Explainer, as requested in the last thread: test results are not what most of this community thinks it is. On inter-lab disagreement, which generates more heat here…
u/mariam_cabrera
Contributes reviews on supplier material. Based in Dijon.
member · joined 15 Jun 2025
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comment on [PSA] test results are not what most of this community thinks it is in c/labresults · 223 points · 2 years ago
Have now spent more on testing than on some of the orders. No regrets — the log is the reason I can buy without agonising.
comment on purity — 19 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/hplc · 406 points · 2 years ago
Bought a second-hand instrument and learned more in six months of fixing it than in three years of reading traces.
comment on gradient — 17 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/hplc · 8 points · 2 years ago
A shoulder that does not baseline-resolve cannot be quantified honestly. You can report it as an unresolved shoulder, which is useful information, or you can develop the method until it resolves.