title: The new IAEA-372 grass-certified reference material for (40)K and (137)Cs.
abstract: A new grass-certified reference material characterized for (137)Cs and (40)K has been issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Characterization of this material was conducted by a group of national metrological institutes and expert laboratories. The paper describes the process for assigning the certified reference value to the material.
authors.affiliation: International Atomic Energy Agency, Agency's Laboratories Seibersdorf, Austria. a.shakhashiro@iaea.org
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shakhashiro
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sansone
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dryak
authors.forename: Jerome J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: La Rosa
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jerome
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makarewicz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mentcheva
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tarjan
mesh_terms: D002586:Cesium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards*; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D006109:Poaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D011194:Potassium Isotopes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000592:standards*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D011194:Potassium Isotopes; D002586:Cesium