Certified Reference Materials (CRMs)

For technical inquiries:
Dr. Ralph Sturgeon
Tel: (613) 993-6395

Sales Office:
NRC Institute for National Measurement Standards
1200 Montreal Road, Bldg. M-36, Rm. 1206
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6 Canada
Tel: (613) 993-2359
Fax: (613) 993-8915
Email: crm.inms@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

For business and legal inquiries:
Bernard Albert
Tel: (613) 998-7178

The Group is well equipped for both inorganic and organic trace analysis. Facilities for inorganic trace analysis include instrumentation for GF-AAS, high resolution and dynamic reaction cell, ICP-AES, ICP-MS and GD-MS as well as Class 100 and Class 10 clean room facilities. Facilities for organic trace analysis include instrumentation for GC, LC, GC-MS, LC-UV/Vis, FAIMS, and electrospray MS/MS. The Group has particular expertise in the determination of organochlorine compounds (PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs) in environmental samples. While the trace analysis facilities are generally not available for routine analysis, they are made available, when possible, for special projects with clients in both the public and private sectors.

• CRM data sheets
• Ordering information
• CRM Program Comment Form
• Declaration of Quality Service

Additional information:crm.inms@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Certified reference materials (CRMs) for environmental analysis are available for purchase from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). These materials are produced by an NRC program operated jointly by the Institute for National Measurement Standards (INMS), in Ottawa, Ontario, and the Institute for Marine Biosciences (IMB), in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Over the years this program has developed in scope and today NRC is internationally recognized as a producer of a variety of inorganic and organic CRMs.

NRC scientists Christine Scriver and Scott Willie process a new calcium carbonate Certified Reference Material (CRM) in the clean room of the INMS Chemical Metrology laboratory. This reference material will provide testing laboratories with a quality control standard for dietary calcium supplements where high levels of trace metals such as lead are a concern.

Each CRM is produced under strict controls and is identified by an acronym and a number. Replacement materials are distinguished by an alteration in the numerical portion of the identifier. Wherever possible replacement materials are prepared using starting materials and procedures identical to those employed in the production of the original CRM. The concentrations of the certified analytes in these materials are present at natural levels and have not been intentionally altered.

CRM data sheets produced at INMS

Data sheets for discontinued CRMs

The Institute for Marine Biosciences produces CRMs for shellfish toxins. A separate catalogue is available from IMB.

Ordering information

The CRM's should be ordered directly from the producing institute.

The preferred method of payment is by credit card (VISA or Mastercard). Money orders and cheques, made payable to "Receiver General for Canada – NRC", are also accepted. Orders must be made by through this web site by pressing the “Submit Order” button.

• INMS CRMs and Prices
• Order CRMs

For additional details send email to: crm.inms@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Related Information

Declaration of Quality Service

NRC-INMS Certified Reference Material (CRM) Program

Sales Agreement - Terms and Conditions

Institutes:

• NRC Institute for National Measurement Standards