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system suitability

The injections that establish whether a run was valid at all.

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What a reversed-phase purity number actually is
The question in the title: What a reversed-phase purity number actually is I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat…
NIBTDHFEF+87 101 27k 4h
Repeatability versus intermediate precision — what changed since
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Repeatability versus intermediate precision — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like…
DOBRANTIFN 4 21k 5h
[2026 update] Detection wavelength and why 214 nm and 280 nm disagree
Detection wavelength and why 214 nm and 280 nm disagree — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three replies will…
HVKAMCDKR+69 76 920 6h
Follow-up: Comparing two chromatograms from different laboratories, properly
Comparing two chromatograms from different laboratories, properly — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it…
MMSSNCEFGA+62 67 12k 9h
Why 99.2% and 97.8% on the same lot can both be correct
Why 99.2% and 97.8% on the same lot can both be correct I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I would like to understand what this number means before I…
GHAAJSLCCR+16 20 3.1k 11h
Shoulders, tangent skims, and defensible integration
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Shoulders, tangent skims, and defensible integration Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three…
FWNMGSTNH+16 20 11k 13h
Revisiting: Spike-and-recover accuracy for a peptide assay
Revisiting: Spike-and-recover accuracy for a peptide assay — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it anywhere.…
SCVKEC 2 6.8k 21h
Gradient steepness and apparent purity: a worked comparison — the long version
Gradient steepness and apparent purity: a worked comparison — the long version — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I…
TNENDS 2 32k 1d
System suitability injections: if they failed, the run did not happen — the long version
System suitability injections: if they failed, the run did not happen — the long version — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A documentation question rather than an…
HBCCRRMLMM+2 6 6.2k 1d
Revisiting: Theoretical plates: useful number or ritual?
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Revisiting: Theoretical plates: useful number or ritual? I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it anywhere. A…
OLNANRKKCW+16 21 1.2k 1d
[2026 update] Why 99.2% and 97.8% on the same lot can both be correct
Why 99.2% and 97.8% on the same lot can both be correct — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I would like to understand what this number means before I…
BBWSZDSTD+1 5 719 2d
Coming back to: Specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, range, robustness — with real criteria
On the subject in the title: Specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, range, robustness — with real criteria Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting the method first, because I know what the first…
AWHNFJCOT+93 99 1.4k 6d
Carryover and the ghost peak from last week's standard — what changed since
Carryover and the ghost peak from last week's standard — what changed since Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting the method first, because I know what the…
FDLTZYFWAA+98 114 37k 22d
Resolution and tailing factor: real acceptance criteria
Resolution and tailing factor: real acceptance criteria Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it…
NLPNV 2 15k 1mo
Injection volume, overload, and peak distortion
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Injection volume, overload, and peak distortion Everything below is what sits behind that. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a…
MICRJNCBHK+43 47 36k 2mo
Area percent versus weight percent: the confusion that causes most arguments
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Area percent versus weight percent: the confusion that causes most arguments Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting the method first, because I know…
ADSVCDFNAD+10 14 2.1k 2mo
Validating a method you did not develop
On the subject in the title: Validating a method you did not develop Working notes rather than a conclusion. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it anywhere. A VendorInvestigate…
CRSOSSSVJW+10 14 15k 3mo
Sample handling between despatch and injection
Sample handling between despatch and injection Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three replies will…
KREHSSNCNA+63 68 2.4k 3mo
Second pass at: Robustness: the parameters worth deliberately varying
On the subject in the title: Second pass at: Robustness: the parameters worth deliberately varying Working notes rather than a conclusion. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it…
BSFWDSCVOO+61 66 9.5k 3mo
Shoulders, tangent skims, and defensible integration — the long version
Shoulders, tangent skims, and defensible integration — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting the method first, because I know what the…
VSCBAWSLEL+16 20 27k 3mo
Spike-and-recover accuracy for a peptide assay
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Spike-and-recover accuracy for a peptide assay Everything below is what sits behind that. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a…
VSRLMPMOOB+121 126 1.5k 4mo
Injection volume, overload, and peak distortion — one year on
Injection volume, overload, and peak distortion — one year on Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have…
DTCNFEGFZV+4 8 1.2k 4mo
Why one laboratory's 98.4% and another's 96.1% may not contradict — one year on
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why one laboratory's 98.4% and another's 96.1% may not contradict — one year on Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like it…
MSFKJBMRCR+10 14 13k 5mo
Revisiting: Sample handling between despatch and injection
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Revisiting: Sample handling between despatch and injection Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three…
DVEAGTEMNG+5 9 1.1k 6mo
An inter-laboratory comparison on one lot, tabulated — what changed since
An inter-laboratory comparison on one lot, tabulated — what changed since — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I would like to understand what this number means before I…
IADCKTFHK+24 28 3.3k 7mo
Comparing two chromatograms from different laboratories, properly
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Comparing two chromatograms from different laboratories, properly Everything below is what sits behind that. I would like to understand what this number means…
DBKKKFFLA+35 40 22k 7mo
Where the integrator drew the baseline, and how much it moved the number
Where the integrator drew the baseline, and how much it moved the number — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three…
FNNPMAVKTV+20 24 1.6k 8mo
What a reversed-phase purity number actually is — the long version
What a reversed-phase purity number actually is — the long version I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I would like to understand what this number means…
MAMMC 2 15k 8mo
LOD and LOQ: definitions people get wrong
LOD and LOQ: definitions people get wrong — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a certificate in front of me that…
EISFCN 2 43k 8mo
Detection wavelength and why 214 nm and 280 nm disagree
On the subject in the title: Detection wavelength and why 214 nm and 280 nm disagree Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three replies will…
BWZVGFFEDI+78 84 1.7k 8mo