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2022 Proficiency Test (PT) on Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Polymers started
The letter of instructions can be downloaded here as a pdf document. To download a document, please click the right mouse button and choose the "save as" option.
Please download the instructions for the PT iis22P02 here: the letter of instructions and the report form here
Summary of this proficiency test:
On 16 February 2022 the proficiency test on Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Polymers
started with
98 participants from 25 different countries. On that date, the samples were dispatched to the laboratories.
Please confirm sample receipt as soon as you have received and checked the contents of the sample package via
www.kpmd.co.uk/sgs-iis-cts/. Please enter the date of receipt and press the "save date" button.
The samples can be analyzed on: Total PAH, Naphthalene, Acenaphthylene, Acenaphthene, Fluorene, Phenanthrene, Anthracene, Fluoranthene, Pyrene, Benzo[a]anthracene, Chrysene, Sum of Chrysene and Triphenylene, Benzo[b]fluoranthene,
Benzo[j]fluoranthene, Benzo[k]fluoranthene, Sum of [b],[j] and [k] Benzofluoranthenes,
Benzo[e]pyrene, Benzo[a]pyrene, Indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene, Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene,
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene and Cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene
The deadline for reporting results is set on 25 March 2022.
A laboratory that reports test results after the deadline will definitely not get direct feedback in case any of its results are suspect! So be in good time to get the most out of this proficiency test.
The test results should be reported via our internet based results reporting platform www.kpmd.co.uk/sgs-iis-cts/.
A login and a password can be requested via email to nl.iis@sgs.com