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Since the uncertainty of each link in the traceability chain (measuring analytical instrument, reference material or other measurement standard) changes over the course of time, the chain lifetime is limited. The lifetime in chemical analysis is dependent on the calibration intervals of the measuring equipment and the shelf-life of the certified reference materials (CRMs) used for the calibration of the equipment. It is shown that the ordinary least squares technique, used for treatment of the calibration data, is correct only when uncertainties in the certified values of the measurement standards or CRMs are negligible. If these uncertainties increase (for example, close to the end of the calibration interval or shelf-life), they are able to influence significantly the calibration and measurement results. In such cases regression analysis of the calibration data should take into account that not only the response values are subjects to errors, but also the certified values. As an end-point criterion of the traceability chain destruction, the requirement that the uncertainty of a measurement standard should be a source of less then one-third of the uncertainty in the measurement result is applicable. An example from analytical practice based on the data of interlaboratory comparisons of ethanol determination in beer is discussed.
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Kuselman, I., Anisimov, B., Goldfeld, I. (2001). Lifetime of the traceability chain in chemical measurement. In: De Bièvre, P., Günzler, H. (eds) Traceability in Chemical Measurement. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27093-0_17
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