An International Study Evaluating Elemental Analysis

Rupert E H Kuveke; Lachlan Barwise; Yara van Ingen; Kanika Vashisth; Nicholas Roberts; Saurabh S Chitnis; Jason L Dutton; Caleb D Martin; Rebecca L Melen

doi:10.1021/acscentsci.2c00325

An International Study Evaluating Elemental Analysis

ACS Cent Sci. 2022 Jul 27;8(7):855-863. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.2c00325. Epub 2022 Jun 23.

Authors

Rupert E H Kuveke¹, Lachlan Barwise², Yara van Ingen³, Kanika Vashisth⁴, Nicholas Roberts⁵, Saurabh S Chitnis⁵, Jason L Dutton², Caleb D Martin⁴, Rebecca L Melen³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia.
² Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia.
³ Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT Wales, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76798, United States.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada.

Abstract

Based on statistical analysis of CHN combustion results of 18 international service providers, it is determined that the ±0.4% deviation most commonly required by chemistry journals is not justified.

Published 2022 by American Chemical Society.

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