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Standardized Method for Measuring Collection Efficiency from Wipe-sampling of Trace Explosives
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2017
Optimized sampling protocols and the development of new wipe materials can be facilitated by standardized measurements of collection efficiency from wipe-sampling. Our approach for sampling trace explosives uses an automated device to control speed, force, and distance during wipe-sampling followed by extraction of collected explosives.
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Internal Standards
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2023
Source: Laboratory of Dr. B. Jill Venton - University of Virginia The goal of many chemical analyses is a quantitative analysis, where the amount of a substance in a sample is determined. In order to accurately calculate the concentration of an unknown from a sample, careful sample preparation is key. Every time a sample is handled or transferred, some of the sample can be lost. There are strategies however, for minimizing sample loss. There are also strategies for coping with sample loss and...
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Standard Enthalpy of Formation
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2020
Enthalpy changes are typically tabulated for reactions in which both the reactants and products are at the same conditions. A standard state is a commonly accepted set of conditions used as a reference point for the determination of properties under other different conditions. For chemists, the IUPAC standard state refers to materials under a pressure of 1 bar and solutions at 1 M and does not specify a temperature. Many thermochemical tables list values with a standard state of 1 atm. Because...
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Standard Electrode Potentials
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2020
On comparing the reactivity of silver and lead, it is observed that the two ionic species, Ag+ (aq) and Pb2+ (aq), show a difference in their redox reactivity towards copper: the silver ion undergoes spontaneous reduction, while the lead ion does not. This relative redox activity can be easily quantified in electrochemical cells by a property called cell potential. This property is commonly known as cell voltage in electrochemistry, and it is a measure of the energy which accompanies the charge...
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Measurement: Standard Units
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2020
Every measurement provides three kinds of information: the size or magnitude of the measurement (a number), a standard of comparison for the measurement (a unit), and an indication of the uncertainty of the measurement. While the number and unit are explicitly represented when a quantity is written, the uncertainty is an aspect of the errors in the measurement results. The number in the measurement can be represented in different ways, including decimal form and scientific notation, which is...
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Known BSA concentrations create reference points that connect protein amount with the signal generated by an assay. Plotting those points produces a calibration curve, which provides the basis for estimating protein concentration in an unknown sample. This approach converts an absorbance or other measurable assay response into a concentration estimate rather than relying on signal intensity alone.
Serial dilutions provide several BSA concentrations for constructing the calibration curve. Multiple reference points show how the measurable signal changes as albumin concentration changes, giving the unknown sample a set of comparisons rather than a single reference value. The resulting curve supports more informative quantitative analysis across the concentrations represented by the standards.
The unknown sample is processed in the same protein assay and its measurable signal is compared with the calibration curve generated from BSA standards. Its position relative to the known concentration points supports an estimate of protein concentration. This comparison is central to converting a color-forming reaction or absorbance measurement into usable experimental data.
A BSA calibration curve provides a reference for evaluating how consistently a spectrophotometric assay relates protein concentration to measurable signal. If the standard measurements do not establish a usable relationship, interpretation of unknown samples becomes less reliable. Reviewing the standard response therefore helps researchers assess assay performance before applying the measurement to biological samples.
Prepare BSA solutions at known concentrations, use them to generate a series of standards, and measure each standard with the selected protein assay. Measure the unknown biological samples under the corresponding assay conditions, then compare their signals with the calibration curve. The curve supplies the concentration estimate needed for downstream analysis or sample normalization.
Researchers use BSA standards when they need to estimate protein concentration in samples from cell biology, biochemistry, or molecular biology experiments. The measurements can help determine protein yield, compare samples on a common concentration basis, and support quantitative interpretation of spectrophotometric assays. Its value lies in providing a shared reference for otherwise unknown biological samples.
After estimating protein concentrations with the calibration curve, researchers can use those values to account for differences in protein yield among biological samples. Normalization makes comparisons more meaningful by relating experimental results to a measured protein amount rather than to the original sample volume alone. This is especially useful when samples vary in their recovered protein content.