NBS SPECIAL PUBLICATION 260-51 y*£AU of U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / National Bureau of Standards GLASS FILTERS AS A STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR SPECTROPHOTOMETRY-- SELECTION, PREPARATION, CERTIFICATION, USE SRM 930 C.3L NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS 1 The National Bureau of Standards was established by an act of Congress March 3, 1901. The Bureau's overall goal is to strengthen and advance the Nation's science and technology and facilitate their effective application for public benefit. To this end, the Bureau conducts research and provides: (1) a basis for the Nation's physical measurement system, (2) scientific and technological services for industry and government, (3) a technical basis for equity in trade, and (4) technical services to promote public safety. 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OP STANBARDB LIJJRASY Standard Reference Materials: NOV 2 6 1975 Glass Filters as a Standard Reference Material for Spectrophotometry— Selection, Preparation, Certification, Use SRM 930 R. Mavrodineanu J. R. Baldwin Analytical Chemistry Division Institute for Materials Research National Bureau of Standards Washington, D.C. 20234 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary James A. Baker, III, Under Secretary Dr. Betsy Ancker-Johnson, Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, Ernest Ambler, Acting Director Issued November 1975 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Mavrodineanu, Radu, 1910- Glass Filters as a Standard Reference Material for Spectro- photometry. (Standard Reference Materials) (NBS Special Publication- 260-51) "CODEN : XNBSAV." Bibliography: p. Supt. of Docs. No.: C 13.10:260-51. 1. Spectrophotometer—Standards. 2. Light niters—Standards. Glass, 3. Optical—Standards. I. Baldwin, John Raymond, 1918- Joint Author. II. Series. United States. National Bureau of Standards. Standard Reference Materials. III. Series: United States. National Bureau of Standards. Special Publication; 260-51 QC100.U57 No. 260-51 [QC465] 389'.08s [535'.84'028] 75-619308 National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 260-51 Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 260-51, 118 pages (Nov. 1975) CODEN: XNBSAV U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1975 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Order by SD Catalog No. C13.10:260-51). Price $1.90 (Add 25 percent additional for other than U.S. mailing). , PREFACE Standard Reference Materials (SRM's) as defined by the National Bureau of Standards are "well-characterized mate- rials, produced in quantity, that calibrate a measurement system to assure compatibility of measurement in the nation." SRM's are widely used as primary standards in many diverse fields in science, industry, and technology, both within the United States and throughout the world. In many industries traceability of their quality control process to the national measurement system is carried out through the mechanism and use of SRM's. For many of the nation's scientists and tech- nologists it is therefore of more than passing interest to know the details of the measurements made at NBS in arriving at the certified values of the SRM's produced. An NBS series of papers, of which this publication is a member, called the NBS Special Publication - 260 Series is reserved for this purpose This 260 S er i e s i s d e d i c a t e d to th e d i s s em ina t i on of inf o rma t i on on all phases of th e prep ar a t ion , measurement ' - and certificat ion o f NBS- SRM s . In g en e r al, much more d e tai 1 will be f ound in the s e p ap e r s t h an i s g enerally allowed or d e s i r ab le , in s c ient if ic j o u r na 1 a r t i c 1 e s This enables the user to as s e s s the va lidi ty and a c c ur acy of the measure- men t processes emp 1 oyed , to j ud ge the s ta t is tical analysis, and to learn d e tail s o f t e c hn iq ue s an d me tho ds utilized for wor k entailing the g r ea t e st c ar e and a c c u r a c y. It is also hop e d that the s e pa p e r s w ill pr ov ide s u f f ic i ent additional information not found on the certificate so that new appli- cations in diverse fields not foreseen at the time the SRM was originally issued will be sought and found. Inquiries concerning the technical content of this paper should be directed to the author(s). Other questions concerned with the availability, delivery, price, and so forth will receive prompt attention from: Office of Standard Reference Materials National Bureau of S tandar d s Washington , D . C 20234 J. Paul Cali, Chief Office of Standard Reference Materials i i i OTHER NBS PUBLICATIONS IN THIS SERIES NBS Spec. Publ. 260, Standard Reference Mate- NBS Misc. Publ. 260-12, Standard Reference rials: 1973 Catalog, April 1973, $1.25.* Materials: Homogeneity Characterization of NBS Misc. Publ. 260-1, Standard Reference NBS Spec trometric Standards III: White Cast Materials: Preparation of NBS White Cast Iron and Stainless Steel Powder Compact, Iron Spectrochemical Standards, June 1964. September 1966. NBS Misc. Publ. 260-12.** COM 74-11061.** NBS Misc. Publ. 260-13, Standard Reference NBS Misc. 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