Quality Assurance in the Determination of Overlapping Peak Areas

L.H. Christensen; K. Heydorn

doi:10.1007/BF02036045

Quality Assurance in the Determination of Overlapping Peak Areas

L.H. Christensen, K. Heydorn

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The ability of different computer programs to yield accurate peak areas in statistical control in the case of partially overlapping photopeaks has been tested by the Analysis of Precision. A modified Covell method, two commercially available peak-fitting programs from Nuclear Data and Ortec, and the SAMPO80 program were used to evaluate the 843.8 keV peak area in the 843.8/846.6 keV doublet of27Mg and56Mn produced by thermal neutron activation of a candidate biological reference material to be certified for magnesium. The best performance was given by the Ortec program, but a modified SAMPO80 performed almost as well. The modified Covell program gave reliable results, but with poorer precision.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	113
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	19-34
ISSN	0236-5731
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02036045
Publication status	Published - 1987

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