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Reference Materials
- Coquery, M., Carvalho, F. P., Azemard, S., Bachelez, M., & Horvat, M. (2000). Certification of trace and major elements and methylmercury concentrations in a macroalgae (Fucus sp.) reference material, IAEA-140. Fresenius' Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 366(8).
- Horvat, M., Liang, L., Azemard, S., Mandić, V., Villeneuve, J.-P., & Coquery, M. (1997). Certification of total mercury and methylmercury concentrations in mussel homogenate (Mytilus edulis) reference material, IAEA-142. Fresenius' Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 358(3).
- Vasileva, E., Azemard, S., Oh, J., Bustamante, P., & Betti, M. (2011). Certification for trace elements and methyl mercury mass fractions in IAEA-452 scallop (Pecten Maximus) sample. Accreditation and Quality Assurance, 16(8). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-011-0793-y
- Vassileva, E., Azemard, S., & Mandjukov, P. (2018). Certification for trace elements and methyl mercury mass fractions in IAEA-456 marine sediment sample. Accreditation and Quality Assurance, 23(1), 29–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-017-1297-1
- E.Vasileva, S. Azematd and M.O. Angelidis, Trace Elements Reference Materials and Recommended Methods for a Global Mercury Monitoring in the Marine Environment. International Environment Technology; May/June, 2013 p.1-5.
- E. Wyse, E. J., Coquery, M., Azemard, S., & De Mora, S. J. (2004). Characterisation of trace elements and methylmercury in an estuarine sediment reference material, IAEA-405. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1039/b308584h
- The new IAEA-372 grass-certified reference material for 40Kand 137Cs. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 66, 1718 - 1721 (2008).
- Certified reference material for radionuclides in fish flesh sample IAEA-414 (mixed fish from the Irish Sea and North Sea). Appl. Rad. Isotop. 64 (2006), 1253-1259.
- Reference Material for radionuclides in sediment IAEA-384 (Fangataufa Lagoon sediment). Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 273, 2 (2007) 383-393.
- A New Certified Reference Material for Radionuclides in Irish Sea Sediment (IAEA-385). Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 66 (2008) 1711-1717
- IAEA programme on the quality of marine radioactivity data. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 99 (2008) 1680-1686.
Interlaboratory Comparisons/Proficiency Tests
- E. Vasileva, S. Azemard, Worldwide Laboratory Comparison on the Determination of Trace Elements in IAEA-452 Biota Sample, Analytical Quality in Nuclear Applications Series IAEA/AQ/23, IAEA, Vienna, 2012.
- S. Azemard and E. Vassileva, Worldwide interlaboratory comparison on the determination of trace elements in a fish sample IAEA-MESL-ILC-TE-BIOTA-2017, Analytical Quality in Nuclear Applications Series, IAEA/AQ/55, ISSN 2074–7659, Vienna 2018C.
- Cattini, P. Mandjukov, I. Tolosa, and E. Vasileva,Worldwide and Regional Laboratory Comparison on the Determination of Organochlorine Compounds, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Petroleum Hydrocarbons in IAEA-451 Clam (Gafrarium Tumidium) Sample, Analytical Quality in Nuclear Applications Series IAEA/AQ/28, IAEA, Vienna, 2013.
- E. Vassileva, S. Azemard, Worldwide interlaboratory comparison on the determination of trace elements in Oyster biota sample, Analytical Quality in Nuclear Applications Series, IAEA/AQ/56, ISSN 2074–7659, Vienna 2018.
- S. Azemard and E. Vassileva, Worldwide interlaboratory comparison on the determination of trace elements and methyl mercury in sediment sample IAEA-MESL-ILC-TE-SEDIMENT-2018, Analytical Quality in Nuclear Applications Series, IAEA/AQ/60, ISSN 2074–7659, Vienna 2019.
- Coquery, M., Carvalho, F. P., Azemard, S., & Horvat, M. (1999). The IAEA worldwide intercomparison exercises (1990-1997): Determination of trace elements in marine sediments and biological samples. Science of the Total Environment, 237–238. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00161-8
- Results of an IAEA intercomparison exercise to assess 137Cs and total 210Pb analytical performance in soil. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 67, 139 - 146 (2009).
- A soil sampling intercomparison exercise for the ALMERA network. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 100, 982-987 (2009).
Analytical Methods
- Azemard, S., Vassileva, E. (2015). Determination of methylmercury in marine biota samples with advanced mercury analyzer: Method validation. Food Chemistry, 176, 367–375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.12.085
- Carrasco, L., Vassileva, E. (2014). Talanta Determination of methylmercury in marine biota samples : Method validation. Talanta, 122, 106–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2014.01.027
- Carrasco, L., Vassileva, E. (2015). Determination of methylmercury in marine sediment samples: Method validation and occurrence data. Analytica Chimica Acta, 853(1), 167–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2014.10.026
- García, M., Vassileva, E., Azemard, S., Canals, A. (2020). Reference Measurements for Priority and Essential Trace Elements and Methyl Mercury with Isotope Dilution Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry for Seafood Safety Assessment and CRM Production. Food Analytical Methods, 13(2), 390–402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12161-019-01661-x
- Vassileva, E., Krata, A. A., Azemard, S. (2020). Environmental monitoring of total mercury content in different and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry determination. Submited, 25(3), 221–231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-020-01434-8
- I. Wysocka, E. Vassileva, Method validation for HR ICP-MS determination of the emerging contaminants in the open ocean: REEs as a case study. Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 128 (2017) 1–10.
- I. Wysocka, E. Vassileva Determination of ultra-trace level of thorium in seawater by ICP-SFMS after matrix separation and preconcentration, Analytica Chimica Acta, 1000, 1-11, 2018.
- E.Vassileva, Recommended analytical methods for global mercury monitoring in the marine environment, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 20, EGU 2018-18212, 2018, EGU General Assembly , Vienna, 9-13 of April, 2018
- E.Vassileva, I.Wysocka, A.M. Orani, C. Quétel, Off-line preconcentration and ICP-SFMS simultaneous determination of the Cd, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn mass fractions in open ocean waters: procedure validation, Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 153 (2019) 19–27.
- A. Krata and E. Vassileva, Cold vapor matrix-independent generation and isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for reference measurements of mercury content in marine environmental samples, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26 (2019) 22951-22060.
- A.Krata, M. Wojciechowski, E. Vassileva, E. Bulska, Reference measurements of mercury species in seafood using isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 86 (2020) 103381.
- A.Krata, E. Vassileva, Environmental monitoring method for total mercury content in different marine compartments with the use of cold vapor generation system and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, Accreditation and Quality Assurance..(2020) 25:221–231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-020-01434-8.
- A. Krata, E. Vassileva, Simultaneous measurements of mercury species in marine origin samples by high performance liquid chromatography with double species-specific isotope dilution mass spectrometry, Talanta 127, (2020) 121113.
- M. Garcia, M. Ángel Aguirre, E. Vassileva and A. Canals "Multinebulization technique for the determination of trace metals in marine biota sample by on-line isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (OID-ICP-MS)" Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 2020,35, 2509-2516.
- Determination of Pu isotope concentrations and isotope ratio by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: A review of analytical methodology.Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry,22, 827 - 841 (2007).
- Determination of Po-210 in environmental materials: A review of analytical methodology. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 65, 267 - 279 (2007).
- Estimation of the uncertainty components associated with the measurement of radionuclides in air filters using gamma-ray spectrometry. Accreditation and Quality Assurance, 10, 269 – 276 (2005).
- Routine analysis of naturally occurring radionuclides in environmental samples by alpha-particle spectrometry. Supervising Scientist Report 180 (2004).
- Assessment of measurement result uncertainty indetermination of 210Pb with the focus on matrix composition effect in gamma-rayspectrometry
Sampling Strategies and Techniques
- Terminology in soil sampling (IUPAC Recommendations 2005). Pure and Applied Chemistry, 77, 827 – 841 (2005).
- Sampling of radionuclides in the environment. ICRU Report 75.
- IAEA TRS486 - Guidelines-on-soil-and-vegetation-sampling-for-radiological-monitoring
Internal Publications related to IAEA Reference Products
Analytical Quality Series Publications
Analytical Methods
| IAEA/AQ/49 | In Situ Analytical Characterization of Contaminated Sites Using Nuclear Spectrometry Techniques, Review of Methodologies and Measurements | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/48 | Determination and Interpretation of Characteristic Limits for Radioactivity Measurements, Decision Threshhold, Detection Limit and Limits of the Confidence Interval | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/39 | A Procedure for the Rapid Determination of Ra-226 and Ra-228 in Drinking Water by Liquid Scintillation Counting | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/37 | A Procedure for the Sequential Determination of Radionuclides in Environmental Samples, Liquid Scintillation Counting and Alpha Spectrometry for Sr-90, Am-241 and Pu Radioisotopes | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/34 | A Procedure for the Sequential Determination of Radionuclides in Phosphogypsum, Liquid Scintillation Counting and Alpha Spectrometry for Po-210, Pb-210, Ra-226, Th and U Radioisotopes | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/33 | National and Regional Surveys of Radon Concentration in Dwellings, Review of Methodology and Measurement Techniques | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/27 | Rapid Simultaneous Determination of 89Sr and 90Sr in Milk: A Procedure Using Cerenkov and Scintillation Counting | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/19 | Analytical Methodology for the Determination of Radium Isotopes in Environmental Samples | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/12 | A Procedure for Determination of Po-210 in Water Samples by Alpha Spectrometry | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/11 | A Procedure for the Rapid Determination of Pu Isotopes and Am-241 in Soil and Sediment Samples by Alpha Spectrometry | download (pdf) |
Reference Materials
| IAEA/AQ/63 | Certification Report on Value Assignment for the d2H and d18O Stable Isotopic Composition in the Water Reference Material GRESP | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/62 | Certification of Trace Element Mass Fractions in Marine Sediment IAEA-475 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/61 | Certification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Mass Fractions in IAEA-477 Sediment Sample | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/57 | Certification of Trace Elements and Methylmercury Mass Fractions in Fish Homogenate IAEA-476 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/56 | Worldwide Interlaboratory Comparison on the Determination of Trace Elements in Oyster Biota Sample IAEA-470 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/54 | Certification of Massic Activities of Radionuclides in IAEA-412 Pacific Ocean Sediment | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/53 | Certification of Massic Activities of Radionuclides in IAEA-410 Bikini Atoll Sediment | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/52 | Certification of Mass Fractions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Organochlorines and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in IAEA-459 Marine Sediment Sample | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/50 | Certification of Trace Elements and Methylmercury Mass Fractions in Tuna Fish Flesh Homogenate IAEA-436A | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/47 | Certification of Trace Elements and Methyl Mercury Mass Fractions in IAEA-470 Oyster Sample | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/46 | Worldwide Interlaboratory Comparison on the Determination of Trace Elements in the IAEA-457 Marine Sediment Sample | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/45 | Certification of Trace Elements and Methyl Mercury Mass Fractions in IAEA-456 Marine Sediment Samples | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/44 | Certification of Trace Elements and Methyl Mercury Mass Fractions in IAEA-461 Clam (Gafrarium tumidum) Sample | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/31 | Certification of Trace Element Mass Fractions in IAEA-458 Marine Sediment Sample | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/30 | Certified Reference Material IAEA-448: Soil from Oil Field Contaminated with Technically Enhanced Radium-226 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/28 | Worldwide and Regional Laboratory Comparison on the Determination of Organochlorine Compounds, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Petroleum Hydrocarbons in IAEA-451 Clam (Gafrarium tumidum) Sample | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/26 | Certification of Trace Element Mass Fractions in IAEA-457 Marine Sediment Sample | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/25 | Worldwide Laboratory Comparison on the Determination of Radionuclides in IAEA-446 Baltic Sea Seaweed (Fucus vesiculosus) | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/24 | Certification for Trace Elements and Methyl Mercury Mass Fractions in IAEA-452 Scallop (Pecten maximus) Sample | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/23 | Worldwide Laboratory Comparison on the Determination of Trace Elements in IAEA-452 Biota Sample | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/21 | Certified Reference Materials for Radioactivity Measurements in Environmental Samples of Soil and Water, IAEA-444 and IAEA-445 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/17 | Reference Material IAEA 434: Naturally Occurring Radionuclides in Phosphogypsum | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/14 | Reference Material IAEA 413: Major, Minor and Trace Elements in Algae | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/10 | Interlaboratory Comparison: Radionuclides in Irish Sea Water, IAEA 443 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/9 | Certified Reference Material IAEA-418: I-129 in Mediterranean Sea Water | download (pdf) |
Proficiency Tests
| IAEA/AQ/60 | Worldwide Interlaboratory Comparison on the Determination of Trace Elements and Methyl Mercury in Sediment Sample IAEA-MESL-ILC-TE-SEDIMENT-2018 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/59 | Interlaboratory Comparisons 2014–2016: Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water, Sediment and Fish | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/58 | IAEA-RML-2016-01 Proficiency Test for Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/55 | Worldwide Interlaboratory Comparison on the Determination of Trace Elements in a Fish Sample IAEA-MESL-ILC-TE-BIOTA-2017 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/51 | IAEA-RML-2015-01 Proficiency Test for Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/43 | IAEA-RML-2014-01 Proficiency Test for Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/42 | IAEA-RML-2013-01 Proficiency Test for Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/41 | IAEA-RML-2014-02 Proficiency Test for Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/40 | IAEA-RML-2012-01 Proficiency Test for Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/32 | ALMERA Proficiency Test: Determination of Natural and Artificial Radionuclides in Soil and Water IAEA-TEL-2011-04 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/29 | Emergency Response Proficiency Test for Japanese Laboratories: Determination of Selected Radionuclides in Water, Soil, Vegetation and Aerosol Filters | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/22 | World Wide Proficiency Test: Determination of Natural and Artificial Radionuclides in Moss-Soil and Water IAEA-CU-2009-03 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/18 | Worldwide Open Proficiency Test: Determination of Naturally Occurring Radionuclides in Phosphogypsum and Water, IAEA-CU-2008-03 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/16 | Almera Proficiency Test: Detremination of Gamma Emitting Radionuclides in Simulated Air Filters, IAEA-CU-2009-04 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/15 | Almera Proficiency Test: Determination of Naturally Occurring Radionuclides in Phosphogypsum and Water, IAEA-CU-2008-04 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/13 | HELCOM-MORS Proficiency Test Determination of Radionuclides in Fish Flesh Sample | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/8 | Worldwide Open Proficiency Test on the Determination of Radionuclides in Spinach, Soil and Water, IAEA-CU-2007-03 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/7 | Worldwide Open Proficiency Test IAEA-CU-2007-09: A-Determination of PO-210 in Water | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/6 | Proficiency Test of Ukrainian Laboratories Determination of Gamma Emitting Radionuclides | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/4 | ALMERA Proficiency Test on the Determination of Po-210 in Water, IAEA-CU-2007-09 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/3 | ALMERA Proficiency Test on the Determination of Radionuclides in Spinach, Soil and Water, IAEA-CU-2007-04 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/2 | Mediterranean Region Proficiency Test on the Determination of Radionuclides in Air Filters, IAEA-CU-2008-02 | download (pdf) |
| IAEA/AQ/1 | Soil Sampling Intercomparison Exercise by Selected Laboratories of the ALMERA Network | download (pdf) |
Technical Notes
- TEL Technical Note 01: SICalib User Manual (Stable Isotope Calibration for routine δ-scale measurements) Ver 2.16j
- TEL Technical Note 02: Performance assessment of stable isotope ratio measurements for highly enriched and highly depleted water samples by laser spectrometry
- TEL Technical Note 03: Stable Isotope Internal Laboratory Water Standards: Preparation, Calibration and Storage
Meeting Reports
- Consultants meeting on stable isotope standards and intercalibration in hydrology and in geochemistry, IAEA, Vienna, 8 - 10 Sept. 1976
- Advisory group meeting on stable isotope reference samples for geochemical and hydrological investigations, IAEA, Vienna, 19 - 21 Sept. 1983
- Consultants group meeting on stable isotope reference samples for geochemical and hydrological investigations, IAEA, Vienna, 16 - 18 Sept. 1985
- Intercomparison of enriched stable isotope reference materials for medical and biological studies, NAHRES-5, IAEA, Vienna, 1991
- Report of Sulfur Isotope Working Group, 8th Advisory Group Meeting on Future Trends in Stable Isotope Reference Materials and Laboratory Quality Assurance, IAEA, Vienna 18 - 22 Sept. 2000
- Report of the Technical Meeting on the Development of IAEA Stable Isotope Reference Products, IAEA, Vienna, 21-25 Nov. 2016
Software related to IAEA Reference Products
- SI-Calib: Download Version 2.16L - (download zip-file)
- Download Version 2.16n - (download zip-file)