Description
Verify High-Concentration Soil Analysis with the SdAR-H1 Reference Material
The SdAR-H1 Soil Reference Material (RM) is designed for handheld XRF users who routinely analyze highly contaminated soils, mine waste, industrial sites, remediation projects, and other elevated metal concentrations. As the highest concentration material in the SdAR reference material family, SdAR-H1 provides a dependable quality control standard for verifying analyzer performance where accurate measurements matter most.
Whether you're investigating former industrial properties, lead-contaminated soils, mining operations, smelter sites, or hazardous waste projects, SdAR-H1 helps ensure your handheld XRF continues to deliver reliable analytical results across the upper end of its calibration range.
Alloy Geek supplies genuine SdAR-H1 Reference Material packaged for convenient laboratory and field use.
Why Choose SdAR-H1?
Not every handheld XRF project involves background soils. Many environmental investigations focus on properties where elevated concentrations of regulated metals are expected.
SdAR-H1 was developed to represent a high-concentration contaminated soil matrix, making it an excellent choice for verifying instrument performance on challenging samples where measurement accuracy has significant environmental, regulatory, and financial implications.
When your work involves contaminated soils instead of clean soils, SdAR-H1 provides confidence that your handheld XRF is performing as expected.
Typical Applications
SdAR-H1 is commonly used for:
- Lead-contaminated soil investigations
- Brownfield remediation
- Superfund and hazardous waste sites
- Industrial property assessments
- Mining and mine waste characterization
- Tailings and waste rock evaluation
- Smelter site investigations
- Environmental remediation projects
- Calibration verification
- Daily handheld XRF quality control
- Laboratory QA/QC programs
Compatible Handheld XRF Analyzers
SdAR-H1 is compatible with virtually every modern handheld XRF analyzer used for soil, mining, and environmental analysis.
Why Use a High-Concentration Reference Material?
Instrument performance should be verified across the concentration ranges you expect to encounter.
While lower concentration CRMs are valuable for background soil verification, projects involving contaminated sites benefit from a reference material that more closely matches elevated elemental concentrations.
Routine verification with SdAR-H1 helps identify:
- Instrument drift
- Detector contamination
- X-ray tube aging
- Calibration shifts
- Unexpected analytical bias
- Operator inconsistencies
Using a CRM that reflects your actual sample concentrations helps increase confidence in field measurements and supports defensible analytical results.
Elements
SdAR-H1 contains reported concentrations for numerous elements commonly analyzed by handheld XRF, including:
- Arsenic (As)
- Barium (Ba)
- Cadmium (Cd)
- Chromium (Cr)
- Copper (Cu)
- Iron (Fe)
- Lead (Pb)
- Manganese (Mn)
- Nickel (Ni)
- Zinc (Zn)
Download the official SdAR-H1 Certificate of Analysis for a list of element values, uncertainties, and reference concentrations.
Product Features
- Genuine Reference Material (RM)
- High-concentration contaminated soil matrix
- Excellent for upper-range handheld XRF verification
- Report of elemental concentrations
- Ideal for environmental remediation and mining applications
- Suitable for daily QA/QC programs
- Stable, homogeneous material
- Digital Certificate of Analysis included
- Packaged by Alloy Geek for laboratory and field use
What's Included
- SdAR-H1 Soil Reference Material
- Official SdAR-H1 Certificate of Analysis (PDF)
- Protective packaging for shipment and storage
Why Buy from Alloy Geek?
At Alloy Geek, handheld XRF is our specialty.
We work extensively with portable XRF analyzers across environmental consulting, mining, recycling, industrial compliance, and geochemical applications. Every Reference Material we offer is selected because it provides meaningful value to handheld XRF users and supports real-world analytical workflows.
Our goal is to help customers verify instrument performance with confidence while providing practical guidance based on years of portable XRF experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is SdAR-H1 a Reference Material?
Yes. SdAR-H1 is a Reference Material (CRM) with reported elemental concentrations and documented uncertainties, making it suitable for professional quality assurance, calibration verification, and analytical method validation.
Why choose SdAR-H1 instead of SdAR-L2 or SdAR-M2?
SdAR-H1 is intended for users who routinely analyze highly contaminated soils or elevated metal concentrations. It provides an upper-range verification point for handheld XRF analyzers, whereas SdAR-L2 is better suited for background soils and SdAR-M2 is ideal for routine environmental quality control.
Can I use SdAR-H1 to calibrate my handheld XRF?
SdAR-H1 is primarily intended for calibration verification, instrument quality control, and analytical method validation. Users developing custom calibrations should follow their instrument manufacturer's recommended procedures.
Is the Certificate of Analysis included?
Yes. Every SdAR-H1 purchased from Alloy Geek includes the official digital Certificate of Analysis containing reported concentrations and associated uncertainties.