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Why would PeptideMeter report 97.6% where the supplier certificate says something higher?

Asked 26 Sept 2024Modified 22 months agoViewed 17k times
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Conditions: PeptideMeter · 97.6%.

I think I have a problem. I am not yet sure whether it is a real problem or a measurement artefact.

I want to know whether this is recoverable or whether the honest answer is to write it off.

How do I distinguish the benign explanation from the one that matters?

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askedj_wierzbicki69k14826 Sept 2024
2Is this purity or content? The question reads as though the two are the same measurement. – sample_id 8 months ago
What does the certificate say about the lot code, and does it match the vial? – plate_count_9k 6 months ago
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