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An ARC/CL coded wheat flour reference material (ARC/CL RM) with established recommended concentration values for 12 elements [1,2] was further characterized for P, K and Cr contents by means of an intercomparison study. Minor corrections were made to earlier recommended values in accordance with new results obtained. Fifteen laboratories using a total of 11 methods based on six entirely different analytical principles participated in the intercomparison study. The medians and standard deviations were calculated for the results of the intercomparison study. After rejecting as outliers values falling outside the median ± sd, the present recommended values were obtained by recalculating the median and 95% confidence limits. Recommended values were established for the major elements Ca, K, Mg, P, the minor elements Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, and the trace elements Mo, Cr, Ni and Se. The relative standard deviations for the 95% confidence limits of the medians were lower than 10% for major and minor elements, 11% for Mo and 18% for Cr. All of the recommended concentration values fell into category A, having a high degree of confidence. The present RM, with its 16 recommended concentrations, is of value for use in nutritional, food composition and contaminant monitoring studies.
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Tahvonen, R., Kumpulainen, J. Characterization of a wheat flour reference material (ARC/CL) for twelve elements. Fresenius J Anal Chem 345, 240–242 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00322601
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00322601