Edited by M. Parkany
International Organization for Standardization, Geneva
The Royal Society of Chemistry, 1996 [ISBN 0
85404 736 0]
The correct implementation of the ISO 14000 series
of International Standards is entirely dependent on valid measurements,
which in turn require the correct approach to recovery factors - yet
at present there is no International Standard or Guide on the correct
use of recovery factors. This means that it is incredibly problematic
to obtain a real picture of whether and when the use of recovery factors
is forbidden, tolerated, encouraged or required. Often the choice is
left to the analyst in charge, which is a clearly unacceptable situation.
The Use of Recovery Factors in Trace Analysis is a unique book, providing
in one volume, all of the most up-to-date information in this field.
Throughout, chemists of long experience in the use of recovery factors
review the present situation and offer practical solutions based on
their own experiences.
This book will form the basis for a document on conformity assessment
to standards proposed for acceptance by IUPAC, ISO, AOAC and Codex Alimentarius
Commission, making it a must for all those who work in analytical laboratories
involved in the chemistry of food, agriculture, the environment and
toxicology, as well as for academics.
Contents:
- The Use and Misuse of Recovery factors in
Analytical Chemistry
- Considerations in the Estimation of Recovery
in Inorganic Analysis
- Use of Radioisotopic Tracers for Determination
of Recovery Factors (Chemical Yields) in Trace Element Determinations
by Radiochemical Neutron Activation Analysis (RNAA)
- Measurement Uncertainty: the Key to the Use
of Recovery Factors?
- Varying Uses of Recovery Factors in US EPA
FIFRA Registration Studies
- Use of Recovery Data in Veterinary Drug Residue
Analysis
- Development of Recovery Factor for Analysis
of Organochlorine Pesticides in Water Sample by Using Micro-Extraction
Technique
- Analytical Recoveries and Their Use for Correction
- Report of the 20th Session of
the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis
and Sampling
- Selective List of Relevant International Standards
- Addresses of Authors
Subject Index.
136 pages