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The RM Column is edited by by Peter Jenks.

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PDF Introducing the New Team (64 kB) February/March 2008

PDF Quality matters (65 kB) December 2007/January 2008

PDF UK chemical metrology: a new opportunity? (65 kB) October/November 2007

PDF BERM scientific conferences: still important after all the years? (53 kB) August/September 2007

PDF Pioneers in UK chemical metrology (171 kB) June/July 2007

PDF Organic analysis vs the matrix (64 kB) April/May 2007

PDF Matrix dissolution: the wild card in soil analysis (69 kB) February/March 2007

PDF Reference materials for new measurement technologies (42 kB) December 2006/January 2007

PDF Natural matrix RMs need to be “classified for supply” (60 kB) October/November 2006

PDF RM accreditation to ISO Guide 34 and ISO/IEC 17025 together (51 kB) August/September 2006

PDF Regulating analytical quality:the purpose of proficiency testing (66 kB) June/July 2006

PDF Regulating analytical quality: are we going round in circles? (43 kB) April/May 2006

PDF Accreditation to ISO 17025: 2005. The consequences for reference material and proficiency testing users (52 kB) February/March 2006

PDF On finding the “right” reference material, Part 2 (70 kB) December 2005/January 2006

PDF On finding the “right” reference material, or the Quality Manager’s lament! (63 kB) October/November 2005

PDF Valid Analytical Measurement: looking to the next programme (307 kB) August/September 2005

PDF Question: Should UKAS adopt the principles of Guide 34 into ISO/EC17025 accredited laboratories? (65 kB) June/July 2005

PDF Reference materials and accreditation (38 kB) April/May 2005

PDF Education: the way to CRM awareness in the laboratory (58 kB) December 2004/January 2005

PDF RMs and regulation: putting the cart before the horse? (37 kB) October/November 2004

PDF Accreditation of RM producers: is the end game in sight? (38 kB) August/September 2004

PDF Calibration CRMs: why are they so difficult to produce? (39 kB) June/July 2004

PDF Information on RMs: there is a better way! (36 kB) April/May 2004

PDF Accreditation of RM producers—the game moves on! (348 kB) December 2003/January 2004

PDF What do we mean by “Establishes Traceability”? (31 kB) August/September 2003

PDF EU funding for CRMs (277 kB) June/July 2003

PDF Accreditation of RM producers: Who needs it? (281 kB) April/May 2003

PDF Have you time for BERM? (33 kB) February/March 2003

PDF Establishing traceability to SI for elemental analysis: reporting from a difficult but worthwhile journey (37 kB) December 2002/January 2003

PDF Accreditation: but to which standard? (31 kB) October/November 2002

PDF Traceable: what does it really mean? (34 kB) August/September 2002

PDF Matrix CRMs: the commercial “Bridge too Far”? (37 kB) June/July 2002

PDF Reference materials: the new growth market for whom? (32 kB) April/May 2002

PDF What do we do with reference materials and PT schemes? (43 kB) February/March 2002