Data Recording Device; Recommended Standards For Establishing Traceability; Table 8-2: Activity Matrix For Calibration Procedure - Teledyne 100E Instruction Manual

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Calibration gases
Dilution gas
Multi-point calibration

8.1.2. Data Recording Device

Either a strip chart recorder, data acquisition system, digital data acquisition system
should be used to record the data from the Mode; M100E RS-232 port or analog outputs.
If analog readings are being used, the response of that system should be checked against
a NIST referenced voltage source or meter. Data recording device should be capable of bi-
polar operation so that negative readings can be recorded.

8.1.3. Recommended Standards for Establishing Traceability

To assure data of desired quality, two considerations are essential: (1) the measurement
process must be in statistical control at the time of the measurement and (2) 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). More specifically,
working calibration standards must be traceable to standards of higher accuracy, such as
those listed in Table 7-1./.
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Table 8-2: Activity Matrix for Calibration Procedure

Acceptance limits
NIST traceable
Zero air, free of
contaminants
Use calibration
procedure in Subsec.
2.2 (Q.A. Handbook);
also Federal Register
Frequency and method
of measurement
Assayed against an NIST-
SRM semi-annually, Sec.
2.0.7, (Q.A. Handbook)
See Section 2.9.2 (Q.A.
Manual)
Perform at least once
every quarter or anytime
a level span check
indicates a discrepancy,
or after maintenance
which may affect the
calibration; Subsec 2.5
(Q.A. Manual)
EPA Protocol Calibration
Action if requirements
are not met
Working gas standard is
unstable, and/or
measurement method is
out of control; take
corrective action such as
obtaining new calibration
gas.
Return to supplier or
take appropriate action
with generation system
Repeat the calibration
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