spike addition

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /spʌɪk əˈdɪʃ(ə)n/
  • Hyphenation: spike ad‧di‧tion

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spike addition (countable and uncountable, plural spike additions)

  1. (chemistry) A calibration technique for quantification that involves 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 []

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