Preparation of Reference Material 8504, Transformer Oil

Dianne L Poster; Michele M Schantz; Stephen A Wise

doi:10.6028/jres.110.086

Preparation of Reference Material 8504, Transformer Oil

J Res Natl Inst Stand Technol. 2005 Dec 1;110(6):613-5. doi: 10.6028/jres.110.086. Print 2005 Nov-Dec.

Authors

Dianne L Poster¹, Michele M Schantz¹, Stephen A Wise¹

Affiliation

¹ National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-8392.

Abstract

A new reference material (RM), RM 8504, has been prepared for use as a diluent oil with Aroclors in transformer oil Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) 3075 to 3080 and SRM 3090 when developing and validating methods for the determination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as Aroclors in transformer oil or similar matrices. SRMs 3075-3080 and SRM 3090 consist of individual Aroclors in the same transformer oil that was used to prepare RM 8504. A unit of RM 8504 consists of one bottle containing approximately 100 mL of transformer oil. No additional constituents have been added to the oil.

Keywords: Aroclors; PCBs; Reference Materials; diluent; diluent oil; transformer oil.