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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_wierzbicki45k3826 Sept 2024
2Does this hold at lower concentrations, or does adsorption dominate? – sample_id 8 months ago
Worth flagging that this changed in 2025, so older answers on the site are out of date. – plate_count_9k 6 months ago
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