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Preparation of Quality Control Material for Assuring Quality of Electrical Conductivity Measurements in Soil

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Analytical chemistry

Abstract

Accurate and reliable analytical results of soil have become essential tool for understanding salinity and limiting factors affecting agricultural productivity. Reliability of results depends mainly on the existence and quality of reference materials which are considered as crucial tools for validation and verification of the analytical process and assuring quality of measurement results. The National Metrology Institute of Egypt [NIS] is striving to set up the national standards to ensure all measurement results are traceable to the international system of unit (SI). NIS starting development of a series of soil reference materials to meet Egyptian requirements and customer demands. This article describes the production process of the soil reference material characterized for electrical conductivity from processing to value assignment. Characterization, homogeneity and stability studies of the material were carried out according to ISO guides 34, 35 and 80. The measurement results were statistically analyzed to calculate assigned values. The assigned value and expanded uncertainty for EC1:1 and EC1:5 methods were found 1234 ±58 µS/cm and 973 ±52 µS/cm, respectively.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2018.3005.1254

Keywords

electrical conductivity, Soil, quality assurance, Secondary Reference Material

Authors

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Tahoun

MiddleName

Farag

Affiliation

National Institute of Standards, Tersa St, El-Matbah, Haram, P. O. Box: 136 Giza, Code No: 12211 Giza, Egypt

Email

tahoun_nis@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-0482-6198

First Name

Adel

Last Name

Shehata

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National Institute of Standards, Tersa St, El-Matbah, Haram, P. O. Box: 136 Giza, Code No: 12211 Giza, Egypt

Email

adelshehata62@yahoo.com

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First Name

Randa

Last Name

Nasr

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National Institute of Standards, Tersa St, El-Matbah, Haram, P. O. Box: 136, Code No: 12211 Giza, Egypt

Email

randanasr_888@yahoo.com

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Volume

61

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

1586

Issue Date

2018-08-01

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2018-02-25

Publish Date

2018-08-01

Page Start

717

Page End

722

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_8094.html

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=8094

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Original Article

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297

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Preparation of Quality Control Material for Assuring Quality of Electrical Conductivity Measurements in Soil

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Created At

22 Jan 2023