty budgets.- Evaluating uncertainty in analytical measurements: pursuit of correctness.- A view of uncertainty at the bench analytical level.- Uncertainty of sampling in chemical analysis.- Appropriate rather than representative sampling, based on acceptable levels of uncertainty.- Experimental sensitivity analysis applied to sample preparation uncertainties: are ruggedness tests enough for measurement uncertainty estimates?.- Relationship between the performance characteristics from an interlaboratory study programme and combined measurement uncertainty: a case study.- The evaluation of measurement uncertainty from method validation studies Part 1: Description of a laboratory protocol.- The evaluation of measurement uncertainty from method validation studies Part 2: The practical application of a laboratory protocol.- Is the estimation of measurement uncertainty a viable alternative to validation?.- Validation of the uncertainty evaluation for the determination of metals in solid samples by atomic spectrometry.- Statistical evaluation of uncertainty for rapid tests with discrete readings — examination of wastes and soils.- Influence of two grinding methods on the uncertainty of determinations of heavy metals in AAS-ETA of plant samples.- Measurement uncertainty and its meaning in legal metrology of environment and public health.- Uncertainty evaluation in proficiency testing: state-of-the-art, challenges, and perspectives.-Uncertainty calculation and implementation of the static volumetric method for the preparation of NO and SO2 standard gas mixtures.- Assessment of uncertainty in calibration of a gas flowmeter.- Measurement uncertainty — a reliable concept in food analysis and for the use of recovery data?.- In- and off-laboratory sources of uncertainty in the use of a serum standard reference material as a means of accuracy control in cholesterol determination.- Assessment of limits of detection and quantitation using calculation of uncertainty in a new method for water determination.- Study of the uncertainty in gravimetric analysis of the Ba ion.- Assessment of permissible ranges for results of pH-metric acid number determinations using uncertainty calculation.- Uncertainty and other metrological parameters of peroxide value determination in vegetable oils.- Uncertainty of nitrogen determination by the Kjeldahl method.- Glossary of analytical terms: Uncertainty.