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Coral CRM: CRMS Nano-Pellet – our next microanalytical certified reference material
Corallium Rubrum Mediterranean Sardinia Nano-Pellet (CRMS-NP) after Apatite-NP is our second certified Nano-Pellet, which myStandards produced following the provisions of ISO 17034. Here you will learn why a coral was chosen as our next certified reference material and what its applications are.
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Apatite Nano-Pellets – our first microanalytical certified reference material
Apatite is the first material in our portfolio, which has been produced meticulously following the provisions of ISO 17034. It is our pilot-project on the road to becoming an accredited reference material manufacturer. In this article you will get to know Apatite better and find out why and how it became our first certified reference…
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myStandards GmbH @ Goldschmidt 2021
This year, one of the most important international conferences in the field of geochemistry, the Goldschmidt, will not take place in France in the beautiful city of Lyon as planned, but again virtually. We have been invited to present the results of our joint collaboration with NIOZ on elemental boron and its isotopes in marine…
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Microanalytical Analysis of Nano-Particulate Pressed Pellets made from Manganese Nodules
Manganese nodules have been of both scientific and industrial interest due to their high content of critical metals(i.e. Co, Ni, Zn, Cr, Cu, Pb). The dawn of new microanalytical techniques such as μXRF, LIBS and LA-ICP-MS has opened the possibilities of analysing these samples quantitatively and also visualising the elemental distribution in situ without tedious…
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Work on foraminifera reference material underway
Together with the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) we are developing nano-particulate pressed powder pellets made purely out of foraminifera to be used as a reference material for in situ microanalytical techniques. The starting material is an aliquot, provided by NIOZ, of NFHS-1 (NIOZ Foraminifera House Standard). It stems from a calcareous ooze,…