ANALYTIKA Laboratory standards and chemicals

Importance of the Topic

Certified reference materials (CRMs) and high-purity standards form the backbone of reliable analytical chemistry. They support method validation, traceability to SI units and international scales, and ensure compliance with ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO Guide 34. In practice, CRMs enable accurate quantification in environmental monitoring, industrial quality control, clinical laboratories, and research settings.

Objectives and Overview

The document presents a comprehensive product portfolio from ANALYTIKA®, spol. s r.o., covering:

• Company accreditation and quality management under ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO Guide 34
• Documentation for CRMs and reference materials (certificates, identification sheets, safety data sheets)
• Custom-made standards service
• Calibration solutions: single- and multi-element for ICP-OES, ICP-MS, AAS, AES, colorimetry, electroanalysis
• Ion chromatography standards for anions and cations
• TOC/TIC calibration solutions
• pH and conductivity calibration buffers
• High and ultra-high purity mineral acids and reagents
• Chromatographic calibration mixes for PAHs, PCBs, VOCs, pesticides, phthalates, sulfur and nitrogen
• Matrix reference materials including soils, sediments, sewage sludge

Methodology and Instrumentation

All materials are prepared gravimetrically from high-purity starting substances, ultrapure water (≈18 MΩ·cm) and sub-boiling distilled acids. Production follows ISO Guide 30–35 and ISO/IEC 17025 protocols in an accredited laboratory. Characterization employs primary or instrumental techniques traceable to NIST SRMs or SI units:

• ICP-OES and ICP-MS for multi-element analysis
• Flame and graphite furnace AAS
• Atomic emission spectrometry (AES)
• Ion chromatography (IC) with conductivity and UV detection
• Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for organic analytes
• TOC/TIC analyzers, pH meters, conductivity meters

Main Results and Discussion

The product range includes:

• Single-element standards from 10 mg/L to 10 000 mg/L in various acid matrices
• Multi-element mixes for ICP and atomic fluorescence with tailored tuning and internal standard solutions
• IC standards for common anions (Cl–, NO2–, NO3–, PO43–, SO42–, F–) and cations (Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, NH4+), plus complex multi-ion mixtures
• TOC/TIC CRMs at concentrations from 10 mg/L to 1000 mg/L
• Certified pH buffers covering pH 1.677 to 10.062 and conductivity standards from 147 µS/cm to 111 300 µS/cm
• Ultra-high purity acids (HNO3, HCl, HF, H2SO4, HClO4) with <10 ppt impurities
• Chromatographic CRM mixes: PAHs, PCBs, VOCs/BTEX, pesticides, phthalates, sulfur/nitrogen species
• Matrix RMs (METRANAL®) for sediments, soils and sewage sludge with certified total and extractable metal contents, plus new agricultural soil CRMs

Benefits and Practical Applications

Users gain:

• High accuracy and reproducibility in elemental and organic analyses
• Wide concentration range to cover trace to major analytes
• Matrix-matched RMs for environmental and industrial samples
• Accredited documentation ensuring compliance with regulatory and quality standards
• Custom-made standards adapting to specialized analytical needs
• Comprehensive technical support for ordering, handling and method implementation

Applications span water and soil monitoring, food and pharmaceutical quality control, industrial process analytics, and proficiency testing.

Future Trends and Potential Applications

Emerging needs will drive development of:

• Ultra-trace and ultra-small-volume CRMs for high-resolution mass spectrometry and micro-sampling techniques
• Novel matrix CRMs for complex food, biological and nanomaterial analyses
• Digital certificates and blockchain-based traceability records
• Automated online standard delivery systems integrated with modern analytical platforms
• Enhanced multi-class organic CRMs combining pesticides, microplastics, and emerging contaminants

Conclusion

ANALYTIKA® offers a fully integrated suite of CRMs, reference materials and reagents, produced in an ISO-accredited facility. This portfolio empowers laboratories to achieve traceable, accurate and compliant results across a broad spectrum of analytical applications.

References

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