New certified rapeseed-based biodiesel reference material for effective biodiesel testing

The "White Paper on Internationally Compatible Biofuels Standards" recommended the "development of internationally accepted reference methods and certified reference materials that underpin assessment of product quality and help facilitate trade" [1].

To meet this need, the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) has released ERM®-EF001, the first rapeseed-based biodiesel certified reference material, which is certified for selected parameters specified in the European standard EN 14214 [2

Read more: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b00476