ISSN:
1432-0517
Keywords:
Key words Quality and reliability
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Soil analysis
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Experience curves
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Competency testing
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Manufactured gas plant
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract A strategy for ensuring that measurements of ten common contaminants found in soils from former gasworks are of optimum quality over long timescales is described. In particular, the performance of laboratories in applying validated measurement methods in both small- and large-scale inter-laboratory trials over a 5-year period is assessed. It is shown that a production engineering concept, the experience curve, has a significant influence on the quality of some of the measurements made and that this concept can be used to model the performance of laboratories. Complexity of the measurement procedure and familiarity of analysts with the measurement operations are suggested as the main drivers of method error. The implications of the achievable quality of measurement on the costs of land re-development and on confidence in the quality of the rejuvenated land are discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s007690050142
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