FINALREPORTonINTERLABORATORYCOOPERATIVESTUDYOFTHEPRECISIONANDACCURACYOFTHEMEASUREMENTOFNITROGENDIOXIDECONTENTINTHEATMOSPHEREUSINGASTMMETHODD1607J.F.FosterandG.H.BeattyBattelleMemorialInstituteASTMDATASERIESPUBLICATIONDS55Listprice$5.0005-055000-17#AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1916RaceStreet,Philadelphia,Pa.19103BYAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIAL1974LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:73-94362NOTETheSocietyisnotresponsible,asabody,forthestatementsandopinionsadvancedinthispublication.Battelleisnotengagedinresearchforadvertising,salespromotion,orpublicitypurposes,andthisreportmaynotbereproducedinfullorinpartforsuchpurposes.\/PrintedinWestPoint,Pa.March1974TABLEOFCONTENTSPageINTRODUCTION1SUMMARYOFRESULTSANDCONCLUSIONS1EXPERIMENTALPROGRAM.,3ASTMTestMethodD16073Apparatus4SamplingGeneratingSystem5SpikingProcedure11SamplingProcedure.......11TestSites13SiteNo.1,LosAngeles,California13SiteNo.2,Bloomington,Indiana14SiteNo.3,Manhattan,NewYorkCity14ParticipatingLaboratories16STATISTICALDESIGNOFEXPERIMENTALPROGRAM17STATISTICALANALYSISOFNITROGENDIOXIDEMEASUREMENTS21StatisticalMeasures21Reproducibility21Repeatability21Accuracy23Comparability23AnalysisofReproducibility.23ExperimentalData23EvaluationofReproducibility24AnalysisofRepeatability40ExperimentalData40EvaluationofRepeatability40AnalysisofAccuracy.48AnalysisofComparability51AnalysisofLaboratory,Block,andOutletEffectsUsingLatinSquaresandRandomizedBlocks53DISCUSSIONANDCONCLUSIONS64RECOMMENDATIONS65ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS67REFERENCES69APPENDIXSTANDARDMETHODOFTESTFORNITROGENDIOXIDECONTENTOFTHEATMOSPHERE(GREISS-SALTZMANREACTION).73LISTOFTABLESPageTable1.SamplingPatternofNitrogenDioxideExperimentsatLosAngelesSite19Table2.SamplingPatternofNitrogenDioxideExperimentsatBloomingtonSite20Table3.SamplingPatternofNitrogenDioxideExperimentsatManhattanSite22Table4.DataFromNitrogenDioxideExperiments(Blocks1-24)atLosAngelesSiteArrangedbyBlockandOutletPosition25Table5.DataFromNitrogenDioxideExperiments(Blocks1-24)atBloomingtonSiteArrange...
