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The Homogeneity and Short-term Stability Test of Bio-matrix Reference Material for Total Mercury Analysis of Freshwater Fish

담수 어류 총수은 분석용 생물 표준물질 균질성, 안정성 시험평가

  • Lee, Soo Yong (Natural Environment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Lee, Jangho (Natural Environment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Chung, David (Natural Environment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Shim, Kyu-Young (Natural Environment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Lee, Ha-Eun (Natural Environment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Park, Ki-Wan (Natural Environment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research)
  • 이수용 (국립환경과학원 자연환경연구과) ;
  • 이장호 (국립환경과학원 자연환경연구과) ;
  • 정다위 (국립환경과학원 자연환경연구과) ;
  • 심규영 (국립환경과학원 자연환경연구과) ;
  • 이하은 (국립환경과학원 자연환경연구과) ;
  • 박기완 (국립환경과학원 자연환경연구과)
  • Received : 2019.08.23
  • Accepted : 2019.09.21
  • Published : 2019.11.30
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Abstract

The National Environmental Specimen Bank (NESB) has set up a plan to develop reference materials in the facility for assuring analytical quality and validating analytical methods for its monitoring samples. Some of the crucial characteristics that reference materials must consist of are homogeneity and stability of both intra and inter-bottles. In this study, we examined the homogeneity and stability of cryogenically-milled muscle samples, from Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) for total mercury. Homogeneity was tested using ANOVA analysis and regression analysis was used to test short-term stability. The variations of total mercury concentration did not significantly differ between the intra and the inter-bottle (F=0.8, p=0.37). Additionally, relative standard deviation of the total mercury concentration showed low values (2.28%). For the short-term stability test, total mercury variations were not statistically significant as demonstrated by the result of the regression analysis (F ratio = 3.11, p = 0.18). This suggests that the cryogenic-milling process has statistically proven the degree of homogeneity and short-term stability for samples of carp muscles in the chemical analysis for total mercury.

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