ANYL 58 |
| The Chemical Agent Standard Analytical Reference Material (CASARM) Program was established by the U.S. Army in 1986 to provide and maintain high quality, well characterized chemical agent standards. These CASARMs are used by U.S. chemical agent storage and demilitarization organizations, research laboratories, installation restoration activities and contractors. The Central Quality Assurance Laboratory at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center uses several different methods such as NMR, titration and gas chromatography for determination of purity and identification of impurities in neat materials. Traceability of the reference materials to a national standard is achieved for most of the materials in the repository through titration methods with limited specificity. An effort to improve specificity is underway through the development of organo-phosphorus reference materials to be used in conjuction with quantitative NMR methods. The background of the CASARM program and progress to certify organophosphorus reference materials will be presented. |
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General Papers
7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Sunday, 10 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster
Division of Analytical Chemistry |