Table 4.
Participants at the restricted interlaboratory comparison study, instruments, instrumental settings and software packages used by each laboratory.
| Name of Laboratory | Country | Instrument | Software | Pump Flow Rates [mL min−1] | Dwell Time [μs] | Transport Efficiency [%] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sciensano | Belgium | Agilent 8800 | Rikilt Calculation Sheet | 0.473 | 3000 | 6.5 |
| Max Rubner-Institut (MRI) – Karlsruhe | Germany | Thermo iCAP Q | Thermo Qtegra with npQuant plugin &Rikilt Calculation Sheet | 0.31 | 3000 | 7.3 |
| National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | Agilent 8900 | Single Nanoparticle Application Module of the Agilent ICP-MS MassHunter software 4.5 | 0.339 | 100 | 5.2 |
| Service Commun des Laboratoires (SCL) | France | Perkin Elmer Nexion 300 and Perkin Elmer Nexion 2000 | Syngistix V1.1 and Syngistix V2.3 | 0.18 | 100 | 9–12 |
| Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) - Rome | Italy | Perkin Elmer Nexion 350D | Syngistix V2.3 | 0.277 | 100 | 11.2 |
| WFSR - Wageningen University & Research | Netherlands | Perkin Elmer Nexion 350D | Syngistix V1.1 | 0.171 | 100 | 11.2 |
| Joint Research Centre of the European Commission - Ispra/Italy | European Commission | Perkin Elmer Nexion 300D | Syngistix V1.1 | 0.169 | 100 | 12.0 |