Recommended Standards For Establishing Traceability; Table 10-1: Matrix For Calibration Equipment & Supplies - Teledyne T300 Operation Manual

Teledyne API – Model T300/T300M CO Analyzer
Table 10-1: Matrix for Calibration Equipment & Supplies
EQUIPMENT &
SUPPLIES
Recorder
Sample line and
manifold
Calibration equipment
Detection limit
Working standard CO
cylinder gas
Zero air
Record form
Audit equipment

10.1.3. RECOMMENDED STANDARDS FOR ESTABLISHING TRACEABILITY

06864B DCN6314
SPECIFICATION
Compatible with output
signal of analyzer; min.
chart width of 150 mm (6 in)
is recommended
Constructed of PTFE or
glass
Q.A. Handbook
Sec. 4.4 & 5.4
Noise = 0.5 ppm
Lower detectable
limit=1.0 ppm
Traceable to NIST-SRM
Clean dry ambient air, free
of contaminants that cause
detectable response with
the CO analyzer.
Q.A. Handbook
Table A-5 & A-6
Must not be the same as
used for calibration
To assure data of desired quality, two considerations are essential:
•
The measurement process must be in statistical control at the time of the
measurement.
•
The systematic errors, when combined with the random variation in the
measurement process, must result in a suitably small uncertainty.
Evidence of good quality data includes documentation of the quality control checks and
the independent audits of the measurement process by recording data on specific forms
or on a quality control chart and by using materials, instruments, and measurement
procedures that can be traced to appropriate standards of reference.
To establish traceability, data must be obtained routinely by repeat measurements of
standard reference samples (primary, secondary and/or working standards).
specifically, working calibration standards must be traceable to standards of higher
accuracy, such as those listed in Table 3-12.
Cylinders of working gas traceable to NIST-SRMs (called EPA Protocol Calibration
Gas) are also commercially available (from sources such as Scott Specialty Gases, etc.).
See Table 3-12 for a list of appropriate SRMs.
REFERENCE
Check upon receipt
1
Vol II Part 1 , App 15,
40 CFR, Pt 53.20 & 23
Analyzed against NIST-SRM;
40 CFR, Pt 50, App C; para.
3
3.1
40 CFR, Pt 50, App C; para.
3
3.2
1
Vol II Part 1 , App 15,
1
Q.A. Handbook Vol II Part 1 ,
App 15,
Sec. 4.4 & 5.4
EPA Calibration Protocol
ACTION IF
REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT
MET
Return equipment to supplier
Return equipment to supplier
Return equipment/ supplies
to supplier or take corrective
action
Instruments designated as
reference or equivalent have
2
been determined to meet
these acceptance criteria.
Obtain new working
standard and check for
traceability
Obtain air from another
source or regenerate.
Revise forms as appropriate
Locate problem and correct
or return to supplier
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