Starna Certified Reference Materials

UV and Visible Spectrophotometry is one of the most common techniques used in analytical science. Procedures using this methodology are found in analytical, clinical and research laboratories, and find extensive use in a Quality Assurance environment. The technique is fundamentally both accurate and precise, but it is essential to check instrument performance on a regular basis to ensure that it is within satisfactory parameters i.e. “under control”, and to allow for corrective action to be taken when found to be outside these limits.

Optiglass has over thirty years experience in the development and production of Starna® liquid-filled, heat sealed quartz cells which possess the good long-term stability and optical properties needed to evaluate performance of UV-Visible spectrophotometers. The range also includes solid glass filter materials for both absorbance and wavelength measurements. The full range of Certified Reference Materials established traceable to the USA National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) currently available are described in detail in the following pages, together with the necessary information for ordering a set to meet your exact requirements.