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Why is it so important to have a glossary of analytical terms? Because there are so many different acronyms, abbreviations, and incorrectly used ‘terms’, that even specialists sometimes have problems in understanding each other. A glossary is like a dictionary with the terms being the words in the vocabulary.
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Wenclawiak, B. (2004). Glossary of Analytical Chemistry Terms (GAT). In: Wenclawiak, B.W., Koch, M., Hadjicostas, E. (eds) Quality Assurance in Analytical Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09621-5_1
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