Analyte quantification

Analyte quantification - context
Quantification of analyte
Quantification and standards
     External standard (ES) calibration
           advantage - disadvantage
                 Signal drift and ES calib.
                 Matrix effects and ES calib.
                 Analyte loss and ES calib.
     Internal standard (IS) calibration
           advantage - disadvantage
                 Signal drift and IS calib.
                 Matrix effects and IS calib.
                 Analyte loss and IS calib.
     Calibration by standard addition
Working range of the detector
Noise of the detector
Limit of detection and quantitation
Analyte recovery
Evaluation of an analytical method
Spike-recovery experiments using SS
End of lesson

Matrix effects and ES calibration

 

matrix effect:

sample components suppress the response of the detector relative to 'clean' standards

 

example: signal suppression due to DOM (dissolved organic matter)

Signal suppression by matrix components in the sample results in quantified analyte concentrations in a sample that are systematically lower than the actual analyte concentrations in the sample.