Hi All;

I hate to ask this...

I am in need of an enriched S standard.  I ordered NBS-127 from NIST 
the day AFTER they had withdrawn it for "re-certification", which is 
expected to take up  to 2 months.  NIST won't ship it until then.  Does 
anyone know if the IAEA will still sell it or will they take NIST's 
lead? We've sent inquiries, but the IAEA is slow to respond.

Anyone willing to part with some NBS-127 temporarily?  Maybe it doesn't 
much matter [?], but I'd prefer to stick with a sulfate rather than a 
AgS, sphalerite, or native S standard?  Any other ideas/materials?

I'm in the middle of setting S with a brand new dedicated Costech EA 
and I'm burning my sabbatical up quickly.

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Steve Nelson
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