Section 03 · Register of entries
The Bench
At the bench the captured sample becomes a number — by desorption, separation, detection and a boundary drawn by hand. These entries cover the four steps and the choices inside each one.
ENTRIES5 in this section
- E-12
From tube to number
Thermal desorption, separation, detection, integration. Four steps, each with its own way of being wrong.
READ → - E-13
The Calibration Curve
Known amounts measured first, so an unknown has something to be compared against.
READ → - E-14
Retention time
When a compound comes off the column — an identification, but a weak one alone.
READ → - E-15
Integration
Where the operator decides a peak starts and stops.
READ → - E-16
Recovery
How much of what went in came back out, and the correction applied.
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PLATE III