IP Library Granted Patent US 10,866,168
Granted Patent B2
US 10,866,168 · App. 16/274,653 · Granted Dec 15, 2020

Plastic reference material and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Yoshihiro Hirano (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Namiki (Tokyo, JP); Noriaki Sakai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION
G01N1/28G01N30/04G01N30/12G01N30/7206G01N30/84G01N2001/2893G01N2030/025G01N2030/045G01N2030/126G01N2030/8405
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,866,168
App. No.
16/274,653
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a plastic reference material and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the concentration of at least one chemical substance is characterized from a signal intensity of the chemical substance and a signal intensity of the isotope-labeled chemical substance of the chemical substance obtained using the pyrolysis GC-MS instrument by weighing a mass of a candidate material for the plastic reference material using a balance, weighing an isotope-labeled chemical substance of the chemical substance using a balance, preparing a mixed solution by dissolving the weighed candidate material for the plastic reference material and the weighed isotope-labeled chemical substance in a solvent, introducing a product resulting from evaporation of the solvent from the mixed solution into a pyrolysis GC-MS instrument, and calculating the concentration of the chemical substance included in the candidate material for the plastic reference material.

Claims (15)

1. A plastic reference material made by dispersing at least one chemical substance in a plastic base material and used for analyzing a concentration of the at least one chemical substance,

wherein the concentration of the at least one chemical substance is characterized by:

weighing a mass of a candidate material for the plastic reference material,

weighing an isotope-labeled chemical substance of the at least one chemical substance,

preparing a mixed solution by dissolving the weighed candidate material for the plastic reference material and the weighed isotope-labeled chemical substance in a solvent,

introducing a product resulting from evaporation of the solvent from the mixed solution into a pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) instrument, and

calculating the concentration of the at least one chemical substance included in the candidate material for the plastic reference material from a signal intensity of the at least one chemical substance and a signal intensity of the isotope-labeled chemical substance of the at least one chemical substance obtained using the pyrolysis GC-MS instrument.

2. A method of manufacturing a plastic reference material made by dispersing at least one chemical substance in a plastic base material and used for analyzing a concentration of the at least one chemical substance, the method comprising:

characterizing the concentration of the at least one chemical substance through calculation from a mass of a sample of a plastic reference material candidate measured using a balance, a mass of an isotope-labeled chemical substance of the at least one chemical substance measured using a balance, and a signal intensity measured using a pyrolysis GC-MS instrument.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

weighing a mass of the at least one chemical substance to be measured and a mass of the isotope-labeled chemical substance of the at least one chemical substance,

dissolving the at least one chemical substance, the isotope-labeled substance of the at least one chemical substance, and the plastic base material in a solvent,

introducing a product resulting from evaporation of the solvent into a pyrolysis GC-MS instrument,

determining a sensitivity correction factor of the at least one chemical substance to be measured and the isotope-labeled chemical substance of the at least one chemical substance, and

correcting the concentration of the at least one chemical substance.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 17, 2025
From: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH ANALYSIS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072905/0225 →
CHNAGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Sep 17, 2025
From: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072909/0725 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2019
From: HIRANO, YOSHIHIRO; NAMIKI, KENJI; SAKAI, NORIAKI
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048323/0111 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-025834 · Feb 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190257722A1 · Aug 22, 2019