Publications related to the reference materials
Currie, L.A., Benner, J.B.A., Kessler, J.D., Klinedinst, D.B., Klouda, G.A., Marolf, J.V., Slater, J.F., Wise, S.A., Cachier, H., Cary, R., Chow, J.C., Watson, J., Druffel, E.R.M., Masiello, C.A., Eglinton, T.I., Pearson, A., Reddy, C.M., Gustafsson, O., Hartmann, P.C., Quinn, J.G., Hedges, J.I., Prentice, K.M., Kirchstetter, T.W., Novakov, T., Puxbaum, H., Schmid, H. 2002. A critical evaluation of interlaboratory data on total, elemental, and isotopic carbon in the carbonaceous particle reference material, NIST SRM 1649a. Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 107(3), 279-298.
Dittmar, T. 2008. The molecular level determination of black carbon in marine dissolved organic matter. Organic Geochemistry 39, 396-407.
Elmquist, M., Cornelissen, G., Kukulska, Z., Gustafsson, Ö. 2006. Distinct oxidative stabilities of char versus soot black carbon: Implications for quantification and environmental recalcitrance. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 20, GB2009, doi:10.1029/2005GB002629.
Hammes K., Smernik R.J., Skjemstad J.O., Herzog A., Vogt U.F., Schmidt M.W.I. 2006. Synthesis and characterisation of laboratory-charred grass straw (Oryza sativa) and chestnut wood (Castanea sativa) as reference materials for black carbon quantification. Organic Geochemistry 37, 1629-1633.
Hammes, K., Schmidt, M.W.I., Smernik, R.J., Currie, L.A.R., Ball, W.P., Nguyen, T.H., Louchouarn, P., Houel, S., Gustafsson, Ö., Elmquist, M., Cornelissen, G., Skjemstad, J.O., Masiello, C.A., Song, J., Peng, P., Mitra, S., Dunn, J.C., Hatcher, P.G., Hockaday, W.C., Smith, D.M., Hartkopf-Fröder, C., Böhmer, A., Lüer, B., Huebert, B.J., Amelung, W., Brodowski, S., Huang, L., Zhang, W., Gschwend, P.M., Flores-Cervantes, D.X., Largeau, C., Rouzaud, J.-N., Rumpel, C., Guggenberger, G., Kaiser, K., Rodionov, A., Gonzalez-Vila, F.J., Gonzalez-Perez, J.A., de la Rosa, J.M., Manning, D.A.C., López-Capél, E., Ding, L. Comparison of black carbon quantification methods using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere, and implications for the global carbon cycle. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21, GB3016, doi:10.1029/2006GB002914.
Hammes K., Smernik, R.J., Skjemstad J.O., Schmidt, M.W.I. 2008. Characterisation and evaluation of reference materials for black carbon analysis using elemental composition, colour, BET surface area and C-13 NMR spectroscopy. Applied Geochemistry 23, 2113-2122.
Leifeld, J. 2007. Thermal stability of black carbon characterised by oxidative differential scanning calorimetry. Organic Geochemistry 38(1): 112-127.
Nguyen, T.H., Brown, R.A., Ball, W.P. 2004. An evaluation of thermal resistance as a measure of black carbon content in diesel soot, wood char, and sediment. Organic Geochemistry 35, 217-234.
Schmidt, M.W.I., Skjemstad, J.O., Czimczik, C.I., Glaser, B., Prentice, K.M., Gelinas, Y., Kuhlbusch, T.A.J. 2001. Comparative analysis of black carbon in soils. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 15, 163-167.
Schmidt, M.W.I., Masiello, C.A., Skjemstad, J.O. 2003. Final recommendations for reference materials in black carbon analysis. EOS, 84(52), 582-583.
Schmidt, M.W.I., Masiello, C.A. 2007. Interdisciplinary intercomparison of black carbon analysis in soil and sediment. EOS, 88(35), 344.
Watson, J.G., Chow, J.C., Chen, L.-W.A. 2005. Summary of organic and elemental carbon/black carbon analysis methods and intercomparisons. Aerosol and Air Quality Research 5(1), 65-102.
Ziolkowski, L.A., Chamberlin, A.R.., Greaves, J., Druffel, E.R.M. 2011. Quantification of black carbon in marine systems using the benzene polycarboxylic acid method: a mechanistic and yield study. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 9(4), 140-149.