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Noun

spike addition ‎(countable and uncountable, plural spike additions)

1. (chemistry) calibration technique for quantification that consists in adding known amounts of a substance to an aliquot of an analyte
   • 2002, D. T. Burns, K. Danyer, A. Townshend; Use of the terms “recovery” and “apparent recovery” in analytical procedures, Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 74, No. 11, p. 2201–2205:

     [...] single spike addition experiment does not indicate the absence of systematic error [...]

Abbreviations

• SA

Synonyms

• (chemistry): spike method, spike procedure, spiking, standard addition

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