BIPEA OFFERS A NEW PROFICIENCY TEST IN THE FIELD OF FERTILIZERS

PHYSICO-CHEMICAL: ORGANO MINERAL FERTILIZER

BIPEA is launching a new Proficiency Testing Schemes (PTS 24A) that permits testing laboratories to evaluate their analytical performances by analyzing a fertilizer sample.

For this first round, laboratories will be able to analyze an organo-mineral fertilizer (NPK) sample (500g) according to their usual methods. This PT offers the following parameters: Organic carbon, Moisture content, Total nitrogen, Ammoniacal nitrogen, Nitric nitrogen, Ureic nitrogen, Total phosphor, Soluble P2O5 Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Sulphur, Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc, Boron, Molybdenum, Arsenic, Cadmium, Chromium, Cobalt, Mercury, Nickel, Lead, Selenium, Granulometry.

This test is scheduled on May 2023.

For more than 50 years, BIPEA has provided a wide range of proficiency tests and external reference materials for testing laboratories concerned by quality control and analytical accuracy in various fields (environment, food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, surfaces).

To learn more about the “PTS 24A: Organo-mineral fertilizers“, as well as the full range of interlaboratory tests, please feel free to check www.bipea.org