Reproducibility of Polycarbonate Reference Material

Abstract

A specific lot of bisphenol A polycarbonate has been used for almost four years as the reference material for the NASA-USF-PSC toxicity screening test method. The reproduci bility of the test results over this period of time indicate that certain plastics may be more suitable reference materials than the more traditional cellulosic materials.

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