Online measurement of water content in candidate reference materials by acousto-optical tuneable filter near-infrared spectrometry (AOTF-NIR) using pork meat calibrants controlled by Karl Fischer titration |
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Authors: | Vikram Kestens,Jean Charoud-GotAndrea Bau&rsquo ,Alexander BernreutherHå kan Emteborg |
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Affiliation: | European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, (IRMM), Retieseweg 111, 2440 Geel, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Certified reference materials (CRMs) are prepared from a wide variety of matrices. Water removal is an excellent way of achieving increased matrix lifetime and hence CRM stability. High-speed acousto-optical tuneable filter near-infrared spectrometry (AOTF-NIR) has been implemented for measurement of water content in powder matrix reference materials in amber glass vials. Almost 50,000 spectra were collected from 1300 to 2100 nm with a 2 nm increment for powders of meat, rye grass, potato, cotton seed and sugar beet. The AOTF-NIR instrument was placed in a capping machine, with a measurement frequency of 10–15 vials/min and a trigger signal for reproducible collection of spectra. The calibrants comprised 19 pork meat powder samples equilibrated with different hygrostatic solutions or subjected to oven drying to achieve different water concentrations. Mixtures of powders with different water content were also prepared in order to obtain a calibration range from 0.5 to 8.3% water (m/m). All calibration samples were measured by volumetric Karl Fischer titration (V-KFT), accredited under ISO 17025. The calibrants were then measured by AOTF-NIR together with the samples. Multiplicative scatter correction (MSC) was applied to the absorbance spectra in order to correct for the scattering of light in the different powders and scattering effects from the vials. A partial least squares regression model (PLS) based on two principal components was created and applied for prediction of water content in the samples with a standard error of 0.5% water (m/m). |
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Keywords: | Certified reference materials Reference material processing Water content AOTF-NIR Karl Fischer titration MSC PLS Pork meat Cotton seed Potato Sugar beet Rye grass |
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