HIPC-1: High Purity Carbon Certified Reference Material for Mass Fraction of Carbon, Carbon Isotope Delta and Elemental Impurities

Alternative title

HIPC-1 : Matériau de référence certifié de carbone de pureté élevée pour la fraction massique du carbone, le delta isotopique du carbone et les impuretés élémentaires

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View certificate (English)	PDF	850 KiB
View certificate (French)	PDF	751 KiB
View Safety Data Sheet (English)	PDF	101 KiB
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View dataset	CSV	68 KiB
View dataset for impurities	CSV	16 KiB

DOI

Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/crm.2022.hipc-1

Author

Search for: Chartrand, Michelle M.G.¹ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3398-7246; Search for: Methven, Brad¹; Search for: Simon, Adrian¹; Search for: Middlestead, Paul²; Search for: Hélie, Jean-Francois³ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0994-5620; Search for: Grinberg, Patricia¹ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1167-6474; Search for: Pagliano, Enea¹ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9755-8737; Search for: Meija, Juris¹ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3349-5535; Search for: Yang, Lu¹ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6896-8603; Search for: Mester, Zoltan¹ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-2615

Affiliation

National Research Council Canada
Ján Veizer Stable Isotope Laboratory, University of Ottawa
Geotop, Université du Québec à Montréal

Format

3D, Material

Material type

High-purity material

Subject

Canadian reference material; HIPC-1; carbon; elemental impurities; carbon isotopes

Abstract

HIPC-1 is a high purity carbon Certified Reference Material (CRM). A unit of HIPC-1 consists of approximately 0.25 g of high purity carbon rod. This material is intended as a primary standard for the determination of the mass fraction of carbon, and for carbon isotope delta measurements.

Analytes

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Analyte	Quantity	Value	Expanded uncertainty	Unit	Type
carbon	mass fraction	0.99989	0.00027	kg/kg	certified
¹³C/¹²C	isotope delta vs VPDB-LSVEC	-26.32	0.11	permille	certified
lithium	mass fraction	<8	19	µg/kg	certified
beryllium	mass fraction	<3	8	µg/kg	certified
boron	mass fraction	1500	1800	µg/kg	certified
nitrogen	mass fraction	21000	211000	µg/kg	certified
oxygen	mass fraction	45000	139000	µg/kg	certified
fluorine	mass fraction	<4200	10800	µg/kg	certified
sodium	mass fraction	680	3200	µg/kg	certified
magnesium	mass fraction	<360	200	µg/kg	certified
aluminium	mass fraction	340	1000	µg/kg	certified
silicon	mass fraction	5700	78400	µg/kg	certified
phosphorus	mass fraction	90	490	µg/kg	certified
sulfur	mass fraction	6700	6700	µg/kg	certified
chlorine	mass fraction	2100	2100	µg/kg	certified
potassium	mass fraction	<2400	1400	µg/kg	certified
calcium	mass fraction	14100	24000	µg/kg	certified
scandium	mass fraction	<14	8	µg/kg	certified
titanium	mass fraction	<86	51	µg/kg	certified
vanadium	mass fraction	<6	4	µg/kg	certified
chromium	mass fraction	<1700	1000	µg/kg	certified
manganese	mass fraction	<60	39	µg/kg	certified
iron	mass fraction	600	1800	µg/kg	certified
cobalt	mass fraction	<11	7	µg/kg	certified
nickel	mass fraction	<28	19	µg/kg	certified
copper	mass fraction	6800	32600	µg/kg	certified
zinc	mass fraction	<350	730	µg/kg	certified
gallium	mass fraction	<57	34	µg/kg	certified
germanium	mass fraction	<40	120	µg/kg	certified
arsenic	mass fraction	90	330	µg/kg	certified
selenium	mass fraction	<150	90	µg/kg	certified
bromine	mass fraction	<170	430	µg/kg	certified
rubidium	mass fraction	<70	60	µg/kg	certified
strontium	mass fraction	<100	70	µg/kg	certified
yttrium	mass fraction	<6	3	µg/kg	certified
zirconium	mass fraction	<10	120	µg/kg	certified
niobium	mass fraction	<14	35	µg/kg	certified
molybdenum	mass fraction	<67	40	µg/kg	certified
ruthenium	mass fraction	<130	330	µg/kg	certified
rhodium	mass fraction	<50	510	µg/kg	certified
palladium	mass fraction	<150	380	µg/kg	certified
silver	mass fraction	<24	61	µg/kg	certified
cadmium	mass fraction	<13	6	µg/kg	certified
indium	mass fraction	<13	33	µg/kg	certified
tin	mass fraction	<110	270	µg/kg	certified
antimony	mass fraction	<35	28	µg/kg	certified
tellurium	mass fraction	<40	360	µg/kg	certified
iodine	mass fraction	<9	22	µg/kg	certified
caesium	mass fraction	<39	22	µg/kg	certified
barium	mass fraction	<33	18	µg/kg	certified
lanthanum	mass fraction	<5	6	µg/kg	certified
cerium	mass fraction	<11	9	µg/kg	certified
praseodymium	mass fraction	<9	24	µg/kg	certified
neodymium	mass fraction	<35	89	µg/kg	certified
samarium	mass fraction	<47	24	µg/kg	certified
europium	mass fraction	<12	11	µg/kg	certified
gadolinium	mass fraction	<39	19	µg/kg	certified
terbium	mass fraction	<9	24	µg/kg	certified
dysprosium	mass fraction	<35	21	µg/kg	certified
holmium	mass fraction	<9	24	µg/kg	certified
erbium	mass fraction	<28	72	µg/kg	certified
thulium	mass fraction	<10	25	µg/kg	certified
ytterbium	mass fraction	<30	76	µg/kg	certified
lutetium	mass fraction	<10	25	µg/kg	certified
hafnium	mass fraction	<62	50	µg/kg	certified
tantalum	mass fraction	<300	770	µg/kg	certified
tungsten	mass fraction	<91	50	µg/kg	certified
rhenium	mass fraction	<70	170	µg/kg	certified
osmium	mass fraction	<160	400	µg/kg	certified
iridium	mass fraction	<110	280	µg/kg	certified
platinum	mass fraction	<60	170	µg/kg	certified
gold	mass fraction	<180	460	µg/kg	certified
mercury	mass fraction	<310	160	µg/kg	certified
thallium	mass fraction	<26	67	µg/kg	certified
lead	mass fraction	<60	50	µg/kg	certified
bismuth	mass fraction	<16	42	µg/kg	certified
thorium	mass fraction	<45	27	µg/kg	certified
uranium	mass fraction	<45	25	µg/kg	certified

Publication date

2022-09-01

Publisher

National Research Council Canada

Access condition

Please visit http://nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/crm to obtain the material
http://nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/crm

References

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Canadian Reference Materials and Methods

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2022-09-20

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2025-11-20

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