DIN SPEC 1178*DIN-Fachbericht CEN/TR 15983:2010-05

This CEN Technical Report gives guidance on the application of EN 14181:2004. It describes especially: - the general structure of the methods specified in EN 14181:2004; - the responsibilities of plant operators and testing laboratories regarding QAL and AST tests; - relevance of QAL1; - cluster calibration at low and high values; - use of reference materials in QAL2; - treatment of outliers; - extension of the valid calibration range; - several calibration functions; - peripheral AMS; - influence of SRM on the variability; - kv values missing in EN 14181; - provision of input data to QAL3; - different QAL3 methods; - AST performance. This CEN Technical Report is an informative document.