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2025 Proficiency Test (PT) on Total Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) 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 iis25P62 here: the letter of instructions

 

 

Summary of this proficiency test:

 

On 26 February 2025 the proficiency test on Total Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Polymers started with 52 participants from 20 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, Sum of Phenanthrene, Anthracene, Fluoranthene and Pyrene, Benzo[a]anthracene, Chrysene, Triphenylene, 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 4 April 2025. 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