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Chemlab Postlab 020824

This document discusses measurement accuracy and precision in laboratory experiments, noting that accuracy refers to how close a measurement is to the actual or theoretical value while precision refers to the reproducibility of multiple measurements. It identifies two main sources of error in measurements - systematic error which produces consistent deviation and random error which results in inconsistent higher or lower values. Guidelines for calibration, units, and analytical specificity are also presented.

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Chemlab Postlab 020824

This document discusses measurement accuracy and precision in laboratory experiments, noting that accuracy refers to how close a measurement is to the actual or theoretical value while precision refers to the reproducibility of multiple measurements. It identifies two main sources of error in measurements - systematic error which produces consistent deviation and random error which results in inconsistent higher or lower values. Guidelines for calibration, units, and analytical specificity are also presented.

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CHEMLAB

8115L
POST LABORATORY DISCUSSION -often caused by faulty device or by making
the same mistake when reading
Measurement accuracy and precision
Random error: -an error that results in
Degree of accuracy and precision depends higher and lower values than the actual
on apparatus and technique value (inconsistent deviation)

Measurement- metron *Greek -random error always occurs, but its


Meaning limited proportion magnitude depends on the measurers skill
and the instruments precision.
In measurement, it is a process of assigning
of a number to an attribute. The result is Not all related to skills is random error and
also obtained after performing the process not all related to machine is systematic
error
Most of tests involved in
spectrophotometry (commonly used by Random error always happens that is why
medtech) when nanoliter is unit, it is not as we need to report stdev
sensitive
Philippines: metric More samples, the likelier the distribution
Curve
Accuracy vs precision
Analytical specificity- ability sy to detect
Accuracy- how close a measurement is to its target analyte
desired or theoretical value (percentage
error, +- 5% only) Ability to calibrate equipment

Recoverability should be 95-98% (related to Isomer: same molec formula diff molec
accuracy) structure

Precision- reproducibility of a set of How to calibrate: optimization


measurements
SI UNITS
(how dispersed is data set, a measure of
repeatability) Physical qty Unit name Unit abv
Mass Kilogram
2 sources of error, systemic and random Length Meter
error Time Second
Temperature Kelvin
Samples in medtek are composite materials Electric
current
The 2 types of error:
Systematic error- produces consistent
deviation from the true value
-part of experimental system
CHEMLAB
8115L
General principles
Physical or chemical change is always
accompanied by the energy content of
matter

Total energy of the universe is constant


(law of conservation of energy)

If everything is conserved, why is there


scarcity

Dissolution is physical change

Infrared

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