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Consider the following statements about trace metal work.

1. Reagent purity can limit the detection achievable

2. A reagent blank must go through the whole procedure

3. Spike recovery tests the calibration's linearity

Which of the statements given above is or are correct?

  • A.2 and 3 only
  • B.1, 2 and 3
  • C.1 and 2 only
  • D.1 and 3 only

Answer: C

The first two are correct and the third misstates what a spike tests: recovery of a known addition tests the whole procedure for losses and matrix suppression, not the calibration's shape. Linearity is checked with a series of standards. Each validation experiment answers one specific question, and using one to justify a claim it does not support is a common way for a method to look better validated than it is.

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