With 3 new reference materials, NIST gets the dirt on soil
Friday, August 28, 2009 - 23:49
in Earth & Climate
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued three new certified reference materials for soil. Intended for use as controls in testing laboratories, the new Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) - gathered from the San Joaquin Valley in California and from sites near Butte and Helena in Montana - will aid in determining soil quality, detecting soil contamination, and monitoring cleanup efforts from accidental spills or atmospheric deposition...