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certificate of analysis
The document a supplier issues for a batch.
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Coming back to: Batch date after test date, and other internal inconsistencies
On the subject in the title: Batch date after test date, and other internal inconsistencies Working notes rather than a conclusion. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it…
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Reused chromatograms across lots: how to spot it
On the subject in the title: Reused chromatograms across lots: how to spot it Working notes rather than a conclusion. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a certificate in front of…
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How the vendor documentation pages are maintained, and by whom
How the vendor documentation pages are maintained, and by whom I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I would like to talk about documentation quality as a…
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Coming back to: Why our vendor pages link the storefront and mark it sponsored
Why our vendor pages link the storefront and mark it sponsored I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the…
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Coming back to: Reconciling a supplier certificate with an independent result
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Reconciling a supplier certificate with an independent result Everything below is what sits behind that. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the…
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+26 | 30 | 45k | 16h |
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Reporting a good result: why nobody bothers and why they should
Reporting a good result: why nobody bothers and why they should — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the…
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Comparing documentation quality across the directory, tabulated
Comparing documentation quality across the directory, tabulated — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I would like to talk about documentation quality as a signal, separately…
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+7 | 11 | 29k | 19h |
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What a certificate commits its issuer to — one year on
What a certificate commits its issuer to — one year on — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a…
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The report format the maintainers ask for, and why each field is there
On the subject in the title: The report format the maintainers ask for, and why each field is there Working notes rather than a conclusion. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the…
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What a certificate commits its issuer to — the long version
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What a certificate commits its issuer to — the long version A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a certificate in front…
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+20 | 26 | 21k | 2d |
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[2026 update] A report I filed that turned out to be wrong, and the correction
On the subject in the title: A report I filed that turned out to be wrong, and the correction Working notes rather than a conclusion. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the…
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+15 | 19 | 18k | 2d |
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Follow-up: Reconciling a label claim with a content assay
Reconciling a label claim with a content assay 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 anywhere.…
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Purity assay versus content assay: two different numbers
On the subject in the title: Purity assay versus content assay: two different numbers Working notes rather than a conclusion. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it anywhere. A…
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A checklist for reading a certificate in under two minutes
A checklist for reading a certificate in under two minutes — 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.…
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Counter-ion form: the field almost nobody reports
Counter-ion form: the field almost nobody reports 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 a…
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About the COA interpretation category
What a certificate of analysis commits its issuer to, which fields matter, and how to spot one that says almost nothing. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and…
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+8 | 12 | 8.5k | 2mo |
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Revisiting: A field-by-field walk through a certificate of analysis
Revisiting: A field-by-field walk through a certificate of analysis 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…
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Second pass at: What "verified" means on our vendor pages, stated narrowly
Second pass at: What "verified" means on our vendor pages, stated narrowly — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A logistics question, since the answers here are usually better…
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Which fields on a certificate actually matter, ranked
Which fields on a certificate actually matter, ranked — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three…
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Reconciling a label claim with a content assay
On the subject in the title: Reconciling a label claim with a content assay Working notes rather than a conclusion. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it anywhere. A…
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Specification in the result column: why that is a meaningful error
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Specification in the result column: why that is a meaningful error Everything below is what sits behind that. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would…
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Coming back to: "Greater than or equal to 99%" as a specification rather than a result
Posting this under the heading it deserves: "Greater than or equal to 99%" as a specification rather than a result Everything below is what sits behind that. Working through the identity arithmetic and I…
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Batch date after test date, and other internal inconsistencies
Batch date after test date, and other internal inconsistencies — 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…
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Water content on a certificate and why it changes the arithmetic — what changed since
On the subject in the title: Water content on a certificate and why it changes the arithmetic — what changed since Working notes rather than a conclusion. A documentation question rather than an analytical…
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Reconciling a supplier certificate with an independent result
Reconciling a supplier certificate with an independent result — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the…
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A checklist for reading a certificate in under two minutes — does this still hold?
A checklist for reading a certificate in under two minutes — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I would like to understand what this…
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When a tidy document is a signal and when it is decoration
When a tidy document is a signal and when it is decoration I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I…
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[2026 update] A certificate with no method stated: what can you conclude?
A certificate with no method stated: what can you conclude? — 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…
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When a tidy document is a signal and when it is decoration — does this still hold?
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: When a tidy document is a signal and when it is decoration — does this still hold? A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a…
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+3 | 7 | 22k | 11mo |
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[2026 update] Comparing documentation quality across the directory, tabulated
On the subject in the title: Comparing documentation quality across the directory, tabulated Working notes rather than a conclusion. I would like to talk about documentation quality as a signal, separately…
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